Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
coronó sus afanes
English translation:
was successful / achieved his goal / his efforts paid off
Spanish term
Argentina
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coronó sus afanes
Mucho tuvo él que cortejar a ella : la invitó a su taller, donde buscó deslumbrarla con sus novedosas producciones, y allí ál “comprendió que sólo por la vía del arte aseguraba su amistad con ella. […] Con el tiempo pacientemente soportado él coronó sus afanes […] y así fue como los bordados en tela y las telas pintadas unieron sus tramas.”
got his reward??
Proposed translations
Australia
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was successful / achieved his goal / his efforts paid off
crowned his achievements
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AllegroTrans
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Thanks AllegroTrans
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Gracias Muriel
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Angelo Berbotto
: Are you sure about this? Afanes highlights the process, the effort... somehow achievement emphasises the end result.
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Angelo, I think you are right. Your point about “effort” shows the action.
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he crowned his efforts/endeavours...
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
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came through (in his efforts/endeavours)
Austria
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he was regally rewarded for his zealousness
Regally to denote the 'coronation', albeit uncapped.
David talks about it in the Psalms 69 and 119; Isaiah mentions it in his writings (Isaiah 37, 59 and 63); and Pinchus was rewarded for his zealousness
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