Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
para tener la gallina de los huevos de oro.
English translation:
so that you can end up with the goose that lays the golden eggs
Spanish term
United States
24 years of experience in many countries
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 6 more.
para tener la gallina de los huevos de oro.
It's a translation of a phone conversation between two Dominican People living in The US.
Here is the full sentence:
Spanish speaking 1: Tu lo que querías era un hombre que te preñara para tener la gallina de los huevos de oro. Es lo que quieres con Miguel Nada más estar llenando income tax.
| 3 | so that you can end up with the goose that lays the golden eggs |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 4 +2 | Golden goose |
Tomás Monti
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| 3 | to obtain the goose with the golden eggs |
Gabrielle Oke
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Dec 1, 2018 07:00: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Dec 1, 2018 17:21: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Dec 3, 2018 16:19: Yana Dovgopol changed "Term Context" from "I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from American English into Dominican Spanish. Is okay to translate it as \"Down there\" It\'s a translation of a phone conversation between two Dominican People living in The US. Here is the full sentence: Spanish speaking 1: Tu lo que querías era un hombre que te preñara para tener la gallina de los huevos de oro. Es lo que quieres con Miguel Nada más estar llenando income tax." to "I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from American English into Dominican Spanish. It\\\'s a translation of a phone conversation between two Dominican People living in The US. Here is the full sentence: Spanish speaking 1: Tu lo que querías era un hombre que te preñara para tener la gallina de los huevos de oro. Es lo que quieres con Miguel Nada más estar llenando income tax."
Dec 12, 2018 12:14: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Charles Davis, Yvonne Gallagher, philgoddard
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Proposed translations
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
so that you can end up with the goose that lays the golden eggs
| Thanks Barbara. I appreciate it. I have just seen your message. |
Trust in words.
Native in: Spanish (Variants: US, Argentine)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Golden goose
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Note added at 22 mins (2018-12-01 07:22:35 GMT)
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Si. En ambas lo traducimos al inglés como "Goose." Saludos.
| Muchas gracias Sr. Monti pero en este caso ¿no traducimos el nombre gallina de Castellano al inglés? ¿Lo traducimos como "goose"? Por favor infórmame. Un cordial saludo. |
| Muchas gracias Sr. Monti. |
| agree |
neilmac
: Over 400 hits on Google for "get the golden goose"...
2 hrs
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| agree |
philgoddard
13 hrs
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Vietnam
Tourism/Literary/Music/Culinary 5+ years
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Spanish (Variants: Costa Rican, Nicaraguan, Latin American, Venezuelan, Standard-Spain, Colombian)
Works in: Spanish to English, Italian to English, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
to obtain the goose with the golden eggs
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Note added at 25 mins (2018-12-01 07:25:29 GMT)
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Aunque "gallina" tecnicamente se traduce como "chicken", en este caso es mejor traducirlo de manera más coloquial porque ya existe un equivalente muy reconocido en el mundo inglés hablante. Por eso lo traducé como "goose" en vez de "chicken".
| Muchas gracias Gabrielle pero en este caso ¿no traducimos el nombre "gallina" de Castellano al inglés? ¿Lo traducimos como "goose"? Por favor infórmame. Un cordial saludo. |
| Te entiendo. Muchas gracias. |
| neutral |
neilmac
: Not "obtain", but "get", in the informal register of the query.
2 hrs
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Discussion
This was a mistake. Maybe we should translate it as "goose that lays the golden eggs"
Let me know if this is correct.