"The artist likes painting secretaries, kindergarten teachers and firemen."

Translation: A művész titkárnőket, óvónőket és tűzoltókat szeret festeni.

[JMaxGlobal]

Slight different word-order, but I think this is also a correct translation:
"A művész szeret titkárnőket, óvónőket és tűzoltókat festeni", but it was rejected. What do others think?

[Roberto343666]

I answered "A művész szeret festeni titkárnőket, óvónőket és tűzoltókat " and that was rejected too.

[RO_4_PM]

could I invert szeret and festeni at the end?

[MWG001]

Not really, but it should also accept "A művész szeret titkárnőket óvónőket és tűzoltókat festeni." for it is equally correct

[Stuttgart3]

No.

[_tibi]

I don't see any good reason why not.

[W3rd.]

And it's hard too explain, but you can't swap the two word, because it will be an incomprehensible sentence.

[Celebrinthal]

So, do the words 'szeret festeni' have to be glued together? Following the Polish/English logic, I see 'like' and 'painting something' as separate phrases, and here the two verbs seem to form one constituent and the object is a separate one?

[JimmRepp]

Shouldn't "titkároket" be accepted?

[MWG001]

If you mean "titkárokat" then yes it should