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Permalink Reply by Eddy on May 11, 2008 at 7:37pm

Hi Gustavo
I think she wants to know what this means

que tu apenas te has dado cuenta por lo que veo.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on May 11, 2008 at 7:38pm

What you are suffering has made you realise so that I see.

Don't make sense to me.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on May 11, 2008 at 7:41pm

Must seem so easy when it's your native language

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Permalink Reply by Barbara C on May 12, 2008 at 12:55am

so-- my first guess was pretty close?
Definitely no suffering involved here. I think better punctuation would be helpful in the future, and I'll suggest it to my correspondent.
I appreciate the help.

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Permalink Reply by Trifasik on May 12, 2008 at 4:41am

There is another meaning for "apenas", which is not used in every spanish speaking country. The most accurate translation would be "just".
So it would translate:

... that you just realized, from what I can tell.

And IMHO this is the case

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Permalink Reply by Heidita on May 12, 2008 at 7:16am

Yes, I would also venture "just" in this context.

....you have only just noticed, from what I can see/tell.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on May 12, 2008 at 7:49am

Initially I couldn't get this construction but I see it now. However, just to add my opinion, generally where I come from it would translate in the reverse. It means the same but I am just being a pedant.

From what I can see/tell, you have only just noticed/realised
or
From where I'm standing, you've only just noticed/realised

I really must learn to swing these phrases around more.

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