Repress Translation

Famous quotes containing the words repress and/or translation:

“We should spread joy, but, as far as we can, repress sorrow.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“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)