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This is the sort of linguistic dilemma fantasy writers run into: Can you refer to something as a manila envelope if it exists in a secondary world where there is no such place as Manila?
FWIW, my personal rule in this sort of situation: make up as few words as possible and don't ever allow the reader to stop to think about or question your word choice. So yes, I will use "manila envelope" and "champagne" but not "Xerox" or "tupperware."
You could argue it either way, and it's a case-by-base thing; I might revisit this later and decide differently. Writing fantasy is a great exploration of how much we take linguistic context for granted.
What is *not* ever advisable, IMO, is making up something unnecessary as a substitute. Like calling it a "mesukto envelope" and then taking half a paragraph to explain the plant gives it this tan color...all to have the reader go, "oh, so it's like a manila envelope."
I agree this is a good way to think about it: You, the author, are translating the story from whatever language it was written in. Use whatever words best convey the story and its analogous time and culture to a 21st century English-language audience.
