Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
of the time it would have taken years ago
Spanish translation:
del tiempo que habría/hubiera llevado años atrás
English term
of the time it would have taken years ago
Las bases de datos digitales, por ejemplo, permiten a periodistas y ciudadanos encontrar información en una fracción del tiempo que años atrás hubiera tomado, si es que podría haberse encontrado del todo.
Oct 20, 2010 19:21: jacana54 (X) changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Oct 25, 2010 10:41: Mónica Algazi Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Rosa Paredes, Aradai Pardo Martínez, jacana54 (X)
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Proposed translations
Uruguay
ATA-certified English-Spanish translator
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish
del tiempo que habría/hubiera llevado años atrás
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jacana54 (X)
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¡Gracias, Lucía!
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Andres Herraiz Martinez (X)
13 hrs
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Gracias, Andrés.
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Spain
Professionalism, honesty and quality.
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Catalan, Italian to Spanish
en un plazo mínimo del tiempo que requería años atrás
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Note added at 5 minutos (2010-10-20 18:38:48 GMT)
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en un plazo mínimo del tiempo que hubiera requerido años atrás
Me he equivocado de tiempo verbal
del plazo que antaño hubiera requerido
HTH
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Carl Stoll
: muy elegante
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muy amable, Carl :)
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Aradai Pardo Martínez
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muchas gracias, Aradai. :)
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Salloz
: O: del lapso que antaño hubiera requerido.
2 hrs
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muchas gracias, Salloz. Mucho mejor LAPSO. Saludos :)
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en muchos menos tiempo del que hubiesen tardado años atrás
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jacana54 (X)
32 mins
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Muchas gracias Lucia. Un saludo
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