Quotes of: Translators Keyword

And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things that contributes to the high level of quality of life that we offer in Pennsylvania, and that also translates into economic benefits.

Ed Rendell

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

Havelock Ellis

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own.

John le Carre

If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa.

Mo Ibrahim

I'm the know-nothing. I'm curious, I try to be entertaining, I try to translate the techno jargon, but in the end I'm the audience's representative.

David Pogue

I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the things that gets lost a little in translation.

Etgar Keret

That's the dirty little secret of Mormon growth. Lots of baptisms don't necessarily translate into long-term membership.

David Campbell

People think skating would translate very easily to dancing, but it really doesn't. Dancing is a lot of fun and not as dangerous as being on the ice.

Dorothy Hamill

I don't think most books can be justifiably translated on screen. The film versions can't convey the right emotion, fuel your imagination or allow you to visualise every line the way books do.

Sonam Kapoor

Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own real...

Anna Deavere Smith

That's definitely a part of who Superman is and definitely who Clark on the farm is. It translates to how calm he is. I feel like I'm pretty calm most of the time and relaxed, which gives presence to the character.

Brandon Routh

Ed Rooney: Les jeux sont faits. Translation: the game is up. Your ass is mine.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Bob: I don't want to leave. Charlotte: So don't. Stay here with me. We'll start a jazz band.

Lost in Translation

[at a photo shoot] Bob: You want more mysterious? I'll just try and think, "Where the hell's the whiskey?"

Lost in Translation

Stills Photographer: You know double-O-7? Bob: He drinks martinis, but all right.

Lost in Translation

Charlotte: You're probably just having a mid-life crisis. Did you buy a Porsche yet?

Lost in Translation

Charlotte: That was the worst lunch. Bob: So bad. What kind of restaurant makes you cook your own food?

Lost in Translation

Premium Fantasy woman: You like massage? Bob: I don't think I like massage anymore.

Lost in Translation

When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you.

Story Musgrave

Ornette Coleman is a real musician. He takes all of the things he's thinking about in the world - which is a whole universe upon universe - and translates this into music.

Patti Smith

I'm not sure my books would translate into movies very easily. So rather than have someone do a terrible job, I haven't been willing to sell them.

Jasper Fforde