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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).
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Después van al agua, que es nuestro alimento más importante.
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In that way, they end up in our water supplies which, as we all know, are our most vital resource.


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Por esto, estamos firmemente convencidos de la necesidad de que se cumpla de manera decidida y consecuente el Pacto de Estabilidad.
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We therefore take the uncompromising view that we must maintain a resolute and consistent stability pact.


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La reunión celebrada en Pekín, en octubre de 1999, confirmó que, por un lado, las autoridades chinas estaban dispuestas a hacer concesiones sobre cuestiones relacionadas con el propio diálogo, como su reestructuración, y con el debate sobre las normas jurídicas de represión (pena de muerte, detención administrativa), pero, por otro lado, no iban a ceder en cuanto a las cuestiones fulcrales relacionadas con el sistema de partido único y la integridad territorial.
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The meeting held in Beijing in October 1999 confirmed that, on the one hand, the Chinese authorities were willing to make concessions on issues relating to the dialogue itself, with a restructuring of the dialogue and of discussion of legal forms of repression such as the death penalty and administrative detention. On the other hand, they will not give any ground on the pivotal questions of the single party system and territorial integrity.