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 # harbor was not easy to spend the winter in
 
-You can make explicit why it was not easy to stay in the harbor. Alternate translation: "harbor did not sufficiently protect docked ships during winter storms" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"harbor did not sufficiently protect docked ships during winter storms"
 
 # harbor
 
@@ -8,17 +8,12 @@ a place near land that is usually safe for ships
 
 # city of Phoenix
 
-Phoenix was a port city on the south coast of Crete. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
+Phoenix was a port city on the south coast of Crete. 
 
 # to spend the winter there
 
-This speaks about the season of winter as if it were a commodity that someone can spend. Alternate translation: "to stay there for the cold season" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"to stay there for the cold season"
 
 # facing both southwest and northwest
-
-Here "faces northwest and southwest" means the opening of the harbor was toward those directions. Alternate translation: "it opened to the northwest and southwest"
-
-# southwest and northwest
-
 These directions are based on what one sees as one faces the setting sun. Northwest is a little to the right of the setting sun, and southwest is a little to the left of the setting sun.