Overuse of "of the" while translating text from Spanish into English

Question

I have noticed that while rendering Spanish text into English, I tend to overuse the construction "of the". I vaguely recall hearing or reading once that the (abuse?) of the said construction is kind of frowned-upon in English.

How do you usually cope with this issue?

In certain cases, one can easily find a way to get round this construction ("la casa del ladrón" -> "The thief's house" or "The thief's place" instead of "the house of the thief"); yet, in certain occasions, it is not at all clear how to proceed ("son derechos de los estudiantes de pregrado de la Universidad del País Vasco" -> "among the rights of the undergrads of the University of the Basque Country")...

Please, let me thank you in advance for your replies.

Answer 1

You can use movement of nouns and possessives to eliminate all but one of the occurrences of 'of the' from this: "among the rights of the undergrads of the University of the Basque Country")...

Among The University of the Basque Country undergraduates' rights

('Undergrads' is informal)

I am supposing the following: the proper full name, in English, of the university is exactly this: "The University of the Basque Country" I do not know enough Basque to tell if Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea would need a definite article, but it seems to me that Universidad del País Vasco does not have one. In any case, English educational institutions are often referred to without any article:

Among Oxford University undergraduates' rights

If I am correct in this, then the following natural, and not at all awkward construction is possible:

Among University of the Basque Country undergraduates' rights