The dilemma

The caseworker's hands stop over the keyboard. Earlier Yonas corrected you, gently, on the way you said the river's name, and then did it again ten minutes later, which is not something people being interviewed usually bother to do. Your code says you translate what is said and may flag when a word is unclear. It also says you do not advise, you do not add, and you do not speak for anyone. It says nothing about which of two true things to give them. The caseworker looks up. "Whichever is closer," he says.

Your options

1. Say the word carries both, and refuse to pick one for him.
2. Give the plain meaning. He agreed.
3. Put it the way he means it. He had no choice.