Quotes about Language and Translation
Language furnishes the best proof that a law accepted by a community is a thing that is tolerated and not a rule to which all freely consent.
Ferdinand De Saussure
The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication.
Hans Georg Gadamer
A language does not become fixed. The human intellect is always on the march, or, if you prefer, in movement, and languages with it.
Victor Hugo