language, literalists and lemmings

Eugene Peterson in conversation, see video from 13:58ff (same great interview with  the "Who's Bono?" line, section right before this).  Context is "translation is betrayal":

• EP: "..the worst translations are those that try to be literal"
• Interviewer: "Wasn't it Luther who said, "Literalists are lemmings'"?
• EP: "That's right... We're translating all the time. Preachers translate Scripture every time they preach. Reading is a type of translating. I have come to believe that people who call for "literal" translations prefer unthinking to thinking. "