Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
desde hace muchos años...
English translation:
for many years...
Spanish term
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Portuguese to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, German to Italian, and 7 more.
desde hace muchos años...
| 4 +10 | for many years... |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 4 +2 | For more than 30 years now |
James A. Walsh
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| 4 -2 | since many years |
Maidul Islam
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Jun 23, 2011 19:36: Lydia De Jorge changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1159700">Buffalo_Bill's</a> old entry - "desde hace muchos años..."" to ""for many years...""
Proposed translations
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
for many years...
Technical and Financial in Spanish
Native in: Bengali , English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Bengali to Spanish, and 3 more.
since many years
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Evans (X)
: A common mistake, but this is not standard English
2 hrs
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polyglot45
: sorry but this is pidgin
2 hrs
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Jaime Hyland
: A common mistake. "since" is used in conjunction with a point in time in the past; "for" involves a length of time. Hence "for three years" but "since 2008" or "since three years ago".
3 hrs
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Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, US, UK) , Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
For more than 30 years now
While I agree 100% with Lydia's suggestion of 'for many years' as a translation of 'desde hace muchos años'; to me it seems redundant to say 'For many years — more than 30'.
It would seem more natural to say: 'For more than 30 years now'.
Check the Google hits... :)
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Note added at 9 hrs (2011-06-15 10:30:36 GMT)
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Sorry, didn't mean to say 'redundant' above, I meant 'clumsy'...
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bcsantos
4 hrs
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Thank you.
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Suzanne Donnelly
1 day 33 mins
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Thank you, Suzanne.
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