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: 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.

Answer: In 1953, we suffered an enormous flood at a time when we were able to play a pioneering role in terms of dam technology.


Question: Añádase a ello que el sector agrario es responsable del 34% del producto nacional bruto de los países en vías de desarrollo frente al 5.3% comunitario.

Answer: Add to this the fact that the agricultural sector accounts for 34% of the developing countries' gross national product, compared with 5.3% in the EU.


Question: Para Grecia, para los países vecinos Italia y Austria, y para toda Europa, la reconstrucción económica y social de los Balcanes, que va a llevarles la estabilidad política es un tema de importancia vital.

Answer:
For Greece, for the neighbouring countries Italy and Austria, but also for Europe as a whole, the social and economic restoration of the Balkans, bringing political stability, is a vitally important matter.