Translation examples
La maestra Inés me sugirió anotarlos en un cuaderno.
The schoolteacher Inés suggested I write them down in a notebook.
Deberías anotarlos, tener un diario en la mesilla.
You should write them down, keep a journal by your bed.
Le dije que era mejor anotarlo para que no olvidase nada.
I said that he had better write them down so as not to forget anything.
Al anotarlas en el mismo orden en que aparecían descubrí que formaban palabras.
By writing them down in the order they appeared, I discovered that they spelled something.
Si tuviera mi diario, sería incluso lo bastante necio para anotarlas.
If I had a journal I would have been witless enough to write them down.
La mujer conocía un atajo pero las indicaciones eran complicadas y Tub tuvo que anotarlas.
The woman knew a shortcut but the directions were complicated and Tub had to write them down.
se sabía capaz de retener los detalles hasta que pudiera anotarlos.
He knew he could retain the details until he had a chance to write them down.
Pensé que estaba experimentando penetrantes destellos de ideas, y hubiera querido anotarlas.
I thought I was experiencing penetrating flashes of insight, and I wanted to write them down.
—También puedo contarte a ti cosas que recuerdo y tú puedes anotarlas. —Buena idea.
‘Or else I can tell you things that I remember and you can write them down.’ ‘Good idea.
Jean se agarró a la helada barandilla y se complació de estar sola, de no tener que traducir en palabras lo que estaba viendo, de no tener que describirlo, analizarlo, anotarlo.
Jean gripped the frosty guardrail and was glad to be alone, glad that what she saw didn’t have to be translated into words, to be reported, discussed, annotated.
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