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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Question: Al principio estábamos un poco indecisos y ahora lo lamentamos.

Answer: At first we were somewhat irresolute and we regret that now.


Question: Pero más allá de estos principios está la consideración del agua como bien común que no puede ser sometido a las reglas del mercado.

Answer: However, apart from these principles, there is the consideration that water, as a common resource, cannot be subjected to the rules of the market.


Question: Allí ha tardado bastante tiempo en despegar, pero si el desarrollo de los programas ha sido lento, es porque era necesaria la participación local.

Answer:
It was quite slow in getting off the ground there, but it was slow because it was necessary to have the local people themselves develop these programmes.