English term
begins trying to improve
As the United States begins trying to improve its counterespionage capabilities in reaction to the Walker family spy case, many American officials say they can not fully contain the problem as long as the Soviet Union maintains a large, unrestricted espionage operation in Mexico City, less than 700 miles from the United States.
Conforme Estados Unidos comienza su intento por mejorar sus capacidades de contraespionaje en reacción al caso de espionaje de la familia Walker , muchos funcionarios estadounidenses dicen que no puede contener totalmente el problema siempre y cuando la Unión Soviética mantenga una gran operación de espionaje irrestricta en la Ciudad de México, a menos de 700 millas de los Estados Unidos.
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Proposed translations
Germany
Engineering, Business, Tourism, Social
Native in: Spanish
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, and 1 more.
comienza a tratar de mejorar
Hope it helps,
Saludos,
Ximena.
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Soledad Caño
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Hola! gracias, saludos.
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kleiner Kater
20 mins
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Hi Kleiner, Thank you.
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Maria Mastruzzo
2 hrs
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Hola Maria, gracias, saludos.
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Abaz
4 hrs
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Hola Abaz, gracias por la response, saludos!
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Eddie Soria (X)
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Hola Eddie, thank you!, saludos.
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Robert Mavros
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Hola Robert, gracias, saludos, Ximena.
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empieza a mejorar
HTH
Spain
Sworn & legal. Contracts & CVs. PhD
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
están empezando a mejorar
(En un momento en que) los EE.UU. están empezando a mejorar...
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Spring Moon
: Me parece que se debe usar el singular. Por otro lado, en esta propuesta tienes también 3 verbos en serie.
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Regla: Los EE.UU. (con artículo). = plural; EE.UU. (sin artículo) = singular. Verbos: "están empezando" es tiempo verbal perifrástico, no dos verbos catenativos léxicos diferentes, como "begins trying". A eso me refería.
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Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
empieza a esforzarse por mejorar // empieza a intentar mejorar
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Note added at 11 days (2009-10-18 14:56:25 GMT)
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Podrías evitar la pesadez de tantos verbos seguidos diciendo algo del estilo: "EE.UU. inicia / pone en marcha un esfuerzo para/por mejorar etc."
| que tal? ha comenzado o ha dado pie a un intento por mejorar |
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