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Ella está creando objetos de madera desde hace una semana.

Ella está creando objetos de madera desde hace una semana.
She has been creating wooden objects for a week.
From Lesson 121:Ongoing duration (desde hace)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Ella está creando objetos de madera desde hace una semana.

Why do we use desde hace here instead of just hace?
Hace una semana by itself means "a week ago" (a finished event in the past). By adding desde (since), the phrase desde hace una semana means "since a week ago" or "for a week." It tells us the action started in the past and is still happening right now.
Why is está creando translated as "has been creating" instead of "is creating"?
Literally, it does mean "is creating." In English, if an action started in the past and is still happening, we have to change the tense to "has been [doing]." In Spanish, you can just use the present continuous (está creando) together with a time phrase like desde hace una semana to express the exact same idea.
Could I say Ella crea... instead of Ella está creando...?
Yes, absolutely! You can use the simple present tense (Ella crea objetos de madera desde hace una semana) and it means the exact same thing. Using está creando just puts a slightly stronger focus on the fact that she is actively in the middle of this ongoing project.
Why is it objetos de madera and not madera objetos?
In English, we often put a material right before a noun (like "wooden objects" or "wood objects"). In Spanish, you generally can't stack nouns like that. Instead, you use the pattern [Object] + de + [Material]. So, "wooden objects" translates literally to "objects of wood" (objetos de madera).

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