Common translation trip-ups

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  permite que?

  allows that
• se lo da?


  gives it to him / her
• destacado?

  highlighted / outstanding
• para que?

  so that
• un poco?

  a little bit
• poca gente?

  few people
• lo que hago?

  what i do
• acaba de (+infinitive)?


  just done something
• despues de haber ido?


  after having gone
• lo hago desde 2016?

  i have been doing it since 2016
• lo hago desde hace 3 anos ?

  i have been doing it for 3 years
• hace 3 anos ?

  three years ago
• desde entonces?

  since then
• (no) poder permitirselo?

  to not be able to afford it
• denunciar?

  to announce/ to report
• el nino de hoy?

  children of today
• acabaríán aprendiendo?

  they would end up learning
• van de la mano?

  go hand in hand
• hacer caso a ?

  to pay attention to
• current?

  actual
• which they face?

  a lo que se enfrentan
• the reasons why ?

  las razones por las cuales
• they ban children watching?

  prohiben a los ninos ver
• the way he speaks?

  la manera en que habla
• to hold an event?

  celebrar un evento
• what pleases me?

  lo que me gusta
• expectations?

  expectativas
• after having finished?

  despues de haber terminado
• so everyone sees?

  para que todos vean
• because of?

  a causa de
• the following year?

  el ano siguiente
• next year?

  el ano proximo
• everyone?

  todos
• some people?

  algunas personas
• a policy ?

  una politica
• in order to fight for ?

  para luchar por
• more and more?

  cada vez más
• unless ?

  a menos que