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Attempting to contain the infinite within finite symbolism of language may result in scholarship, but it will not produce devotion. (110)

The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras

Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91)

The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras

And after I started working for the Bureau, most of my translation duties included translations of documents and investigations that actually started way before 9/11.

Sibel Edmonds

Often, the idea that there can be a wide range of translations of one text doesn't occur to people - or that a translation could be bad, very bad, and unfaithful to the original.

Lydia Davis

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

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.

Italo Calvino

An oft-quoted statistic from the [United Nations] reports is that the amount of literature translated into Spanish in a single year exceeds the entire corpus of what has been translated into Arabic in 1,000 years.

The Economist

Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle.

Gilbert Murray

To read is to translate, for no two persons' experiences are the same. A bad reader is like a bad translator: he interprets literally when he ought to paraphrase and paraphrases when he ought to interpret literally.

W.H. Auden

Cats, no less liquid than their shadows, Offer no angles to the wind. They slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes Less than themselves.

Collected Poems: with Translations from Jacques Prévert

In Iraq, interpreters were ten times more likely to be killed than were U.S. troops.

Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World

Of the 193 recognized countries in the world, only politically isolated North Korea is considered monolingual.

Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World

Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya

The more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become--and such lucidity is a form of joy.

Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language

What we most love is not what we know, but what knows us and draws us. . . . (78)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Each place is the right place--the place where I now am can be a sacred space. (3)

The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. (9)

The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras

To the yogi, all experience is seen as one, as a means to help him cultivate devotion. All experiences have equal meaning and value. (154)

The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras

Each soul has its own note to sing in the divine chorus and no voice is more important than another. (94)

The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras

[A] practitioner of any spiritual path must have complete confidence that his adopted path is, for him, superior to all others. (57)

The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras

Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn't mean I think other translators shouldn't attempt other versions. The more the better, in the end.

Lydia Davis