Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
I don’t know how you do it a year out
Spanish translation:
después de todo un año
English term
United Kingdom
Over 10 year experience
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
I don’t know how you do it a year out
The paragraph says:
I’ve got to tell you that I love James. He’s just fabulous. He’s successfully opened many hotels. But a year from now? We’ll have done it for 365 days, and the edge will be off a little bit. The problem in the hotel business is that you have to fill it in every single day. So somehow you have to put your game face on and be 99% every single day. But even then, that means you’re ticking off a customer every single day. I don’t know how you do it a year out, two years out, five years out. I don’t know how you keep it sharp. And that’s the trick.
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Proposed translations
después de todo un año
me pregunto cómo se consigue durante uno, dos o cinco años seguidos
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John Hughson (J.D., M.B.A. Finance)
: ¿Y ahora? ¿No puedo saber qué propusiste? Siempre hay tantas maneras de decir las cosas... :o)
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Gracias, John. Yo en cambio respondí a lo de "edge off", pero al final me gustó más tu respuesta y oculté la mía:-)
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Margaret Schroeder
: Sí, lo que sigue (2, 5 años) es un factor integral en entender la frase.
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
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No sé como se sigue haciendo por todo un año...
Efficiency and effectiveness!!!
Native in: English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English
No sé cómo le haces después de un año
no sé como lo mantienes fresco a través de los años
No sé como puedes hacerlo por todo un año, o dos, o cinco.
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