Translation for "own sake" to spanish
Translation examples
I think you're after power for its own sake.
Creo que usted está motivado por el amor propio.
But for his own sake he had to give her something that he could be proud of.
Pero por amor propio tenía que regalarle algo de lo que pudiera sentirse orgulloso.
"Perhaps he prizes it for its own sake," Mrs. Gould said in a tone as if she were  repelling an undeserved aspersion.
– Bien pudiera buscar una satisfacción de su amor propio -objetó la señora de Gould con el tono de estar rechazando una acusación inmerecida-.
I had envisaged a command as a result of a slow course of promotion in the employ of some highly respectable firm. The reward of faithful service. Well, faithful service was all right. One would naturally give that for one's own sake, for the sake of the ship, for the love of the life of one's choice; not for the sake of the reward.
Yo había considerado el mando de capitán como el resultado de una lenta promoción al servicio de una compañía respetable, la recompensa de largos y leales servicios. Aunque, en realidad, no hay por qué hablar de servicios leales, pues éstos se hacen por amor propio, por amor a un barco, por amor a la vida que se ha elegido, y no pensando en una recompensa.
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