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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/39475/">Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information -- hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/author/631/">Benjamin, Walter</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/tag/translation/">translation</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>