Quote#World
Many disasters can be traced to our linguistic shortcomings. Millions…
Quote byGottlieb Wilhelm Leitner · 1840–1899
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Writings of Dr. Leitner, Chapter: Oriental Translations of English Texts, p. 151.
English (original)
Many disasters can be traced to our linguistic shortcomings. Millions of money and multitudes of men have been sacrificed in order to save the prestige of a mistake in translation committed "by authority."
— Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner
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