TASK DEFINITION: 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).
PROBLEM: Señoras y señores, haríamos un mal servicio en general a los objetivos de esta importante directiva si no somos capaces de dotarla de la necesaria flexibilidad y adaptabilidad para garantizar su cumplimiento.

SOLUTION: We will be doing a general disservice to the objectives of this important directive if we are not able to provide it with the necessary flexibility and adaptability to guarantee compliance with its provisions.

PROBLEM: Esta situación es particularmente grave para países como Portugal, en el que las pensiones y las jubilaciones mínimas poco superan la mitad del salario mínimo nacional, que, a su vez, es el más bajo de toda la Unión Europea.

SOLUTION: This situation is particularly serious in countries such as Portugal where the minimum pensions and pension schemes are barely more than half of the minimum national wage which in turn, is the lowest in the whole of Europe.

PROBLEM: Lo curioso del informe Andersson es que no entra en muchos detalles sobre cómo habría que llevar a cabo todo esto; en ese aspecto no se trata en absoluto de un informe que haga castillos en el aire.

SOLUTION:
The funny thing about the Andersson report is that it does not get bogged down with too many details of how everything should take shape; from this perspective it is not a pie-in-the-sky report.