Language Interpreting Quotes

#1. You can't answer what I said, so you're going to talk about my saying it.

Orson Scott Card

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

Nataly Kelly

#3. You would say you don't see it: at least I flatter myself I read as much in your eye (beware, by-the-by, what you express with that organ, I am quick at interpreting its language).

Charlotte Bronte

#4. Poetry translation is like playing a piano sonata on a trombone.

Nataly Kelly

#5. Interpreting at its core is taking in one language and putting out the other.

Jennifer Abbott

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

Nataly Kelly

#7. They see Hermione as someone who is not vulnerable, but I see her as someone who does have quite a lot of vulnerability in her personality.

J.K. Rowling

#8. As long as human beings speak different languages, the need for translation will continue.

Nataly Kelly

#9. The dolphin (dorado), which is a brilliantly colored tropical fish, must not be confused with the creature, also called dolphin, which is a small, toothed whale.

Thor Heyerdahl

#10. To deny access to translation and interpreting services oppresses human rights and violates laws.

Nataly Kelly

#11. Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator.

Nataly Kelly

#12. Men and women may speak the same language, but we interpret words differently.

Pamela Cummins

#13. I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.

Kelly Lynch

#14. Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.

Larry Wall

#15. I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.

Lance Armstrong

#16. Translation software is not making translators obsolete. Has medical diagnostic software made doctors obsolete?

Nataly Kelly

#17. Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.

Zhuangzi