Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a pulmón
English translation:
own efforts / "by the sweat of your brow"
Spanish term
Technical, academic, government
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
a pulmón
Se trata de la descripción de un proceso de fabricación que se desarrolla, justamente "a pulmón", sin ayuda financiera
| 4 | own efforts / "by the sweat of your brow" |
Sergio Kot
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| 3 +1 | under someone's own steam |
Helena Chavarria
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| 3 +1 | self-driven (and financed) |
David Hollywood
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| 3 | independant |
Chris.Gaytan
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| Independt(ly) |
neilmac
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Sep 28, 2015 05:48: Sergio Kot Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Israel
Hebrew-English-Spanish-Yiddish-Aramaic
Native in: Hebrew (Variant: Modern / Israeli) 
, Spanish (Variants: Rioplatense, Chilean, Latin American, Uruguayan, Argentine, Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to Hebrew, English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, and 3 more.
own efforts / "by the sweat of your brow"
That's the precise meaning implied in this expression, at least in Buenos Aires.
"...By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” Genesis 3-17
| Dado el contexto, esta es la mejor respuesta porque dice, además de "de manera independiente", que hubo un gran esfuerzo para lograrlo, con una expresión parecida a la del texto original. Gracias. |
Canada
Mexican-Canadian Lawyer
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
independant
it continues to be self-supported,
si es otro tipo de impulso podrias utilizar:
it continues to be self-sufficient
| Gracias, Chris |
Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
under someone's own steam
under your own steam
= without help, independently, on your own, by yourself, unaided, by your own efforts • The most reliable form of transport is provided by moving under your own steam.
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesauru...
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Note added at 43 mins (2015-09-24 21:18:14 GMT)
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Independently, without help, as in For two years I published the quarterly newsletter under my own steam. This expression uses steam in the sense of “driving power,” as in a steam engine. [Early 1900s ]
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/under one's own ...
| Me gusta esta respuesta. Traduce bien el sentido. |
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
self-driven (and financed)
"a pulmón" means "without any support" in this case
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Note added at 7 hrs (2015-09-25 03:58:46 GMT)
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undertaken under their own initiative (without support)
| Sí, son equivalentes. Sin embargo, "a pulmón" tiene algo más que el trabajo independiente o autofinanciado; denota un esfuerzo grande, una lucha. En el caso del texto original, ese es el sentido que tiene. |
| agree |
neilmac
: This more formal/businesslike version may be a better first option...
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