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Re:Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87 by dasil003 on Friday April 18, 2014 @04:17AM (#7608418)
This whole debate is why the translator chose "discover". It's a bit awkward because it can be interpreted two ways, but in one of the ways it carries the connotation of seeing for the first time, without the lengthy phrase "to get to know" or "to see for the first time" disrupting the rhythm of the prose.

The crux of the problem, of course, is that the word "meet" in English only applies to people.

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Re:Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87 by djKianoosh on Friday April 18, 2014 @10:45AM (#7609322)
"The crux of the problem, of course, is that the word "meet" in English only applies to people."

Says who? The last time I met with danger, I won! ;-)

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Re:Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87 by dasil003 on Friday April 18, 2014 @12:09PM (#7609741)
"Meet" in the sense of being introduced, not in the sense of two entities coming into contact.
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