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Hi!So in "Si empiezas el trabajo mañana, te tocaría archivar los expedientes a primera hora",  here tocaría  is a conditional, so would the correct translation not be "you would have to file" Instead of "you will have to file"? Like this: "If you start work tomorrow, you would have to file the dossiers first thing."Thank you and have a good weekend!

Inma Sánchez · Accepted Answer

Hola Alexander,yes, thanks. We changed it to the conditional.Inma

Inma Sánchez · Answer

Hola Alexander,actually, I checked this with our native English team and that combination of tenses doesn't seem to be possible. In Spanish the conditional sentences are a bit more flexible than English. So, in Spanish you could say:Si empiezas el trabajo mañana, te tocará....If you start work tomorrow, you will have to...orSi empiezas el trabajo mañana, te tocaría...If you started work tomorrow [lit: if you start], you would have to...or Si empezaras el trabajo mañana, te tocaría...If you were to start work tomorrow, you would have to...I have added a "literal" note in the translation of that sentence to avoid confusion. I hope that helps.Saludos

Mysterious Stranger · Answer

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