"Usually the German translators do something terrible, especially with Tom Wolfe, which is that they make it local. So if the characters are from Harlem, the translators put all this Berlin slang into their mouths, and that's just terrible. You cringe when you read that. But there really is no good solution to the problem, except learning English."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Daniel Kehlmann

#Character Quotes #Mouths Quotes #Berlin Quotes

“Though we can't always see it at the time, if we look upon events with some perspective, we see things always happen for our best interests. We are always being guided in a way better than we know ourselves.”
“Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.”
“Hi," he says. "I'm Daniel." "Hi," I reply. "I'm June.”
“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
“The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library”
“'m starting to get a swimming physique, which I'm very pleased about, because for me that's the most appealing male physique. It's not show-y off-y Mr Muscle, "Look how much I can bench." It's just a real lean, athletic figure and it doesn't look like you try too hard. When you see people who have huge biceps, it looks like they're in the gym all day. But I think there's a difference between looking muscly and being fit.”

Source : "Greg James' Gregathlon for Sport Relief". Interview with Stephanie Soh, in.askmen.com.
“Bad enough to make mistakes, without going ahead and marrying them.”
“The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What the public is taught is that health is the cure for disease.”

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