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Dona Marina Malinche served as Cortez’s interpreter and mistress, translating between the Spanish and the other side.

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“The interface between them was Cortes' interpreter slash mistress,”
“Dona Marina Malinche, as she became known,”
“who is translating from one side to the other.”
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