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American translator and scholar of Romance languages (1892-1950)

Samuel Putnam (1892–1950) was a scholar and translator of Romance languages. His most famous translation was Don Quixote in 1949. He wrote a memoir of the American expatriate community — Paris Was Our Mistress — which was published in 1947

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By way of conclusion: facility is not enough. Blood and sweat—yes, and tears as well—are the secret of the thing.

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