Translation Book 4 - Booklet 30

Question 1

He oído todo lo que has dicho.

Answer 1

I heard everything you said.

Question 2

Bueno, ¿y qué?

Answer 2

Well, so what?

Question 3

No deberías decir cosas así.

Answer 3

You shouldn’t say things like that.

Question 4

¿Qué van a pensar tus alumnos?

Answer 4

What are your students going to think?

Question 5

Vas a perder su confianza.

Answer 5

You’re going to lose their confidence.

Question 6

Estás cansado pero no estás acabado.

Answer 6

You’re tired but you’re not finished.

Question 7

Te quedan muchos libros por hacer.

Answer 7

You have a lot of books left to make.

Question 8

Vas a hacer uno sobre marketing.

Answer 8

You’re going to make one about marketing.

Question 9

Tienes que hacer uno sobre contabilidad.

Answer 9

You have to make one about accounting.

Question 10

Tienes que grabarlos en un estudio.

Answer 10

You have to record them in a studio.

Question 11

Gracias por las palabras bonitas.

Answer 11

Thanks for the nice words.

Question 12

Ojalá fuera verdad todo eso.

Answer 12

I wish all that were true.

Question 13

Me encantaría hacer más libros.

Answer 13

I’d love to make more books.

Question 14

Nada me agradaría más.

Answer 14

Nothing would please me more.

Question 15

Pero ya no soy la sombra de lo que fui.

Answer 15

But I’m not the shadow of what I was.

Question 16

Antes no había nada que me frenara.

Answer 16

There used to be nothing to stop me.

Question 17

Me he vuelto mucho más cauto.

Answer 17

I’ve become much more cautious.

Question 18

Ahora la vida parece más difícil.

Answer 18

Now life seems more difficult.

Question 19

Todo parece cuesta arriba.

Answer 19

Everything seems uphill.

Question 20

Me estoy empezando a cansar.

Answer 20

I’m starting to get tired.

Question 21

Estás pasando por una mala racha.

Answer 21

You’re going through a bad period.

Question 22

Estás en la crisis de los cuarenta.

Answer 22

You’re in a mid-life crisis.

Question 23

Ya saldrás de ella.

Answer 23

You’ll come out of it.

Question 24

La vida tiene sus altibajos.

Answer 24

Life has its ups and downs.

Question 25

No olvides tus dos dichos favoritos.

Answer 25

Don’t forget your two favourite sayings.

Question 26

Querer es poder.

Answer 26

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Question 27

¿Y cuál es el segundo?

Answer 27

And what’s the second?

Question 28

No puede traducirse al español.

Answer 28

It can’t be translated into Spanish.

Question 29

Puesto que pareces estar de buen humor, échame una mano

Answer 29

Since you seem to be in a good mood, give me a hand.

Question 30

¿Qué quieres que haga?

Answer 30

What do you want me to do?

Question 31

Quiero que me termines esta lista.

Answer 31

I want you to finish this list for me.

Question 32

¿Cuántas frases te quedan?

Answer 32

How many sentences do you have left?

Question 33

Me quedan bastantes.

Answer 33

I have quite a few left.

Question 34

¿Por qué no das algunos consejos?

Answer 34

Why don’t you give some advice?

Question 35

La gente está harta de mis consejos.

Answer 35

People are sick of my advice.

Question 36

¿Quién soy yo para dar consejos de todos modos?

Answer 36

Who am I to give advice anyway?

Question 37

Tus consejos valen su peso en oro.

Answer 37

Your advice is worth its weight in gold.

Question 38

No soy tan presumido.

Answer 38

I’m not THAT presumptuous.

Question 39

Este es el cuarto libro de la serie.

Answer 39

This is the fourth book in the series.

Question 40

No es más difícil que el libro tres.

Answer 40

It’s not more difficult than book three.

Question 41

Estos libros contienen toda la mecánica del idioma que vas a necesitar

Answer 41

These books contain all the mechanics of the language you’re going to need.

Question 42

Si estás haciendo esta lista, significa que tienes un nivel bastante alto

Answer 42

If you’re doing this list, it means you have a fairly high level.

Question 43

Dedica tu tiempo a leer novelas.

Answer 43

Devote your time to reading novels.

Question 44

Usa el inglés siempre que puedas.

Answer 44

Use English whenever you can.

Question 45

Las clases de inglés no te ayudarán.

Answer 45

English classes won’t help you.

Question 46

La solución final sólo puede venir de ti.

Answer 46

The final solution can only come from you.

Question 47

No esperes que otros te resuelvan los problemas

Answer 47

Don’t expect others to solve your problems for you.

Question 48

El inglés es como todo lo demás.

Answer 48

English is like everything else.

Question 49

Un profesor sólo te puede llevar hasta la mitad del puente

Answer 49

A teacher can only take you halfway across the bridge.

Question 50

Tienes que transitar el resto del camino tu solo

Answer 50

You have to go the rest of the way by yourself.