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.
Gracias.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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17 mins
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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.
You could also substitute "odds" with challenges or difficulties if you prefer.
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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4 mins
story of personal triumph, success story
Two general options
Peer comment(s):
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Karen Dinicola
: Yes, "personal triumph" suggests there was a challenge to overcome.
2 days 4 hrs
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Kind thanks, Kpdinicola. :-)
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Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
7 days
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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...
aunque "overcoming" como noun no aparece en el Oxford Advanced Learner's ni en otros...
9 mins
story of self help/self improvement
my take
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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
Other options may include:
Story of overcoming adversity
Motivational story
Inspiring story
Peer comment(s):
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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...
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Thank you, James.
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Karen Dinicola
2 days 3 hrs
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