My translation makes a cautious political promise sound definite. Should I share it?
PoliticsI changed "will examine the possibility" to "will do it" because the longer phrase sounded clumsy in the language my aunt reads. When I read the two versions aloud, I could hear the difference.
She had asked for a short translation of a candidate's remarks about reopening a public counter. I speak both languages in everyday life, but I'm not a professional translator. Most of the passage is straightforward. That one phrase is doing a lot of work.
My cousin says people want the point, not every qualification. My aunt has already asked whether she can forward my version to friends who missed the speech. I haven't sent the final text yet.
How much awkwardness should I keep to preserve what was actually promised? If I'm still unsure of the best wording, would it be more useful to send the passage with that uncertainty explained or leave this translation to someone else?