4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "​This question, or rather the issue it raises, raises an interesting, basic question. Does the translator write "what the customer intended to say," </i>or</i> does the translator write "what the customer actually wrote, even if the original has an obvious error in it." ? In this particular case, Sven is entirely correct (and 10 points for that), that </i>talonger</i> does mean "talons," however the specific terms in the question relate to shares, and not bonds. Talons, as I understand it, only relate to bonds, and have no connection to shares of a company. In which case, Deane is correct is suggesting that the more general term "counterfoil" should be used, as this is what </i>the document meant to say</i> (in which case, the translation corrects an inadvertent error by the customer. Definition Talons: a printed slip attached to some bearer <i>bonds</i> to enable the holder to apply for a new sheet of coupons.""