If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

  • -- Confucius 孔子

名不正,则言不顺。

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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

译者的任务是用自己的语言创造出与原文相同的张力。那是很难的!

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

一个作家的文体应该是他心灵的形象,而语言的选择和运用则是练习的结果。