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Overwhelming odds
Hi,
From Context Reverso: Despite the overwhelming odds, the team fought on, determined to give no quarter. A pesar de las probabilidades abrumadoras, el equipo luchó con determinación de no dar cuartel. Is it a correct translation? Las probabilidades abrumadoras look suspicious for me. In fact, I can't tell, unfortunately In English, odds has a connotation of poor chances, whereas probabilidad must be neutral. |
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Odds in English is often neutral. Example: The odds look good for her/ the odds look bad for her.
I think it would sound more natural to use probabilidades enormes as a translation.
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A pesar de unas probabilidades marcadamente adversas,...
A pesar de sus pésimas chances,... A pesar de tener todo en su contra,... ...el equipo continuó la lucha,... ...el equipo siguió luchando,... ...determinado a no dar cuartel. ...con la determinación de no dar cuartel.
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Thanks!
But the original translation: is it quite satisfactory, to your taste? |
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I don't like it at all. It's no the thing a native speaker would say unless the native speaker learned Spanish in a home located in an English speaking country.
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