para tener la gallina de los huevos de oro.

English translation: so that you can end up with the goose that lays the golden eggs

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Spanish term or phrase:	para tener la gallina de los huevos de oro.
English translation:	so that you can end up with the goose that lays the golden eggs
Entered by:	Barbara Cochran, MFA

07:00 Dec 1, 2018

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Spanish term or phrase: para tener la gallina de los huevos de oro.

I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from American English into Dominican Spanish.

It's a translation of a phone conversation between two Dominican People living in The US.

Here is the full sentence:

Spanish speaking 1: Tu lo que querías era un hombre que te preñara para tener la gallina de los huevos de oro. Es lo que quieres con Miguel Nada más estar llenando income tax.

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Local time: 04:54

so that you can end up with the goose that lays the golden eggs

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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 04:54

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Thanks Barbara.
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Golden goose

Tomás Monti

to obtain the goose with the golden eggs

Gabrielle Oke

so that you can end up with the goose that lays the golden eggs

Barbara Cochran, MFA

Discussion entries: 3

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Golden goose

Explanation:
"Ganso dorado" es equivalente en el inglés estadounidense a "la gallina de los huevos de oro". Saludos.

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Note added at 22 mins (2018-12-01 07:22:35 GMT)
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Si. En ambas lo traducimos al inglés como "Goose." Saludos.

Tomás Monti
Local time: 05:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Muchas gracias Sr. Monti pero en este caso ¿no traducimos el nombre gallina de Castellano al inglés? ¿Lo traducimos como "goose"? Por favor infórmame. Un cordial saludo.

Asker: Muchas gracias Sr. Monti.

6 mins confidence:

to obtain the goose with the golden eggs

Explanation:
Just an option.

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Note added at 25 mins (2018-12-01 07:25:29 GMT)
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Aunque "gallina" tecnicamente se traduce como "chicken", en este caso es mejor traducirlo de manera más coloquial porque ya existe un equivalente muy reconocido en el mundo inglés hablante. Por eso lo traducé como "goose" en vez de "chicken".

Gabrielle Oke
Vietnam
Local time: 15:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Muchas gracias Gabrielle pero en este caso ¿no traducimos el nombre "gallina" de Castellano al inglés? ¿Lo traducimos como "goose"? Por favor infórmame. Un cordial saludo.

Asker: Te entiendo. Muchas gracias.

4 hrs confidence:

so that you can end up with the goose that lays the golden eggs

Explanation:
My take on it.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 04:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 52

Grading comment

Thanks Barbara.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Barbara. I appreciate it. I have just seen your message.

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