Another linguistic question

[minionofmidas]

This might sound a little weird.

But can you open a tin "towards" the sea? Or "in front of" the sea? Not "against" the sea, I'm sure. I'm looking for the preposition corresponding to the direction in which someone opens a tin, if he/she does it in the direction of the sea.

Do you "open" a tin, btw?

I'm translating a poem, you see. Thanks.

Huh? What? "facing" the sea, maybe? Or do you mean emptying a tin  into the sea?

[minionofmidas]

This might sound a little weird.

But can you open a tin "towards" the sea? Or "in front of" the sea? Not "against" the sea, I'm sure. I'm looking for the preposition corresponding to the direction in which someone opens a tin, if he/she does it in the direction of the sea.

Do you "open" a tin, btw?

I'm translating a poem, you see. Thanks.

Huh? What? "facing" the sea, maybe? Or do you mean emptying a tin  into the sea?

What you do with the can is irrelevant. It's the preposition. Not a verb. The direction. Perhaps it's as simple as "in the direction" of the sea. You do something in the direction of the sea. You open a tin in the direction of the sea (at least in this poem). You watch the sunset standing in the direction of the sea. Etc. Not "towards"?

When trying to translate a word, its context is never irrelevant.
You're at the beach, watching the sunset. You're watching the sun set into the Pacific (or whatever) ocean.