“Poetry is what gets lost in translation.”
“It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.”
“(...) the translator of prose is the slave of the author and the translator of poetry is his rival.”
“It is safe to say that poetry cannot be translated.”
“Something gets lost when you translate. It's hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.”
“Poetry translation is like playing a piano sonata on a trombone.”