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llegar a la excelencia

English translation: achieve excellence

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Spanish term or phrase:llegar a la excelencia
English translation:achieve excellence
Entered by: Joseph Tein

00:10 Apr 24, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / Mexico
Spanish term or phrase: llegar a la excelencia
se publicó la evaluación del logro académico de los centros escolares, . . . mostró que 70% de los niños en escuelas públicas y privadas se ubicaban en niveles de logro insuficiente: sólo 3% de los niños de primaria llegaban a la excelencia.

Could that be translated "only 3% of primary-school children were overperforming"?
Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 23:33
achieve excellence
Explanation:
A more natural translation.

"...only 3% of primary-school children achieved excellence."

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Example sentences:

This is from the same paragraph quoted above by rhandler "But you do not **achieve excellence** by backwards planning. Excellence starts with... "

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters "

" ... 39.6% achieved the Standard of Excellence in Language Arts and 48.1% of our students achieved Excellence in Math - Wow! Congratulations! ..."

" In 2006, Walton students achieved excellence on the National Social Studies Tests in U.S. History and World History by placing first in the nation. ... "

" Other students achieved excellence in many. sections of their course. Advice in this report includes suggestions on how to improve student. achievement. ..."



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I would also translate the phrase "logro academico" which appears earlier in your excerpt as 'academic achievement.' There are a number of different entries in the KudoZ personal glossaries that state logro= achievement
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Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 23:33
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Thank you very much!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +11achieve excellence
Joseph Tein
4 +1fully developed their virtues/capacities
Diego Gallo
4reach excellence
rhandler


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reach excellence


Explanation:
Como en estos ejemplos:

[PPT] How to reach excellence in program delivery
File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint - View as HTML
How to reach excellence in program delivery. Kelly Meechan and Maggie Verity. 0/0/00. 2. Presentation Objectives. Explore definitions of excellence ...
www.cafce.ca/download.php?id=27
Leadership - Character and Traits
To reach excellence you must first be a leader of good character. You must do everything you are supposed to do. An organizations will not achieve ...
www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadchr.html


rhandler
Local time: 03:33
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 14
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +11
achieve excellence


Explanation:
A more natural translation.

"...only 3% of primary-school children achieved excellence."

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Note added at 32 mins (2008-04-24 00:43:49 GMT)
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Example sentences:

This is from the same paragraph quoted above by rhandler "But you do not **achieve excellence** by backwards planning. Excellence starts with... "

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters "

" ... 39.6% achieved the Standard of Excellence in Language Arts and 48.1% of our students achieved Excellence in Math - Wow! Congratulations! ..."

" In 2006, Walton students achieved excellence on the National Social Studies Tests in U.S. History and World History by placing first in the nation. ... "

" Other students achieved excellence in many. sections of their course. Advice in this report includes suggestions on how to improve student. achievement. ..."



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Note added at 1 hr (2008-04-24 01:11:27 GMT)
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I would also translate the phrase "logro academico" which appears earlier in your excerpt as 'academic achievement.' There are a number of different entries in the KudoZ personal glossaries that state logro= achievement

Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

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agree  mariana24
2 mins
  -> Gracias Mariana.

agree  jacana54 (X)
7 mins
  -> Gracias Lucia.

agree  Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
27 mins
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agree  Victoria Porter-Burns:
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agree  kjmcguire
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agree  Edward Tully
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agree  Pilar Díez
10 hrs
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agree  neilmac: What sprang to mind immediately :-)
10 hrs
  -> Thank you NM.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fully developed their virtues/capacities


Explanation:
A different option.
About "overperformed", I don't quite agree. It has a negative connotation, whereas the meaning is the opposite (for me).


Diego Gallo
Argentina
Local time: 03:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: A nice alternative, although I'm not sure about "virtues" :)
9 hrs
  -> OK, thanks very much.
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