Joseph Smith Translation of The Bible - Translation

Famous quotes containing the word translation:

“Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing.... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.”
—Harry Mathews (b. 1930)

“...it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.”
—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7:9.

King James translation reads, “It is better to marry than to burn.”

“Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information—hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)