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amounts to

Spanish translation: I'd skip it

16:54 Oct 27, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
English term or phrase: amounts to
"... We are destroying the lives of these islanders by the thousands, their villages and their cities," he charged. "Could there be a more damning indictment of that whole bloated ideal termed 'modern civilization' than this amounts to?"
Darth Sidious
Spanish translation:I'd skip it
Explanation:
¿puede haber una acusación contra la civilización moderna más contundente que todo esto?

por ejemplo
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alcarama
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Local time: 21:14
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7I'd skip it
alcarama
4 +2lo que esto representa (en este caso)
hecdan (X)


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
lo que esto representa (en este caso)


Explanation:
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hecdan (X)
Local time: 16:14
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Walter Landesman
55 mins
agree  Eugenio Llorente
1 hr
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
I'd skip it


Explanation:
¿puede haber una acusación contra la civilización moderna más contundente que todo esto?

por ejemplo

alcarama
Spain
Local time: 21:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marina Soldati
10 mins
  -> Gracias, Marina
agree  Marcelo González
17 mins
  -> gracias, marcelo
agree  mar52
22 mins
  -> gracias, mar
agree  JaneTranslates: Yes. Please!
31 mins
  -> I'd be ruthless indeed. Thanks, Jane.
agree  Miriam Garcia
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Miriam
agree  hecdan (X)
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, hecdan.
agree  Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT: Bueno, entonces para potenciar el desarrollo personal: "Pues vaya simpleza. A ver si nos lo curramos más". ¿Mejor? ;-) >Sí Alca. Buena sugerencia. Chapó como siempre.
12 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Tomás, pero no me dejes que me lo crea demasiado...
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