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    Hola a todos. ¿Cómo se traduciría "I could meet him" en el texto siguiente?:
    He had refilled and lighted his pipe by this time, and began smoking vigorously. I walked to the window and made some observation about the quietness of the street.
    "Yes, it is quite enough," he agreed, "if that be an advantage; still even on that score I think I might have secured a more desirable residence at a lower figure."
    We were on ground now where I felt I could meet him.
    "Val," I observed, "I have a fancy that when you bought this excellent practice and superior house of furniture, you were deceived by someone."
    Gracias por vuestra ayuda.

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    ¡Hola!

    En este contexto, entiendo que sería algo así como "estar de acuerdo".

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    Asi es Reminder. Es como el dicho "we could have a meeting of the minds"
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    Sí, estoy de acuerdo, pero cómo podríamos traducirlo para que suene lindo?? ...habíamos llegado a un punto donde sentí que nos comprendíamos?? mmm no me convence, pensemos!

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    en un lugar dónde ... o al punto que... yo pensé que podríamos pensar igual. ????
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    En este aspecto, sentí que coincidíamos.


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    El término "estar en la misma página" es muy calco del inglés, no?

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    yo creo que todos estamos en la traducción correcta, pero siento que no le estamos dando la creatividad que el texto demanda, estamos siendo muy literales...
    y si usáramos "meet" como "encontrar"? algo así como "sentí en un punto que nos habíamos encontrado"? pero como metafóricamente hablando?? algo por ahí?

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    Hola, anas.

    Tú estás pensando en francés, no en un calco del inglés, jaja.

    On est sur la même page.

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    Es lo mismo... Ana pregunta si es calco del inglés por "on the same page", es igual...
    creo que sí, suena muy calco, no lo usamos en español... A lo sumo "estar en la misma sintonía"...?

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