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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def translate_stringlist(val):
    '''
    On the CLI, these are passed as multiple instances of a given CLI option.
    In Salt, we accept these as a comma-delimited list but the API expects a
    Python list. This function accepts input and returns it back as a Python
    list of strings. If the input is a string which is a comma-separated list
    of items, split that string and return it.
    '''
    if not isinstance(val, list):
        try:
            val = split(val)
        except AttributeError:
            val = split(six.text_type(val))
    for idx in range(len(val)):
        if not isinstance(val[idx], six.string_types):
            val[idx] = six.text_type(val[idx])
    return val