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In "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte, it says:

...on the morning of the twenty-third of November, ...

The Spanish translation ("Los Desterrados de Poker Flat") has it thus:

...en la mañana del dia 22 de noviembre...

Is this right? Is the 23rd considered the 22nd among Spanish speakers, or is this a mis-translation/typo?

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    Obviusly, it is a typo.
    – Mikey Spivak
    Commented Jul 19, 2015 at 1:28
  • I tend to agree, but the fact that "once a week" is "cada ocho dias" makes me wonder...
    – B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven
    Commented Jul 19, 2015 at 3:53
  • In spain we hate the number 23
    – rpax
    Commented Jul 21, 2015 at 2:28
  • kpax, so you hate Michael Jordan?!? ;-)
    – B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven
    Commented Jul 21, 2015 at 3:19

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I guess it has to be a typo. The 22nd was Friday, both in English and Spanish; and that would not match well with feeling "a Sabbath lull in the air" that morning.

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