Peter Newmark Quotes

Peter Newmark was an English professor of translation at the University of Surrey.

✵ 12. April 1916 – 12. July 2011

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Peter Newmark Quotes

“A satisfactory translation is not always possible, but a good translator is never satisfied with it. It can usually be improved. (Newmark)”

Source: Manual De Traduccion / A Textbook of Translation

“There is no such thing as a perfect, ideal, or 'correct' translation. A translator is always trying to extend his knowledge and improve his means of expression; he is always pursuing facts and words.”

Source: Manual De Traduccion / A Textbook of Translation

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