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In English, sometimes we says things like:

  • The company wants me to work more.
  • Microsoft is angry at Apple.
  • I called the company.

Can we say the same thing in Esperanto? Does it still make sense?

  • La firmao volas, ke mi laboru pli ofte.
  • Microsoft estas kolera pri Apple.
  • Mi telefonis al la firmao.
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It's a rhetorical figure (metonymy), which is not related to any particular language, so I see no reason why it should not work in Esperanto.

See the Wikipedia Entry on Metonymy; the relationship would be 'containment', where "Microsoft" stands in for the board/CEO/... of the company itself.

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