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As far as I know, 頑張った would be translated as someone having worked hard or
tried their best etc. depending on context, however I've noticed a disrepency
between my translation and another person's that's gotten me confused.

For context, the series is in the middle of a tennis competition. Makoto did
very impressively during his match, but ended up losing. Makoto's friends, as
well as everyone else watching the match, cheered him on a lot until he lost.
Arata was the next person to have a match, and one of Makoto's friends started
cheering the moment he appeared (she likes Arata). Another one of Makoto's
friends looked at her, frowning, and thought:

> あんだけ頑張ったのにもうアラタ。。。マコトかわいそ

So, I'd translate this as "Even though he (Makoto) worked so hard, the
cheering's already changed to Arata...Poor Makoto." or something along those
lines.

But one other person has translated it as "Even though she cheered so much for
Makoto, now she's cheering just as much for Arata.... Poor Makoto." and I find
myself confused.

This piece of work is written with very casual speech patterns, so I was
wondering...is there any slang way to interpret '頑張った' as cheering for
someone? Or is the other translator just taking artistic licence with subtext?
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頑張った...being interpreted as cheering for?
I can see your interpretation - Makoto did his best & now the tide has turned.
Makes sense... The question seems to be who exactly the friend is referring to
as having 頑張った, and what activity involved the 頑張ってing (sure, that's a word
;))

Since the friend is looking/directing the frowning thought at the girl now
suddenly cheering for Arata, it would make sense to interpret the statement as
referring to her, not Makoto. You also have the word あんだけ, which to me sounds
like it refers to an unexpected behavior. You did something _that_ much, and
now this??

In that sense, the friend is taken aback at the girl having cheered _so_
enthusiastically & given her all (頑張った) to _that extent_ in support of Makoto,
but despite this, もうアラタ?? How could she apparently shift her allegiance so
easily?

There isn't any secondary/slang meaning for 頑張る - you just have to infer the
person & activity being done in that manner.
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As a Japanese-speaker (if that means anything), I could only interpret the
"sentence" one way and that is **_your_** way.

Admittedly, you have only provided a minimal amount of context, but even so, I
could not understand how the other person arrived at his/her translation.
**The line would not be a natural-sounding one to express what s/he thinks it
means.**

> 「あんだけ[頑張]{がんば}ったのにもうアラタ。。。マコトかわいそ」

Using the textbook kind of Japanese, I would paraphrase this into something
like:

> 「マコトがあれだけ頑張った[直後]{ちょくご}なのに、もう（[既]{すで}に）アラタを[応援]{おうえん}している・・・ マコトがかわいそう（だよ）。」

「～～直後」= "immediately after ~~"

「～～を応援する」= "to root for ~~"

It is saying that the girl who likes Arata should keep quiet for at least some
time instead of acting as if she has forgotten about Makoto's defeat by
**already** cheering loudly for Arata.
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At phrase level, 頑張る is usually an intransitive verb which means "to work
hard", "to do one's best", etc. (EDIT: You can say テニスを頑張る, too) It never
means 応援する, which is the most common transitive verb that means "to cheer
(someone) up".

The interpretation of the sentence purely depends on the context. If you're
certain that it's not the girl but Makoto who worked hard, then your
translation is right. But if there was a scene before this where the two girls
cheered Makoto desperately, then there's room to interpret this differently.
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