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In this task, you are given a sentence in English and your task is to translate it into Spanish. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
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In a directly applicable exception system, consistency will depend firstly on the degree of clarity of the material rules.
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En un régimen de excepción legal, el mantenimiento de la coherencia dependerá ante todo del grado de transparencia de las normas materiales.


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I should just like to mention another aspect briefly because I do not have much time.
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Quiero mencionar brevemente otro aspecto ya que no tengo tanto tiempo.


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Hurricane "Lothar" should prompt us not to abide solely by the principle of undertaking repairs once the damage is done - something which is discussed at a very superficial level here -, but to switch to the precautionary principle, under the terms of which potential perpetrators are brought to book too.
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El huracán "Lothar" debería servirnos de acicate para abandonar nuestro principio de acción exclusivamente reparadora -que vuelve a ocupar muy visiblemente el primer plano también en este momento- y adoptar el principio de prevención, el cual requiere que también se exijan responsabilidades a los causantes potenciales.