Translation Book 4 - Booklet 18

Question 1

Los escoceses tienen un acento extraño.

Answer 1

The Scottish have a strange accent.

Question 2

Tiene fama de ser tacaños.

Answer 2

They’re famous for being tight-fisted.

Question 3

Si yo fuera zurdo, podría hacerlo.

Answer 3

If I were left-handed, I could do it.

Question 4

Llevaos a esa gente de aquí.

Answer 4

Take those people away.

Question 5

Deja que te releve.

Answer 5

Let me take over for you.

Question 6

Esa gente es de mente muy estrecha.

Answer 6

Those people are very narrow-minded.

Question 7

Primero hacemos una previsión de ventas.

Answer 7

First we make a sales forecast.

Question 8

Después, hacemos un plan de producción.

Answer 8

Then we make a production plan.

Question 9

Con estos datos elaboramos el presupuesto de gastos

Answer 9

With this data, we draw up the expense budget.

Question 10

Los gastos generales se comparten.

Answer 10

Overhead expenses are shared.

Question 11

Se asignan a cada departamento según el número de empleados

Answer 11

They are allocated to each department according to the number of employees

Question 12

Algunos jefes de departamento se quejan de esta política.

Answer 12

Some department heads complain about this policy.

Question 13

Sin embargo, es la forma más justa.

Answer 13

However, it’s the fairest way.

Question 14

Cada mes las ventas reales se comparan con las ventas estimadas

Answer 14

Each month actual sales are compared to estimated sales.

Question 15

¿Y qué pasa si hay desviaciones?

Answer 15

And what happens if there are variances?

Question 16

Localizamos las causas y tomamos medidas.

Answer 16

We pinpoint the causes and take action.

Question 17

Nuestros clientes son imprevisibles.

Answer 17

Our customers are unpredictable.

Question 18

Hay muchos altibajos a lo largo del año.

Answer 18

There are a lot of ups and downs throughout the year.

Question 19

Es un negocio estacional.

Answer 19

It’s a seasonal business.

Question 20

La temporada alta empieza ahora.

Answer 20

The high season is beginning now.

Question 21

La situación de tesorería mejora en mayo.

Answer 21

The cash situation improves in May.

Question 22

Los míos están al lado de los de ella.

Answer 22

Mine are next to hers.

Question 23

El de ellos es diferente del nuestro.

Answer 23

Theirs is different from ours.

Question 24

¿De quién es el que está en el suelo?

Answer 24

Whose is the one (that is) on the floor?

Question 25

Aquél antes era de él.

Answer 25

That one used to be his.

Question 26

Ya no es de él.

Answer 26

It’s not his anymore.

Question 27

Vine para que tú me ayudaras.

Answer 27

I came so that you could help me.

Question 28

Trabajo para poder mantenerte.

Answer 28

I work so that I can support you.

Question 29

Habla alto para que todos te oigan.

Answer 29

Speak loud so that everyone can hear you.

Question 30

Oí una extraña voz que me asustó.

Answer 30

I heard a strange voice that frightened me.

Question 31

Miré atrás pero no vi nada.

Answer 31

I looked back but I didn’t see anything.

Question 32

Miré en todas partes.

Answer 32

I looked everywhere.

Question 33

Por fin me di cuenta de lo que era.

Answer 33

Finally I realised what it was.

Question 34

El teléfono estaba descolgado.

Answer 34

The telephone was off the hook.

Question 35

Me acerqué (andando) al teléfono.

Answer 35

I walked up to the telephone.

Question 36

No pude creer lo que oía.

Answer 36

I couldn’t believe what I heard.

Question 37

Fue una voz tan débil…

Answer 37

It was such a weak voice…

Question 38

De repente me quedé helado.

Answer 38

Suddenly I froze.

Question 39

Era mi mujer quien me llamaba.

Answer 39

It was my wife who was calling me.

Question 40

Mi mujer llevaba tres años muerta.

Answer 40

My wife had been dead for three years.

Question 41

Colgué y casi me desmayé.

Answer 41

I hung up and almost fainted.

Question 42

Las llamadas seguían ocurriendo.

Answer 42

The calls kept occurring.

Question 43

Su voz parecía cada vez más cerca.

Answer 43

Her voice seemed closer and closer.

Question 44

Ya no lo podía aguantar.

Answer 44

I couldn’t stand it anymore.

Question 45

Lentamente me estaba volviendo loco.

Answer 45

I was slowly going crazy.

Question 46

Decidí por fin ir al cementerio.

Answer 46

I finally decided to go to the cemetery.

Question 47

Me acerqué lentamente a la tumba de mi mujer, (andando)

Answer 47

I slowly walked up to my wife’s grave.

Question 48

Había habido una tormenta la noche anterior.

Answer 48

There had been a storm the night before.

Question 49

Un poste telefónico había caído.

Answer 49

A telephone pole had fallen.

Question 50

Uno de los cables había caído justo en la tumba de mi mujer

Answer 50

One of the wires had fallen right on top of my wife’s grave.