Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Romanian term or phrase:
să măcelărești limba
English translation:
to mangle (words) the language; (coll.) butchering of the language
Romanian term
Romania
I take my responsibilities seriously.
Native in: Romanian 
, Hungarian
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, Hungarian to Romanian, and 1 more.
să măcelărești limba
La capitolul „Cum trebuie făcute greșelile ...” zice așa: Trebuie să-ți faci toate greșelile distrându-te. Dacă stilul tău este șarmant, fă-le cu șarm. Lingviștii sunt singurii care te pun la zid dacă ai curajul să măcelărești limba pe care o vorbești, deci mai ales când ești începător, ferește-te de lingviști și perfecționiști. ...
to slaughter the language nu prea cred că este corect,..
De-asemenea, m-aș bucura dacă ați propune o traducere și pentru „Dacă stilul tău este șarmant, fă-le cu șarm.”. Am tradus și eu însă nu-mi place cum sună. (... do your mistakes with charm?? e bine??)
Mulțumesc!
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Adrian MM.
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Elena Perianu
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Jan 21, 2020 14:38: Adrian MM. Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
to mangle (words) the language; (coll.) butchering of the language
I don't think botch works here, but that butchering works stylistically better as a gerundive, whilst massacre vs. slaughter is arguably within acceptable idiomatic UK (US/ Can?) parameters,
BTW, when a Brit, normally an Englishman, exclaims: ' I could murder a pint', such prosepctive pub or bar patron is referring to a pint of beer.
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correction: BTW, when a Brit. or *Irishman*, exclaims: ' I could murder a pint', such prospective pub or bar patron is referring to a pint of beer.
Mangle: : to do (something) badly : to ruin (something) because of carelessness or a lack of skill The newspaper mangled the story. [=it did not report the story correctly] He mangled [=botched] the speech. They mangled my favorite song!
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/romanian-english/măcelărești
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/butche
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Lara Barnett
: This is a more common usage.
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Thanks and multumesc! You must mean mangle vs. butcher.
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MADALİNA SOLOMON
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Multumesc, thanks - teşekkür ederim and ben burdayim!
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Romania
1/3 century in the translation world
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, French to Romanian, and 1 more.
to butcher the language
As for the other one - „give them a personal touch”.
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Lara Barnett
: This is the correct translation, but I think its the wrong context, i.e. this is cockney rhyming slang.
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