Spanish term
Spain
valga la expresión
How should I translate "valga la expresión" here?
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El Salvador
BA in Translation & BA in Law
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 2 more.
so to speak
valga la expresión = so to speak
https://es.pons.com/traducción/español-inglés/valga
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poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
for want of a better way of putting it
What's more, they don't suggest any alternatives, for what it's worth
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Adrian MM.
: with your reading of my 'translation' of the ProZ Swedish answer
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Many thanks Adrian! Not to mention good old Collins :0)
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Mónica Hanlan
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Many thanks Mónica!
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Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
to put it more accurately
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Note added at 4 hrs (2022-07-28 13:52:34 GMT)
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in other words
to rephrase it
to put it differently
simply put
in simple language
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Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
in other words
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Israel
Hebrew-English-Spanish-Yiddish-Aramaic
Native in: Hebrew (Variant: Modern / Israeli) 
, Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Standard-Spain, Rioplatense, Chilean, Latin American, Uruguayan)
Works in: Spanish to Hebrew, English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, and 3 more.
if I may say so symbolically speaking
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Just to clarify. There are 2 separate suggestions: a) "if I may say so"; b) "symbolically speaking".
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Adrian MM.
: if it were *figuratively* speaking SPA> SWE for lack of a better phrase: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-swedish/general-conver...
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Thanks Adrian. Yes, figuratively can also be a choice.
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AllegroTrans
: I don't see anything in Asker's text to suggest the use of "symbolically", it sounds like a straight statement of fact, or at least of a firm opinion, nothing "symbolic" about it
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Everyone is entitled to an opinion
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Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
Definition (Wikipedia)
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Expresión usada por el hablante para excusar una malsonancia o inexactitud de un término que ha dicho, o lo será a continuación.
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