Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
los resultados se han hecho evidentes
English translation:
the results are painfully inadequate
Spanish term
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK, Irish) 
, Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
los resultados se han hecho evidentes
Here's the context:
"Los residentes en estas comunidades se ven forzados a pagar tarifas más altas y también, deliberadamente, a recibir una ración de agua que está muy por debajo de su necesidad de mantener una vida digna, como se ha contado más arriba.
Las consecuencias son una presencia permanente de cólera y de fiebre tifoidea en las comunidades, lo cual contribuye a índices de muerte más elevados, especialmente en niños de menos de 5 años, que sufren constantemente de diarrea. Incluso en los suburbios marginales donde se han llevado a cabo intentos de suministrar servicios de agua potable a estas comunidades, **los resultados se han hecho evidentes** y se han encontrado cañerías tipo espagueti con frecuentes roturas. Esto da lugar a más agua no contabilizada y contaminación."
Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Non-PRO (2): Evans (X), Wendy Petzall
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Proposed translations
the results are painfully inadequate
| Hi Deborah, now this is making sense to me! I've been struggling with how to turn the seeming positive 'results' into the negative. Thanks so much for your help. SaludoZ :) |
Argentina
Finance, Health Care & HR Pro
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
results became apparent
United States
Clear, precise, and natural translations
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
the consequences/repercussions have become apparent
"Results" sounds a bit too positive and could mistakenly imply the success of the attempts to improve the situation.
Good luck!
Spain
ES>EN legal and business
Native in: English (Variants: Wales / Welsh, UK, British)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English
the end result is
Basically, they're saying that even though they've been doing these projects to try to improve things, the end result is that they've found broken pipes, so the projects haven't been very successful. Another suggestion might be:
the results of these projects have been...
the aftereffects/outcome is clear/evident/obvious
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sorry -has become
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Jenni Lukac (X)
: I prefer "outcome".
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Thank you!
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Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
the results have been brought to light / the results are plain to see
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
the results have become evident
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Emma Ratcliffe
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Gracias, Emma.
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liz askew
: my immediate thought.
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Gracias, Liz.
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Wendy Petzall
: but I would take out the article: results have become evident... ON THE OTHER HAND, the text reads as a (bad) translation from English into Spanish!!!
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Gracias, Wm. Not well written in any case!
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United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
the results can be seen OR: the outcome is the same
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
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