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Do translators' personalities disappear in the translation process?

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The interdependence between the translation profession and the personalities of its agents was noticed long ago. Notably, Savory postulated that “to linguistic knowledge and literary capacity, a translator must add sympathy, insight, diligence and conscientiousness.

(Savory 1968: 36)

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