Nataly Kelly Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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