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“Translators are the traders in the Republic of Letters and they deserve, at least, praise for sensing and understanding their own forces, and for refraining from producing books themselves and carrying a burden that would crush them.” — Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil du Châtelet

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Translators are the traders in the Republic of Letters and they deserve, at least, praise for sensing and understanding their own forces, and for refraining from producing books themselves and carrying a burden that would crush them.
— Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil du Châtelet