"Translation is the art of existing in two languages at once."

"Being a native speaker is not a profession. Being a translator is."

“It is the task of the translator to release in his own language that pure language that is under the spell of another, to liberate the language imprisoned in a work in his re-creation of that work.”

“I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge.”

"Without translation I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world."

“Who can say if the thoughts you have in your mind as you read these words are the same thoughts I had in my mind as I typed them? We are different, you and I, and the qualia of our consciousnesses are as divergent as two stars at the ends of the uni

"Ist es nicht sonderbar, daß eine wörtliche Übersetzung fast immer eine schlechte ist? Und doch läßt sich alles gut übersetzen. Man sieht hieraus, wie viel es sagen will, eine Sprache ganz verstehen; es heißt, das Volk ganz kennen, das sie spricht."

„Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt“.

"Wirklich übersetzen heißt: etwas, das in einer andern Sprache gesprochen ist, seiner Sprache anpassen."