Dec 28, 2015 16:55
8 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Historia de superación

Spanish to English Art/Literary Education / Pedagogy
¿Cómo traduciríais al inglés la expresión es una "historia de superación" en referencia a una película? No tengo más contexto, lo siento.
Gracias.

Proposed translations

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Story of overcoming the odds

The term can be used to describe such stories where protagonists have had to beat (overcome) challenges or difficulties (odds) in life
You could also substitute "odds" with challenges or difficulties if you prefer.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mary Gardner Hume
12 mins
Thank you Mary!
agree Marcelo González : 'obstacles' as well
3 hrs
Thanks Marcelo!
agree neilmac : Without more about knowing the movie, this is neat.
5 hrs
Thank you Neil
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
4 mins

story of personal triumph, success story

Two general options
Peer comment(s):

agree Karen Dinicola : Yes, "personal triumph" suggests there was a challenge to overcome.
2 days 4 hrs
Kind thanks, Kpdinicola. :-)
agree Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
7 days
Thank you, Karen.
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6 mins

history of overcoming or self-improvement

http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=auto&quer...

aunque "overcoming" como noun no aparece en el Oxford Advanced Learner's ni en otros...
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9 mins

story of self help/self improvement

my take
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+2
26 mins

inspirational story

Just offering other alternatives here. It really depends on what angle you're looking for.

Other options may include:

Story of overcoming adversity
Motivational story
Inspiring story


Peer comment(s):

agree Jacob Z. (X) : I like this one. I was going to suggest "story of perserverence", which might work in some contexts, but since the larger context is unknown, "inspirational" could cover a lot of different stories -- overcoming/perservering/beating the odds/improving...
11 hrs
Thank you, James.
agree Karen Dinicola
2 days 3 hrs
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