“It is the nature of languages that a pretty translation is not accurate, and an accurate translation finds its own beauty without help.”

“luther, he ruined the bible by translating it into their own language.”

“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”

“Its language is a language which the soul alone understands, but which the soul can never translate. ”

“Love . . . requires that you learn to read the lover in her own language, not translate her into yours.”

“All language is but a poor translation.”

“The original language of Christianity is translation.”