Vyara Chris

“But what is the opposite of fidelity?' asked Professor Playfair. He was approaching the end of his dialitic; now he needed only to draw it to a close with a punch. 'Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, it means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So, where does that leave us? How can we conclude except by acknowledging that an act of translation is always an act of betrayal?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system—that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up. I am confident that you gentlemen will review without passion the evidence you have heard, come to a decision, and restore this defendant to his family. In the name of God, do your duty.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Докато не откриете, че парите са коренът на всяко добро, сами си просите унищожение. Когато парите престанат да бъдат инструментът, посредством който хората правят сделки помежду си, тогава хора стават инструменти на други хора. Кръв, камшици и пушки - или долари. Направете своя избор - друг няма, а времето ви изтича.”
― Айн Ранд "Атлас изправи рамене"

“So, you see, translators do not so much deliver a message as the rewrite the original. And herein lies the difficulty - rewriting is still writing, and writing always reflects the authors ideology and biases.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel