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Morocco
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Native in: Arabic (Variants: Moroccan, UAE, Kuwaiti, Najdi, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Hassaniya) 
, Berber (Other) (Variants: Standard Moroccan Tamazight, Tarifit , Tashelhit , Riffian, Central Atlas Tamazight, Tamazight ) 
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Made/did Dollars currency exchange
Please note that I'm not a native English speaker :). And thank you in adavance for your help.
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Aug 6, 2022 11:02: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other"
Non-PRO (2): Edith Kelly, AllegroTrans
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Jordan
Professional Writer and Translator
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English
did a currency exchange
To add the specific type of currency, say:
She did a dollar currency exchange.
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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs (2022-08-07 12:52:41 GMT)
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I am confident about my answer ("did" a currency exchange), but I would be unlikely to say that I "did a dollar currency exchange" (naming the currency in this manner), even if this is the grammatically correct way to put it based on the limited information available to us combined with the sentence structure you initially proposed. It would be much more common (for example) to say: I exchanged dollars for Euros yesterday (altering as needed for the correct/relevant currencies). If only one currency is known, then I might say something like "I exchanged the money I had for dollars" or "I went down to the currency exchange place yesterday to get some dollars." There is a whole range of more natural-sounding possibilities depending on the surrounding context and the overall purpose/tone of the text. And if you are limited on space due to this being a song lyric, then you might have to play around with the words a bit more.
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philgoddard
: Yes, not "dollars", and no capital D.
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Yes - thank you for emphasizing these points.
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Kiet Bach
: I would say "made" is also acceptable. If you don't specify, people will assume it is the U.S. dollar. / We say "made a deposit/withdrawal", why not "made an exchange"?
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Agree about US dollars being the default assumption, but can't see myself using the word "made" in this context.//I think it is just idiomatic. But think about the same phrase in the passive construction. Would you get a currency exchange done or made?
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Yvonne Gallagher
: doesn't look like very natural English. I agree with what you say about there being a range of more natural expressions in Dbox//I know. Context is sadly lacking
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My original understanding was that the Asker was limited in the space available to him since the phrase is apparently taken from a song lyric so I did not initially take the time to present other (more natural-sounding) options.
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AllegroTrans
: "made" is perefectly acceptable.
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I haven't heard it that way before, but maybe it varies from place to place.
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Reference comments
Though there may be a small fee, your bank or credit union will almost always be the best place to exchange currency (and the cheapest). You may be able to order currency at a branch location or by phone or online to have it delivered to you, or to pick up at a branch.
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AllegroTrans
: The question is not about where to exchange currency
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