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I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong. John Lennon

I often visit Maria Tatar's 'The Grimm Reader' for a cold dose of courage. Her translations come from the Brothers Grimm, whose now-famous collection of 'Kinder- und Hausmarchen' ('Children's and Household Tales') was first published in 1812. The book was not intended for young readers. Kate Bernheimer

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The language of all the interpretations, the translations, of the Judaic Bible and the Christian Bible, is musical, just wonderful. I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is. Maya Angelou

I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly. Paul Auster

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'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are. Jon Bellion

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People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations. Allison Janney

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It was real Cheyenne. I would get the translations the night before, but it was very difficult because it was not like any other language you would be familiar with. Joe Lando

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The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read. Jorge Amado

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I was nearly 40 when I published my first book. I was a slow starter - or rather, I was slow to gather my work together, though I had published translations, mainly of the Italian poet Montale, by then. Jonathan Galassi

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Of course we may have any number of translations of a given text - the more the better, really. Lydia Davis

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It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand. Fredrik Bajer

What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries. Martin Cruz Smith

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