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Daisy Rockwell
7 quotes
“...Translation is a lonely activity...”
Daisy Rockwell (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...America absolutely is a multiracial, diverse, society, but because of that, people don’t feel like they need to expand, because they feel like they’re already reading from other races or cultures...”
Daisy Rockwell (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...Word-by-word accuracy is only one factor of the equation, and accuracy of feeling and aesthetic experience is also important. Sometimes you have to end up slightly changing a semantic meaning just to get the feeling right, so I can’t obsess too much about whether or not I am wrong...”
Daisy Rockwell (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...For me, languages can be like people. Some of them you love, some of them you hate, some of them you just don’t gel with...”
Daisy Rockwell (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...translators are used to being in the shadows, and they’re coming out...”
Daisy Rockwell (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...a translator has this gift where they can raise voices that are not heard clearly enough...”
Daisy Rockwell (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...As a translator, when you do such in-depth reading of a text, you're so much more aware the way woman writers give space to women's thoughts and feelings without compromising the male characters either...”
Daisy Rockwell (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source