TEXT IV

Lili, a Chilian exile who had been granted refugee status in a non-Spanish-speaking country, was going to undergo surgery for the simple removal of a skin blemish from her face. However, because of a misunderstanding by the translator on duty in the hospital at the moment she was going to be anesthetized, she was about to undergo breast surgery!

(Extract from Teaching Translation Problems and Solutions.Prof.Salas) http://accurapid.com/journal/13educ.htm. Acesso em: 10/05/08.

“…she was about to undergo breast surgery”( L. 3) significa que ela