Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
para así no tener que
English translation:
so that I do not have to...
Spanish term
Colombia
"Knowledge and quality"
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
para así no tener que
Un ejemplo: Pasame las preguntas que ya te han hecho, con sus respuestas, para así no tener que repetir preguntas innecesariamente. Mil gracias
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Lavinia Pirlog
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Charles Davis
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Henry Hinds
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eski
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Jul 24, 2011 21:34: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
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Proposed translations
Romania
Romanian Spanish English French Trados
Native in: Romanian
Works in: Spanish to Romanian, English to Romanian, Romanian to Spanish, and 3 more.
so that I do not have to...
Suerte!
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
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Gracias.
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Mónica Algazi
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Gracias.
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eski
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Gracias.
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Juan Manuel Macarlupu Peña
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Gracias.
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Lindsay Spratt
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Gracias.
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AllegroTrans
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Gracias.
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to save having to
Para evitar este problema, podemos recurrir a "So that I do not have to", que es ciertamente correcto. Sin embargo, para mí, queda un poco formal y "estirado". Por otra parte, aunque se entiende que el que no tendrá que repetir preguntas soy yo, esto queda implícito en el original, mientras que se hace explícito en "So that I do not have to".
Por eso te propongo la expresión alternativa "to save having to". Quiere decir, más o menos, "para obviar la necesidad de". Creo que nos viene como anillo al dedo en tu contexto. Se refiere implícitamente al hablante, como en el original, pero deja abierta la posibilidad de que se refiera a otro sujeto (por ejemplo, nosotros: "para que no tengamos que"). Además, es fácil personalizarlo, añadiendo un pronombre ("to save me having to", "to save us having to", etc.). Por último, es una forma muy natural y frecuente de expresar la misma idea.
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Claudia Luque Bedregal
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¡Gracias, Claudia!
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Isamar
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Thanks, Isamar :)
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FVS (X)
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Thanks, FVS
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AllegroTrans
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Thanks, Allegro
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Saludos,}
eski :))
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Silvia Hanine-Studnicki
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Hi Silvia, saludos & thanks for your confirmation. eski :))
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United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
so I don't have to
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Charles Davis
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Gracias, Charles. That's the idea.
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AllegroTrans
9 hrs
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Gracias, Allegro.
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Discussion
'OK, I must admit "I avoid doing so"... '
Saludos
eski :))