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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Archaeology / Mayan archaelogy Region (source): Spanish (Mexico) Region (target): English (United States)
Spanish term or phrase:guardadas ciertas proporciones
Desconocemos si esas embarcaciones ya tenían algunas de las características de los cayucos que, muchos siglos después, conocieron los conquistadores españoles al cruzar la Chontalpa y que, **guardadas ciertas proporciones,** todavía se construyen y utilizan en la región.
I thought this would be "certain proportion retained" but that doesn't make sense to me in this context ... thanks for everyone's help ...
Explanation: Está usado en sentido figurado, "guardadas ciertas proporciones", en sentido figurado, suele significar, comparable, tomando en cuenta las distintas situaciones. En este caso, los elementos que pudieran ejercer influencia sobre el cambio son el transcurrir del tiempo, las distintas necesidades y quizá el uso de otros materiales o innovaciones.
Once again, bingo! This fits perfectly within the sentence, and I never would have understood it (in the figurative sense. 1Muchas gracias! 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Asker: Mara Eugenia, This answer seems good and I noticed that others supported you, but when I tried out Marga Esther's version, it fits beautifully in the sentence, so I'm going with that one. Thanks for your suggestion all the same!
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +4
