Translation Book 4 - Booklet 17

Question 1

¿Te importaría recoger tus zapatos?

Answer 1

Would you mind picking up your shoes?

Question 2

La fecha de renovación se ha cambiado.

Answer 2

The renewal date has been changed.

Question 3

Te estás saliendo por la tangente.

Answer 3

You’re going off on a tangent.

Question 4

Se habría publicado antes si no se hubiera inundado el almacén

Answer 4

It would’ve been published sooner if the warehouse hadn’t been flooded

Question 5

Llámame en cuanto sepas algo.

Answer 5

Call me as soon as you know something.

Question 6

Lo siento… lo hice sin querer.

Answer 6

I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to do it.

Question 7

¿Te das cuenta de lo que me has hecho?

Answer 7

Do you realise what you’ve done to me?

Question 8

¿Cómo voy a salir de este lío?

Answer 8

How am I going to get out of this mess?

Question 9

Están metidos en un atasco.

Answer 9

They’re stuck in a traffic jam.

Question 10

Si no hubieran quebrado, podríamos haber cobrado la cantidad.

Answer 10

If they hadn’t gone bankrupt, we could have collected the amount.

Question 11

Ya es demasiado tarde.

Answer 11

It’s too late now.

Question 12

¿Qué hacemos ahora?

Answer 12

What shall we do now?

Question 13

¿Tiene alguien alguna sugerencia?

Answer 13

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Question 14

Debisteis cobrarles antes.

Answer 14

You should’ve collected from them sooner.

Question 15

No nos digas lo que debimos hacer.

Answer 15

Don’t tell us what we should’ve done.

Question 16

Dinos lo que debemos hacer ahora.

Answer 16

Tell us what we should do now.

Question 17

¿Cuál es nuestro saldo bancario?

Answer 17

What’s our bank balance?

Question 18

Tenemos suficiente para llegar a mayo.

Answer 18

We have enough to get through April.

Question 19

¿Y si alargamos las condiciones de pago?

Answer 19

And if we lengthen the terms of payment?

Question 20

No les gustará a nuestros proveedores.

Answer 20

Our suppliers won’t like it.

Question 21

Esto no es un concurso de popularidad.

Answer 21

This isn’t a popularity contest.

Question 22

Exigirán el pago parcial.

Answer 22

They’ll demand partial payment.

Question 23

Algunos dependen totalmente de nosotros.

Answer 23

Some of them depend entirely on us.

Question 24

Son en su mayoría pequeños proveedores.

Answer 24

They’re mostly small suppliers.

Question 25

Los grandes pueden aguantar.

Answer 25

The big ones can hold out.

Question 26

Los pequeños se hundirán.

Answer 26

The small ones will go under.

Question 27

¿Podemos prorrogar la línea de crédito?

Answer 27

Can we extend the credit line?

Question 28

Ya estamos hasta el cuello en deudas.

Answer 28

We’re already up to our neck in debts.

Question 29

Esperad, se nos olvida algo.

Answer 29

Wait, we’re forgetting something.

Question 30

Tenemos una valiosa colección de pinturas aquí mismo en la oficina

Answer 30

We have a valuable collection of paintings right here in the office

Question 31

¿Estás sugiriendo que las vendamos?

Answer 31

Are you suggesting that we sell them?

Question 32

¿Qué más podemos hacer?

Answer 32

What else can we do?

Question 33

No veo otra salida.

Answer 33

I don’t see any other way out.

Question 34

¿Cuánto valen?

Answer 34

How much are they worth?

Question 35

Recuerdo su valor hace 10 años.

Answer 35

I remember their value 10 years ago.

Question 36

Fueron tasadas por un experto.

Answer 36

They were appraised by an expert.

Question 37

En aquel entonces valían 3 mil millones.

Answer 37

At that time they were worth 3 billion.

Question 38

¿Cuánto valdrían ahora?

Answer 38

How much would they be worth now?

Question 39

Depende de cómo queramos venderlos.

Answer 39

It depends on how we want to sell them.

Question 40

Si los subastamos conseguiremos menos.

Answer 40

If we auction them we’ll get less.

Question 41

Si contratamos a un agente, podemos conseguir un 15 por ciento más

Answer 41

If we hire an agent, we can get 15 percent more.

Question 42

Se tardaría más, pero ganaríamos más.

Answer 42

It would take longer but we’d earn more.

Question 43

¿Cuánto crees que tardaríamos?

Answer 43

How long do you think it would take us?

Question 44

Podríamos deshacernos de todos ellos en un año más o menos

Answer 44

We could get rid of all of them in a year more or less.

Question 45

Así podríamos saldar nuestras deudas.

Answer 45

That way we could settle our debts.

Question 46

Incluso podríamos pactar una buena indemnización por despido para todos

Answer 46

We could even negotiate good severance pay for everyone

Question 47

¿Cuánto nos quedaría al final?

Answer 47

How much would we have left in the end?

Question 48

Aún quedaría suficiente para prepararnos un paracaídas de oro

Answer 48

There would still be enough left over to prepare ourselves a golden parachute

Question 49

¿Qué quiere decir un paracaídas de oro?

Answer 49

What does a golden parachute mean?

Question 50

Significa que podemos jubilarnos ahora y vivir felices y comer perdices

Answer 50

It means we can retire now and live happily ever after.