The poetry translations of Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, the greatest Russian poet and Nobel Prize laureate, are part of his artistic world 'as milestones that, to some extent, define his own creative path, because Pasternak, obsessed with his love for the poets he translated, managed to convey this magnificent creative excitement to the reader,' wrote literary critic and Pasternak's contemporary A. Evgenyev. Among these poets are Shakespeare and Goethe, Byron and Shelley, Keats, Verlaine, Rilke, and others. According to Pasternak, a translation is meaningful only when it captures the spirit of the work and, like the original, conveys an impression of life, not mere literature: 'Accuracy to the text is too weak a connection to make a translation worthwhile. Such translations fail to live up to their promise. Their pale retellings convey no idea of ​​the essential aspect of the subject they purport to reflect—its power.'