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In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
question:
Dicho sea de paso, es todavía más asombroso que el Consejo no haya intervenido.
answer:
And let me say in passing, it is even more astonishing that the Council allowed it to.


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Dada la dimensión de la directiva, quizá sea una cuestión de rango menor, pero en ella se centra la discusión.
answer:
In the grand scheme of the directive, it is perhaps a minor point, but nevertheless a disputed one.


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Pero todas las manifestaciones son estudiadas en primer lugar por la denominada comisión Comart.
answer:

But all exhibitions are in fact looked at first by the so-called Comart committee.