Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
de cuyo talento he sido testigo
English translation:
with whose talent I am very/well familiar
Spanish term
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Venezuelan)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
de cuyo talento he sido testigo
"Es un gran placer para mí escribir esta carta de recomendación para la Sra. xxx, una consumada artista visual contemporánea**de cuyo talento he sido testigo**.
La traducción literal suena un poco rimbombante. ¿Cómo lo dirían en inglés?
Muchísimas gracias por adelantado
| 4 +5 | whose talent I am well familiar with |
Darius Saczuk
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| 4 +2 | for whose talent I can vouch |
Robert Carter
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| 4 | whose talent I have seen/witnessed with my own eyes |
David Hollywood
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Oct 23, 2016 14:00: Darius Saczuk changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/97116">Yvonne Becker's</a> old entry - "de cuyo talento he sido testigo"" to ""with whose talent I am very familiar""
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Proposed translations
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
whose talent I am well familiar with
Mexico
Translating full-time since 1998
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English
for whose talent I can vouch
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Francois Boye
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Thanks, Francois.
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Darius Saczuk
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Very kind of you, Dariusz.
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
whose talent I have seen/witnessed with my own eyes
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Note added at 4 hrs (2016-10-19 01:57:46 GMT)
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a more colloquial rendering
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Note added at 4 hrs (2016-10-19 01:59:31 GMT)
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keeps the idea of "testigo" and I think it's appropriate here
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Note added at 4 hrs (2016-10-19 02:00:10 GMT)
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but you are the judge and jury up to you
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