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Nueva Zelandia está muy lejos de todo, pero no está muy lejos de todos.
Albania no está muy lejos de todo, pero está bastante lejos de todos.
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![]() Anyway - I get what Luna said that todo=everything and todos=everybody ... but I don't get what you're saying here, Alec.... ![]()
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The literal translation is right ("everything" and "everybody") but the sentence wasn't said to be read at its literal value. Think about why the author needs to state Iceland is far from everything AND everybody. "Lejos de todo" means figuratively being away from main centres and main routes, sort of an outskirt of human activities. "Lejos de todos" means nobody feels specially linked to it and deeply cares about it (Surely people of the Faeroes does; maybe even Norwegians and Danish, but on a global scale it doesn't mean so much). "Lejos de todo" implies space and "lejos te todos" implies interest and attachment.
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No, I guess I meant that I didn't understand your comment about Albania being "lejos de todos". If you mean that no one feels especially linked to it, I'm not sure if that's merely your perception, or if you have a particular issue with Albania...... ????
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I'm sure everybody wait with expectation the latest developments and news about Albania, which probably takes dozens of square inches in your local newspaper every single day.
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