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Spanish term or phrase:	mantener la persistencia (en este contexto)
English translation:	remain focused
Entered by:	María Eugenia Wachtendorff

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20:34 Jul 1, 2011

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Social Sciences - Human Resources / HEADHUNTING

Spanish term or phrase: mantener la persistencia

PERFIL PSICOLABORAL

En el plano afectivo, se mostrará algo ansioso ante situaciones nuevas y poco estructuradas. Sin embargo, analizará la situación, identificará pautas del contexto y adecuará su comportamiento al contexto. De esta manera, mantiene la persistencia y aborda los obstáculos y contingencias que se le presentan, resistiendo situaciones de presión.

THANK YOU!

María Eugenia Wachtendorff KudoZ activity Questions: 2323 (1 open) (15 without valid answers) (121 closed without grading) Answers: 6029 Chile
Local time: 22:30

to stay focused

Explanation:
another option - and "he/she loses focus" for "su persistencia disminuye"
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Selected response from:

Edward Tully
Local time: 04:30

Grading comment

Thanks a bunch, Ed and James! This is what my meant.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

maintain(his/her)resolve

anademahomar

4 +2

remain steadfast

Lisa McCarthy

4 +2

s/he persists / s/he is persistent

moken

4 +1

to stay focused

Edward Tully

3 +2

persevere

Andy Watkinson

he/she stays cool

Henry Hinds

stick with it/ follow through/steady*

Jenni Lukac

to go with the flow

Michael Powers (PhD)

to keep one's cool

Gert Sass (M.A.)

keeps right at it/doesn't let up/give in

Barbara Cochran

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

5 mins confidence:

to go with the flow

Explanation:
... and will adapt his behavior to the context. In this way he goes with the flow, and approaches obstacles and contingencies that come up, resisting/avoicing pressure situations.

My take at least

Mike

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 22:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 109

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

maintain(his/her)resolve

Explanation:
..

anademahomar
Honduras
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

25 mins confidence:

to keep one's cool

Explanation:
to stay calm, to not (let oneself) get worked up, to remain unflappable
these are options that come to mind

Gert Sass (M.A.)
Local time: 04:30
Native speaker of:

German

41 mins confidence:

keeps right at it/doesn't let up/give in

Explanation:
HTH

Barbara Cochran
Local time: 22:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

stick with it/ follow through/steady*

Explanation:
More options. Either "steadily" (adj) or "is steady in" could be the original of "De esta manera, mantiene la persistencia" He/she steadily deals (or is steady in dealing) with obstacles and contingencies that may arise..."

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 04:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 88

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

remain steadfast

Explanation:
Another option to add to your collection :)

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Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 04:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 60

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to stay focused

Edward Tully
Local time: 04:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 127

Grading comment

Thanks a bunch, Ed and James! This is what my meant.

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

persevere

Explanation:
To persevere. "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate
preservation. It's what you do when you run for
president. You gotta preserve." -George W.
Bush, speaking during "Perseverance Month"
at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua,
New Hampshire

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-07-02 00:17:37 GMT)
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Sounds like a positive quality, but then again, so does Álvaro's option.

If, as you say, it's repeated umpteen times, better to have a one-word option for consistency, but you might perhaps want to avoid such repetition.
In texts like these I usually go with the same term.

Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 04:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

6 hrs confidence:

he/she stays cool

Explanation:
"su persistencia disminuye" = he/she doesn't stay so cool

Bueno, meto la cuchara, suerte...

Henry Hinds
Local time: 20:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 290

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

s/he persists / s/he is persistent

Explanation:
Hi ME,

Don't see anything worng with using persist here. Though it's often used negatively, it's often considered a quality that helps drives people to success.

What I don't see is any added value in "mantiene" as it's an implicit property of persistence and wouldn't contribute much to the English translation.

Good luck,

Álvaro

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Note added at 17 mins (2011-07-01 20:51:44 GMT)
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Alternatively "s/he is resolute" or "determined", but still don't see a problem with persist.

I'd be interested to know myself what the 'true natives' think about this one.

:O)

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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-07-02 09:07:00 GMT)
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Some examples of positive usage in the Encyclopaedia Britannica:

On William Faulkner:
"[...] unmatched for his extraordinary structural and stylistic resourcefulness, for the range and depth of his characterization and social notation, and for his persistence and success in exploring fundamental human issues in intensely localized terms."

On George Washington:
"His persistence and devotion to his men and his perpetual mindfulness of the ideals for which they were fighting won him the respect and loyalty of many."

On Edmund Halley:
"His wise assessment of Newton's work and his persistence in guiding it to completion earned for him an important place in the emergence of Western thought."

On Moliére:
"The history of this great play sheds much light on the conditions in which Molière had to work and bears a quite remarkable testimony to his persistence [...] "

moken
Local time: 03:30
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

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