translator
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Anne Carson, the Canadian poet, essayist, professor of classics and translator, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in literature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Everything is done to the highest order of perfection, and there is thought in every little detail,” the Chinese president said through a translator.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
When you’re talking life-and-death issues you shouldn’t need a translator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The student, who is also a freelance translator, has also found it hard to concentrate on lectures knowing he could be missing out on work opportunities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
I remember the translator giving us this piece of advice as well: “When you get to America, don’t stare at people. Don’t point.”
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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Oates, who penned the Pulitzer Prize-nominated “Blonde,” said that, within the world of translators, Wilson’s review “seems all the more surprising since all translations are, presumably, subjective & not equivalent to the original text.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Because magnons naturally interact with many different quantum systems, they could also act as universal translators, allowing technologies that normally cannot communicate with one another to work together.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
The decade-long trial was beset by delays due to coronavirus disruptions and problems securing translators.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ms. Hruska, a French-Czech writer who resides in London, focuses on Kafka’s afterlife in the work of 10 translators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
I feel as if I were in the United Nations and the translators had run amok.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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