traditore

Conclusion could be the famous italian saying “traduttore traditore” (ie translator traitor)

I say pyjama… 2008

Most translators are familiar with the expression “traduttore, traditore” meaning “translator, traitor” and have their own personal experiences with the difficulties in translation.

Traduttore, Traditore! 2008

Each version provides a new series of compromises -- sacrificing prosody for clarity, or clarity for literalness and so forth -- dramatizing that famous adage (appropriately Italianate) that there is a hairline difference of sonority between translator (traduttore) and traitor (traditore).

Purgatory, In All Its Nuance 2007

As the saying goes: Traduttore, traditore -- the translator is a traitor.

SOFTWARE: LOST IN TRANSLATION 2007

‘Fuori, traditore!’ cried Napoleon at last, forgetting in the excess of his wrath that he had to sustain his rôle as a Frenchman to the end; and Bernadotte promptly flew under the sofa, but quickly darted out again with a joyful bark, as though to announce that the performance was over.

The Torrents of Spring 2006

An old Italian proverb runs traduttore, traditore: the translator is a traitor.

The Final Reflection John M. Ford 2000

In this expert translation the traduttore (translator) is not in the least a traditore (betrayer).

Kenzaburo Oe - Nobel Lecture 1995

It is to such cases that the Italian proverb, _Tradutiore traditore_, applies.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various

_Traduttore -- traditore_, "Translator -- traitor," says the proverb; and of all traitors shielded under the less offensive name, Signor Tamburini is beyond comparison the worst we have ever had the misfortune to encounter.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various

Giolitti became overnight _traditore_, the arch-conspirator, the enemy of his country!

The World Decision Robert Herrick 1903