If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
— Nelson Mandela
The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.
—Edward Sapir
Language is the dress of thought.
— Samuel Johnson
The original is unfaithful to the translation.
— Jorge Luis Borges
Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.
—John Denham
Western Europe owes its civilization to translators.
— Louis Kelly
The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is the other side of a tapestry.
—Leonardo Sciascia
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