Exercise 2
EXERCISE 2
Translate into Spanish:
- The foreman is grateful for his master's kindness.
- The Director is elaborating a bold scheme for establishing, in a foreign country hedged in by protective duties, a factory worked by native labour under an English manager (gerente) and experienced English instructors.
- If this plan reaches concretion (se verifica) he will be going abroad shortly, when he will find that his agents will be taking already the preliminary steps.
- The Director himself is coming towards us, he will tell you more about it.
- I am going to attend to several trifling matters which however want looking after (hay que cuidar).
- Whenever (siempre que) I decided on (he decidido) a thing, I have always acted on my decision (la he puesto en ejecución).
- I tell you if I had a larger stock, I should feel rather uneasy at (con) the prospects of the market.
- Come and see me to-morrow at my office and we shall come (llegaremos) to a friendly understanding without beating about the bush.
- He told me the figures did not compare well with (no eran buenas en comparación de) those of last year.
- Please go through the accounts again and tell me the result by return of post.
- Short reckonings make long friends (las cuentas claras y el chocolate espeso).
- He lost money as a result of his bad temper.