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¡ah! de allí le viene el nombre a los almacenes…

ah! that’s why the department store was named after…

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cuando volvieron de Cuba

when they returned from Cuba

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la rivalidad entre los dos primos era impresionante

the rivalry between both cousins was striking

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esperé una semana hasta las rebajas

I waited a week before rebates ???

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y sobretodo

and above all

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era una antigua sastrería de trajes al estilo del corte británico

it was an old-style tailor of suits with an English cut

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empezaron con cuatro gatos

they started with hardly a soul

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yo me compré unos pantalones que costaban un riñón

I bought a pair of pants that cost an arm and a leg

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algo tan lógico y normal que antes no se hacía

something so logical and normal that they didn’t do before

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pero Galerías Preciados finalmente desapareció

but Valued Galleries ended up disappearing

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lo compró el Corte Inglés con sus más de cinco mil (5.000) empleados

he bought the Corte Inglés with its more than 5,000 employees

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las rebajas del Corte Inglés son muy, muy famosas

Corte Inglés rebates are very, very famous

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probablemente le costó un riñón

it probably cost him an arm and a leg

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sí, sí… en unos almacenes cubanos, Los Encantos

yes, yes… at some Cuban warehouses, The Charms

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el Corte Inglés precisamente había sido una pequeña sastrería

the Corte Inglés had, as a matter of fact, been a small tailor shop

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pero aquí empezó su gran expansión

but here is where its expansion began

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allí aprendieron las técnicas americanas de las rebajas

there they learned American sales techniques

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que el cliente siempre tiene razón

that the customer is always right

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ahora están incluso en Portugal, ¿no?

now they’re even in Portugal, right?

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oye

hey listen

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¿aprendieron el arte de las ventas trabajando en unos almacenes?

did they learn the art of sales in some warehouses?

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lo que hacía uno, en seguida lo copiaba el otro

what one of them did, the other one copied it right after

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y estaban a menos de la mitad de precio

and they were less than half price

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cada uno de esos primos compró una pequeña tienda

each one of the cousins bought a small store