Translation of "y tal" to English language:
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| La gente dice tal y tal es verdad, | People say, Is such and such true? |
| En tal y tal fecha, IBM tiene responsabilidades, tú tienes responsabilidades. | At such and such a date, IBM has responsibilities, you have responsibilities. |
| Y tú qué tal? | And you, how are you? |
| Tal madre, tal hija. | Like mother, like daughter. |
| Y tú, qué tal estás? | And you, how are you? |
| Y tú, qué tal estás? | And you, how's it going? |
| Y que tal un café? | And what about a coffee? |
| Y qué tal esta noche? | How about tonight? |
| Y qué tal el sueño? | And what about sleep? |
| Y qué tal el triángulo? | And what about the triangle? |
| De tal palo tal astilla. | The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. |
| Y se puede establecer tal propósito. | And such a target can be established. |
| Te amo tal y como eres. | I love you just the way you are. |
| Tom es tal y como tú. | Tom is just like you. |
| Lo primero de todo, el principio. Nada de diapositivas con largos títulos con bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla y presento a tal y tal y en tal y cual fecha. | Well, first of all, start out. None of these big, long titled slides with blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah and I'm presenting to so and so, such and such a date. |
| Esto tal vez es real, tal vez no. | This might be real, or it might not. |
| Y en tal caso, qué vendrá después? | If so, what will follow from that? |
| Y qué tal si el vuelve ahora? | What if he comes back now? |
| y tal vez la maquinaria esté rota. | Maybe the machinery is broken. |
| Tal vez vemos al pasado y vemos | Maybe you look at the past and see. |
| Y el dijo Llegaría en tal fecha. | And so he said, I've got to reach on date X. |
| Pero es un desafío que espero que tomen, y que tal vez lo compartan. Tal vez no. | But it's a challenge that I hope you'll take, and maybe you'll share it. Maybe you won't. |
| Y nuestras ganancias van a subir tanto y tal. | And our revenues are going to go this, that and the other thing. |
| Tal vez yo soy como él, o tal vez tú. Tal vez todos son como él. | Maybe I am like him, or maybe you are. Maybe everyone is. |
| Pero tal vez esto de débil y mierda tal vez sea una hipótesis importante que necesita más análisis. | But maybe maybe weak and shit maybe weak and shit is an important hypothesis that needs more analysis. |
| Qué tal? | How is it going? |
| Qué tal? | How do you do? |
| Tal cual | As Is |
| Y tal vez eso no sea algo malo. | And that might not be such a bad thing. |
| Y que tal vez se acerque su fin? | And that possibly their promise (of death) may have come near? |
| Y que tal vez se acerque su fin? | Perhaps death approaches them. |
| Y que tal vez se acerque su fin? | (Do they not see) that it may well be that their terms is nigh drawing to an end? |
| Era extranjera y como tal se le trató. | She was a foreigner and was treated as such. |
| Tal vez podríamos juntarnos alguna vez y almorzar. | Maybe we could get together sometime and have lunch. |
| El café está tal y como me gusta. | The coffee is just the way I like it. |
| tal que podemos comparar y contrastar grandes ideas. | And so we can compare and contrast the big ideas. |
| Pero qué tal si eran poemas y salmos? | But what if they were poems and psalms? |
| No vi ninguna libélula tal vez estaban ahí, tal vez no. | Didn't notice any dragonflies maybe they were there, maybe they weren't. |
| Tal vez podrías haber escrito sobre cocina. Qué tal cocina francesa? | Maybe you could have focused on cooking. How about French cooking? |
| Cuando uno dice cosas como Todos los colombianos estamos orgullosos de tal y tal cosa está hablando por los demás. | When one says things like All Colombians are proud of this and that thing it is speaking for others. |
| Deberías ir y hacerlo, tal como dijiste que harías. | You should go ahead and do it, just like you said you would. |
| Él es un amigo y lo trato como tal. | He is a friend and I treat him as such. |
| A Tom le gusta Mary tal y como es. | Tom likes Mary just the way she is. |
| Escribí una novela tal y como la quise escribir. | I wrote a novel exactly as I wanted to write it. |
| No quiero todos los detalles cómo funciona y tal. | I don't want to know all the ins and outs, and the gazuntas and the yaddas and stuff. |
