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I can't understand the structure of this questions I can't understand the structure of these questions: ‘When you faced this sort of problem in the past how did you resolve it?’ ‘How would you know that you were doing that again?’ <- this question is killing me! I don't know if it has an equivalent on spanish, it would be: "¿Cómo sabrías que estabas haciendo eso nuevamente?" -> does make no sense "¿Cómo sabrías que has estado haciendo eso nuevamente?" -> better, but still does no make sense. I mean, usually when people do something different they tend to notice it... if somebody has a better translation please let me know

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"When you faced this sort of problem in the past how did you resolve it?’ = " How did you resolve this problem when you faced it in the past?"' ‘How would you know that you were doing that again?’ -- This is strange, and the only way I can make sense of it would be, for example: " My computer broke, and I had it fixed, but if you don't know what you did that broke it, how would you know that/if you were doing that again!
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About that second question, think about some situations where people gradually change their behavior, or they do something that affects other people, without realizing it. Or maybe they have a nervous tick that they do without consciously deciding to do so. Maybe that person wants to stop doing that. Then a friend might say: "Each time I see you doing that, I'm going to give you a look. Otherwise how will you ever stop? How would you know that you were doing that again?" My example is a bit lame but I don't think it's completely contrived. I would guess that in real life that question is occasionally asked using that exact sequence of words, and the listener knows exactly what the speaker said.
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Ok now I'm starting to have a sense of that question
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Ok, well, if it is in a counselling book, it could be in reference to someone who is having a behavioral, emotional or psychological problem. For example, it could be asking a person to recognize when they are starting to get upset, so that they could stop themselves from getting completely angry and losing their temper.
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1) “Cuando enfrentaste este tipo de problema en el pasado, ¿cómo lo resolviste?” 2) “¿Cómo sabrías que estas haciendo eso nuevamente?” <- I'm not sure about this one, but i couldn't found a better alternative, so...

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