In literary translations, it is this very articulation of expressions that matters the most to bring home to the readers the full essence of the original text in question. Suman Pokhrel
The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is. Carol Ann Duffy
The goal of Bible translation is: be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical authors actually wrote. Leland Ryken