You are given a sentence in Spanish. Your job is to translate the Spanish sentence into English.

Q: El ejercito nacional ha disminuido.

A: The national army has shrunk.
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Q: Tenia los prismaticos de Claes y los puse alli y desde entonces ya no pude deshacerme de ellos.

A: I had the binoculars from Claes, and I put them there, and I could never get rid of them after that.
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Q: Y los instrumentos practicamente estan funcionando al reves.

A:
And the instruments are essentially working backwards.
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