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Umberto Eco
“Translation is the art of failure.”
Umberto Eco

Anthony Marra
“She wanted to hold foreign syllables like mints on her tongue until they dissolved into fluency.”
Anthony Marra, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The limits of my language are the limits of my universe.”
Goethe

Sidney Sheldon
“Just remember, when someone has an accent, it means that he knows one more language than you do.”
Sidney Sheldon, Windmills of the Gods

G. Willow Wilson
“All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing something”
G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen

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