I think what you have in mind is: "The actors and actresses step towards the curtain."

1. He goes to the market.

2. He goes toward the market.

3. He steps to the curtain.

4. He steps toward the curtain.

Sentences 1 and 2 are clearly different. In 2 he starts out, but does not necessarily arrive. In 1 he arrives at his destination.

So, I would argue the same logic applies to sentences 3 and 4.

In other words, I suspect there is nothing wrong with translating the Hungarian here as 'to' rather than 'toward'. And I wouldn't be surprised if Hungarian uses a different construction than what we are given here if 'toward' was intended.

I wrote "The actors and the actresses step up to the curtain." fully aware this was not a literal translation, but it the only one that makes sense to me as a native.

(incidentally, "step to" is a slang term for starting a fight with someone)

I do not know if this is what is intended here but I I am imagining how confused a hungarian learning English would be if an English person said actors are making a curtain call. Perhaps this is what is happening here?

toward should be accepted as a synonym for to.

could lépnek also mean approach?

yeah "step towards" or "step over to" sound much more natural in english.

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