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).

[EX Q]: En 1953 tuvimos una catástrofe de enormes dimensiones gracias a la cual a la vez pudimos desempeñar un papel precursor en el terreno de la construcción de diques.
[EX A]: In 1953, we suffered an enormous flood at a time when we were able to play a pioneering role in terms of dam technology.

[EX Q]: Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, Señorías, el objetivo de poner a punto una estrategia para modernizar la protección social en la Unión Europea es, sin duda, acertado.
[EX A]: Mr President, Commissioner, the aim of developing a coordinated strategy for modernising social protection in the European Union is certainly an admirable one.

[EX Q]: Todos reconocen -y ése era el tema del debate de hoy- que, para que la Unión Europea desempeñe un papel más activo y directivo en las políticas de desarrollo a escala internacional, deberá necesariamente fortalecer la coherencia de sus diversas políticas que contribuyen a la consecución de los objetivos del desarrollo.
[EX A]:
Everyone recognises, indeed this was the theme of today' s debate, that, if the European Union is to play a more active and leading role in development policies at world level, it will have no choice but to enhance the coherence of its own various development-related policies.