Spanish term
United States
24 years of experience in many countries
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 6 more.
fui consciente de lo difícil
It's a translation of a document about journalism. What way will be correct I'm aware of how difficult was....?
Here is the full paragraph:
En mis años de estudios universitarios, en la carrera de periodista, fui consciente de lo difícil que era aprender a entender el español, cada regla ortográfica y gramatical era una nueva búsqueda del por qué y para que existían y que tanto debería aplicarla a la vida diaria y que tanto no.
| 4 +5 | I [became] aware of how difficult it was |
Penn Tomassetti
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| 5 +4 | I was aware of how difficult |
Ray Ables
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| 4 +3 | I realized how difficult |
carloscruz
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May 26, 2013 14:00: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Carol Gullidge, neilmac, Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
United States
Spanish to English Translation
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English
I [became] aware of how difficult it was
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Note added at 27 mins (2013-05-25 23:18:12 GMT)
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During my time studying at the university, as a journalism major, I was aware of how difficult it was to learn to understand Spanish, every orthographic and grammatical rule became a new search for the reasons why they existed and in what ways I should or should not apply it to daily life.
"I was aware" also works. I think it depends on what information is given in the rest of the story.
| Thanks Mr. Penn. |
| Thanks Mr. Penn. |
| Mr. Penn, Thanks for your answer. My wife is an English professor and also an English specialist and she said to me that "it" should not be after "was" Is this grammatically correct? We are keeping the English translation similar to the original Spanish because the essay writer has many mistakes and we don't want to have problems with a difficult Spanish-English editor. Thanks. |
I was aware of how difficult
| Thanks Mr.Able. |
| agree |
Penn Tomassetti
24 mins
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Thanks Penn!
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| agree |
Jorge Merino
30 mins
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Thanks Jorge!
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| agree |
Trudy Peters
1 hr
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Thanks Trudy!
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James A. Walsh
10 hrs
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Thank you!
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I realized how difficult
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| agree |
Wendy Streitparth
: Sounds better to my ears,.
1 hr
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| agree |
James A. Walsh
: Also works well.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
7 hrs
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