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English translation: of their own creation/making

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01:26 Jun 16, 2010

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Social Sciences - Philosophy

Spanish term or phrase: de su propia cantera

Si bien es cierto que [list of authors] han provisto distintas reflexiones de su propia cantera al respecto, estas son insuficientes y a menudo defectuosas.

Patricia Rosas KudoZ activity Questions: 1427 (none open) (60 closed without grading) Answers: 1631 United States
Local time: 22:19

English translation:of their own creation/making

Explanation:
Or simply 'of their own'

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Christine Walsh
Local time: 02:19

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Thank you, Chris! I went "of their own creation." Hope you're doing well! (It is supposed to reach 37 c today, so I can hardly wait for our fifth season--the monsoon--to begin!) Thanks to everyone for the suggestions!!
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Summary of answers provided

3 +2

of their own creation/making

Christine Walsh

4 +1

of their own authority

argosys

each one from the perspective of his own realm of thought

Jenni Lukac

drawn from their own authorities, references, source materials

Deborah Lockett

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6 hrs confidence:

drawn from their own authorities, references, source materials

Explanation:
maybe it refers to authors' practice of quoting from the works of other authors in their own works -- those who have influenced their own work.

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 06:19
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PRO pts in category: 52

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

of their own authority

Explanation:

This means that they are stating views without referring to sources. In other words, they are being original, their creativity arising from their own intellectual resources.

argosys
Local time: 13:19
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8 hrs confidence:

each one from the perspective of his own realm of thought

Explanation:
This is one tricky one. Cantera is various used to express a realm of thought (i.e. "canteras del pensamiento de Lutero" www.wisdomrealm.com/religion-protestante/ en caché), a branch or field of interest or research, particularly in philosphy (i.e. "unas aperturadas (sic) por Foucault en la cantera de la comprensión social" - sorry lost URL), etc. I think if there is enough surrounding context and the person's "canon" has already been defined, it could be expressed as simply as perspective, point of viewor philosphy.

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:19
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English
PRO pts in category: 40

47 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

of their own creation/making

Christine Walsh
Local time: 02:19
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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