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@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ This speaks about the season of winter as if it were a commodity that someone ca
 
 # it faces northeast and southeast
 
-Some versions say "it faces northwest and southwest." The sailors wanted to go to a place where they would be safe from the wind. The "face" of a harbor is a metaphor, like the "mouth" of a harbor, or the entrance of the harbor.  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
+Here "faces northeast and southeast" means the opening of the harbor was toward those directions. AT: "it opened to the northeast and southeast"
 
 # northeast and southeast
 
-These directions are based on the rising and setting sun. Northeast is a little to the left of the rising sun. Southeast is a little to the right of the rising sun.
+These directions are based on the rising and setting sun. Northeast is a little to the left of the rising sun. Southeast is a little to the right of the rising sun. Some versions say "northwest and southwest."
 
 # weighed anchor