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Old December 18, 2013, 08:12 AM
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That's true. What's so paradoxical about assuming that ice cream is a summer treat. It's more logical than paradoxical.
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Old December 18, 2013, 11:32 AM
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Many thanks for your help, guys. For a little extra context, below is the previous paragraph. I can't seem to figure out what the actual paradox here is, though.

"Más de la cuarta parte de los españoles consume helados semanalmente, según la Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Helados (AEFH), que representa al 78 por ciento del mercado nacional. En verano la cifra se dispara, y más del 55 por ciento de los mayores de dieciséis años toma dos o tres helados a la semana. Este consumo está más extendido entre la población joven. Pero los datos van más allá. Cada español toma seis litros de este producto al año.

Una paradoja que se comprende por la tradicional idea en nuestro país, y otros como Portugal o Grecia, de que los helados, como las bicicletas, son para el verano. Pero esto está cambiando. En los últimos años hay una mayor información sobre los beneficios nutricionales que comporta el consumo de helados, asociado a una mayor concienciación – con campañas de publicidad incluidas - de que los helados se pueden disfrutar en cualquier época del año."
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Old December 18, 2013, 01:42 PM
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The paradox is although people seem to think that ice-cream can only be eaten during the Summer, the season consumption itself doesn't add up the whole six liters per year that every Spaniard is said to eat.

So I still think that the translation of "por" as "through" could make the sentence clearer, and avoid the interpretation that it is the traditional idea who understands the paradox.
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