Tim Berners-Lee Quotes

People who speak different languages, they are watching the movie from our language. So, I think all of us should be proud as nation and as cinema lovers.

I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English.

Now, every organization has to have a translator for the Hispanics on the teams, and that helps a lot.

You have to have a little humility if you're Danish because you're never going to be able to travel outside the country unless you can speak another language.

I woke up find a rather noisy multi-lingual meeting going on. This was great as everyone could participate and even though everything had to be translated into about four different languages it never became boring. After a while the meeting broke up and everyone went for food.

Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!

I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language.

I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged to travel and be able to mingle and speak to people that, had I only known English, I wouldn't have been able to meet.

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand.

When I signed with Scooter Braun and I decided to go overseas to promote my song, the only concern was how should I communicate with the public and the audience with my language. Scooter and I talked a lot about that: should we translate or not? Finally we didn't, and I think that was a really good decision.

Since my Japanese isn't very good, I had to have an interpreter to communicate with most of the crew.

I love animals, but I don't want to talk to them. I'd rather be able to talk to other people on other continents and understand them.

I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

When I was a girl, there wasn't anything in Spanish in the movies until you saw it on DVD.

I want my words to survive translation.

To me, a big crossover was what happened to me years ago, like bringing my music in Spanish to Europe, or Asia. To me, that's a crossover because Spanish is not a language that everybody talks.

I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions.

A common language is a first step towards communication across cultural boundaries.

I think we should have a President who is fluent in at least one language.

Acting in different languages doesn't stop you from growing; on the contrary, for an artiste, it helps a lot.

The English book world is relatively closed to translation, so only a small amount of foreign language work can come in.

My music was about travelling a lot and connecting with other people, and English is the voice of travelling.

When I go to different countries, I want to know how to at least say hello and thank you. Language is a great hobby.

Language should not be a barrier for an actor; I want the world to see my work and not limit it to Hindi-speaking audiences.

I have learned to interface - what I think would be the contemporary term - with various different lexicons, and people speak very different languages. I've learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.