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).

Q: Such is life.

A: Así es la vida.
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Q: Many people in my country say they see British culture being under threat, for example, from Portugal, from Germany, from Finland, for heaven' s sake.

A: En mi país son muchos los que afirman que la cultura británica se ve amenazada, por ejemplo, por Portugal, por Alemania, por Finlandia, ¡por favor!
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Q: The European budget is effectively sourced from VAT and on the basis of GDP, especially now that the Community preference system has been abandoned and the multiplication of free trade areas has put paid to customs duties and the common agricultural levy, which had already been cut back drastically by the Generalised System of Preferences.

A:
En realidad, el presupuesto europeo se alimenta del IVA y de la retención sobre el PIB, sobre todo desde que el abandono de la preferencia comunitaria y la multiplicación de las zonas de libre comercio han hecho desaparecer los derechos arancelarios y la exacción reguladora agrícola común, ya amputados por los SPG.
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