"It is only logical for the translator to become a part of the world of the author."

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Source : "From Bach to Kafka, or... about Temptation". Interview with Emil Bassat, Sofia News, May 30, 1984.

Ventseslav Konstantinov

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“The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The [2006-JAN] Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows us to view and act on death as a dignified moral and godly choice for those suffering with terminal illnesses.”
“Every great inspiration is but an experiment - though every experiment we know, is not a great inspiration.”
“It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.”

Source : Warren Moon (2009). “Never Give Up on Your Dream: My Journey”, p.109, Da Capo Press
“God is predictably unpredictable.”

Source : R. T. Kendall (2014). “Holy Fire”, p.178, Charisma Media
“... just because a guitar is old doesn't make it good... I've seen guitars that were old but weren't as good as the reissue ... for me, it's not the age that makes it happen, it's the quality of the instrument...”
“It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!”
“I went to University of Illinois. Big school. 35,000 students. 800 black... I was the only black in every class. Hard to be absent.”
“Hillary Clinton famously talked about how raising a child takes a village. Except our society isn't set up that way. We're organized in nuclear units, and a single mom can ask her friends only so many times for help picking up the kids.”

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