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Very interesting post, Sandra.

I had a good laugh at your boss, tell you the truth, and immediately my good friend, also from Cuba(!!) came into my mind . she was translating a text about bathrooms and the client would accept "baño, servicio, excusado, vater....we simply couldn't think of any more words. Until my husband said: listen tell her to put "meadero" , let's see what the client has to say then!!
Another funny translation: (credit) card holder= tarjeta habiente

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I also love literary texts cause I love to be creative and this type of texts give us certain freedom to translate.

So do I.

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So, we always have to adjust to the situation, the type of text, the context, the regional aspects, etc.

I think the answers have been very intersting indeed until now.

Thanks to everybody, so many friends have participated...

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