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Question

_A tan solo dos minutos_______ que llegue mi novio y todavía no estoy lista. There's just a couple of minutes before my boyfriend arrives and I'm not ready yet.Hola, it seems that “There’s” in the English translation shouldn’t be present. Muchas gracias, Shirley.

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Silvia Píriz · Accepted Answer

Hola Shirley S.
Thanks for your observation! You're right that "there's" doesn't correspond to any specific word in the Spanish sentence. It's included because it's a natural way to express this idea in English (There's just a couple of minutes before...). A more literal translation would be "My boyfriend arrives in just a couple of minutes, and I'm not ready yet" or "It's just a couple of minutes until my boyfriend arrives." So the current translation is idiomatic rather than word-for-word.
Hasta pronto
Silvia