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Today, 05:03 AM
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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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Today, 07:31 AM
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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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