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“Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.”
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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
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“Translator is a journey over a sea from one shore to the other.
Sometimes I think of myself as a smuggler: I cross the frontier of language with my booty of words, ideas, images, and metaphors.”
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Sometimes I think of myself as a smuggler: I cross the frontier of language with my booty of words, ideas, images, and metaphors.”
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“Without translation, we would be living in provinces bordering on silence.”
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“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.”
― Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
― Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
GTE’s 2025 Year in Books
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