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Quotation by Voltaire
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Voltaire (61)
Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.
Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778), French philosopher, author. "On Tragedy," letter 18, Letters on England (1732).
Earlier in the essay, Voltaire prefaced a translated extract from Shakespeare ("To be or not to be") with the words: "Have pity on the copy for the sake of the original, and always bear in mind when you see a translation that you are only looking at a feeble print of a great picture."
Earlier in the essay, Voltaire prefaced a translated extract from Shakespeare ("To be or not to be") with the words: "Have pity on the copy for the sake of the original, and always bear in mind when you see a translation that you are only looking at a feeble print of a great picture."
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