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Samuel Putnam
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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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Translating Isn't All Beer and Skittles (1949)
Source:Books Abroad Vol. 23, No. 3 (Summer, 1949)
By way of conclusion: facility is not enough. Blood and sweat—yes, and tears as well—are the secret of the thing.
(p. 236)
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Author:Samuel Putnam
Category:Translators from the United States
Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States
Category:1892 births
Category:1950 deaths
Category:People from Illinois