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That's as true for looking back as looking ahead.

Spanish translation: esto es tan válido de cara al pasado como de cara al futuro

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English term or phrase:	that's as true for looking back as looking ahead.
Spanish translation:	esto es tan válido de cara al pasado como de cara al futuro
Entered by:	Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

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21:04 Nov 7, 2009

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English term or phrase: That's as true for looking back as looking ahead.

The context: Time doesn't work for Mick Jagger quite the same way it works for the rest of us.THAT'S AS TRUE FOR LOOKING BACK AS LOOKING AHEAD.

ystrelnikova

y esto es tan válido de cara al pasado como (de cara) al futuro

Explanation:
Para abreviar se puede omitir el segundo "de cara", pero yo lo conservaría.
Coincido con Chriswa en suprimir el punto

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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 05:30

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4 +2

y esto es tan válido de cara al pasado como (de cara) al futuro

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

es lo mismo si miras al pasado, o al futuro

Barbara Cochran

tanto para lo vivido como lo por vivir

Sandra Cifuentes Dowling

en cuanto respecta tanto al pasado como al futuro

Aradai Pardo Martínez

eso es tan cierto al mirar al pasado como hacia el futuro

hugocar

Da igual que se trate de la retrospección o de la prospección

Deborah Lockett

2 +1

(el resto de nosotros), tanto mirando al pasado como al futuro

Christine Walsh

Da igual mirar al pasado como al futuro

Laura Rodriguez

Answers

8 mins confidence:

that's as true for looking back as looking ahead. Da igual mirar al pasado como al futuro

Explanation:
Supongo que quiere decir algo así, que está igual que siempre, que no pasan los años por él.

Laura Rodriguez
Local time: 05:30
Native speaker of:

Galician,

Spanish

31 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

that's as true for looking back as looking ahead. (el resto de nosotros), tanto mirando al pasado como al futuro

Explanation:
Quizás convenga reemplazar el punto por una coma en español.

Christine Walsh
Local time: 01:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

that's as true for looking back as looking ahead. eso es tan cierto al mirar al pasado como hacia el futuro

Explanation:
Otra opción.

hugocar
Local time: 00:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

that's as true for looking back as looking ahead.

y esto es tan válido de cara al pasado como (de cara) al futuro

Explanation:
Para abreviar se puede omitir el segundo "de cara", pero yo lo conservaría.
Coincido con Chriswa en suprimir el punto

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 05:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 108

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

3 hrs confidence:

that's as true for looking back as looking ahead. en cuanto respecta tanto al pasado como al futuro

Explanation:
Otra opción...

Aradai Pardo Martínez
France
Local time: 05:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

19 hrs confidence:

that\'s as true for looking back as looking ahead. Da igual que se trate de la retrospección o de la prospección

Explanation:
looking back in time = retrospección

looking forward in time = prospección

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 04:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 90

1 day33 mins confidence:

that's as true for looking back as looking ahead. tanto para lo vivido como lo por vivir

Explanation:
Otra manera de decirlo.

Y coincido con mis colegas: definitivamente habría que reemplazar el punto seguido después de "rest of us" por una coma para dar con el tono discursivo propio del español.

Suerte.

Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Chile
Local time: 01:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

1 day2 hrs confidence:

that's as true for looking back as looking ahead. es lo mismo si miras al pasado, o al futuro

Explanation:
HTH

Barbara Cochran
Local time: 23:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

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Changes made by editors

Nov 22, 2009 - Changes made by Beatriz Ramírez de Haro:
Edited KOG entry	Beatriz Ramírez de Haro's old entry - "that's as true for looking back as looking ahead." => "esto es tan válido de cara al pasado como (de cara) al futuro"
Nov 22, 2009 - Changes made by Beatriz Ramírez de Haro:
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