"Even then..."

Question

A quick question on how to write the following sentence:

• "Even then I knew I wanted to study literature."

I am writing about when I was little and my mother would read me stories: even then (even when I was that young/even that long ago) I knew I wanted to study literature.

I have already used the phrases "Desde entonces yo era niña" and "A partir de este momento" in my essay, so I need another way of wording "Even then" so that the language is not repetitious.

When I type the sentence into this website's translator, it gives me: "Incluso entonces, sabía que quisiera estudiar la literatura." Is this correct?

Thank you in advance for all the help this forum always gives me. You guys are the best!

Answer 1

Incluso en ese entonces, or inclusive en ese entonces yo sabía...

Muchas gracias, Farallon! I recently had a native speaker correct my essay and they changed your sentence to: "Incluso desde ese entonces, supe que..." Does this seem to also make sense? - AlyssaLTerry, Mar 10, 2012

Either way is fine! The two examples I gave you are also well written sentences. Spanish is very pliable! - farallon7, Mar 11, 2012

Answer 2

Try "aun cuando" = "even when (I was young)"

That's good, gringo, a bit different. - annierats, Mar 10, 2012

Answer 3

yo diria "aun entonces".

Answer 4

Ya entonces sabía que me gustaría estudiar la literatura.

This is only a suggestion, await a native!