Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Así que esto es lo que pasó y este cuento se acabó
English translation:
Snip, snap snout, this tale's told out. / And so, my friends, this is how the story ends.
Spanish term
United States
Reliability, conscientiousness and style
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Así que esto es lo que pasó y este cuento se acabó
This is the final line of a folktale. Not really a "happily ever after" situation.
My working translations are: "And so, my friends, this is how the story ends" or "And that was the end of that!" but I would appreciate some more suggestions.
Thank you very much in advance.
Sep 12, 2019 00:19: Nedra Rivera Huntington changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/102656">Nedra Rivera Huntington's</a> old entry - "Así que esto es lo que pasó y este cuento se acabó"" to ""Snip, snap snout, this tale\'s told out. / And so, my friends, this is how the story ends.""
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Proposed translations
Argentina
Let's communicate
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Snip, snap snout, this tale's told out.
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/idioms-maxims-...
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Thank you, Nedra!
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.
This is how the story goes, and that's the end of that!
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
And that was all she wrote!
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Note added at 52 mins (2019-09-09 20:24:20 GMT)
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https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/thats-all-she-wrote.html
| I did initially consider this before posting the question. In the end, I decided to opt for rhyming. |
| Thank you! |
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
This is what happened and that is (sting in) the tail-end of the tale
While Tam o' Shanter sits bousing at the nappy and getting fou and unco happy, Kate his sulky sullen dame is gathering her brows like gathering storm, nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
| It's not that it's an unhappy ending, it's just not suitable for "and they lived happily ever after." Just a neutral ending. |
| disagree |
Carol Gullidge
: We don’t know there is a sting in the tail and the example sentence makes no sense :(
9 hrs
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So this is what happened and this is the end of the story
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or
so this is what happened and that is the end of the story
Spain
Translator/Transcreator/Subtitler
Native in: English (Variant: British) , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Spanish, and 2 more.
and so, my friends....
http://www.folktale.net/endings.html
| That's what I did in the end (see discussion). Thank you! |
| agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
2 hrs
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| agree |
Linda Grabner
: Nedra, this is the answer you should pick as the best answer!
15 hrs
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United Kingdom
Thorough, knowledgeable and resourceful
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 4 more.
And so this is how it/what happened, and here our story ends.
| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: so that's what happened, and here our story ends
12 hrs
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Yes, thank you Yvonne - neat.
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William Parucki
15 hrs
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Thank you William :-)
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Michele Fauble
17 hrs
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Thank you Michele:-)
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Argentina
| Marketing| Spanish| Content creation
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Dominican, Argentine, Salvadoran, Puerto Rican, Nicaraguan, US, Ecuadorian , Cuban, Mexican, Paraguayan, Standard-Spain, Honduran, Colombian, Canarian, Uruguayan, Guatemalan, Latin American, Panamanian, Peruvian, Rioplatense, Chilean, Bolivian, Venezuelan, Costa Rican, Rioplatense, Peruvian, US, Argentine, Chilean, Mexican, Latin American, Uruguayan, Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to Spanish, and 1 more.
So this is what happened and this story comes to an end.
So this is what happened and this story comes to an end.
So this is what happened. End of the story.
The story was told. That is what happened.
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