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le convirtió en un referente de la época

English translation: thus becoming a benchmark of its time


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Spanish term or phrase:le convirtió en un referente de la época
English translation:thus becoming a benchmark of its time
Entered by: Adam Burman
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23:27 Jan 24, 2007
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Spanish term or phrase: le convirtió en un referente de la época
El fuero de Cuenca, un resumen del Derecho de aquel tiempo y una recopilación de los antiguos usos y costumbres jurídicas de Castilla, fue el modelo utilizado para algunas de las tierras que se reconquistaron con posterioridad hacia el sur, lo que le convirtió en un referente de la época.

Draft:
The "fuero" (charter) of Cuenca, a summary of the Law from that time and a code of ancient legal practices and customs, was the model used for some of the lands that were subsequently recaptured in the south..,
Adam Burman
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:54
making it a bench mark for its time
Explanation:
Another option. The def. of bench mark is "a point of reference from which measurements of any sort may be made" so I think it captures the "referente" part best.
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Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 19:54
Grading comment
Yes - this works well (benchmark). Thanks Patricia. Also thanks Adriana - I think a combination of your answer and that of Patricia works well, i.e. "thus becoming a benchmark of its time"
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2making it a bench mark for its time
Patricia Rosas
4which made it a (legal) benchmark of the timeSergio Bolaños Cuellar
4thus becoming a milestone of its time
Adriana de Groote


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
thus becoming a milestone of its time


Explanation:
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Adriana de Groote
Guatemala
Local time: 20:54
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 34
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
making it a bench mark for its time


Explanation:
Another option. The def. of bench mark is "a point of reference from which measurements of any sort may be made" so I think it captures the "referente" part best.

Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 19:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Yes - this works well (benchmark). Thanks Patricia. Also thanks Adriana - I think a combination of your answer and that of Patricia works well, i.e. "thus becoming a benchmark of its time"

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: this is how I interpret it! (benchmark 1 wd?)
6 mins
  -> i thought it was one word, too, but Merriam-Webster's defines "benchmark" as "to test (as a computer system) by a benchmark problem in order to measure performance" (I've been spelling it wrong, all along!) ;-)
agree  Margarita M. Martínez: Yes, I agree with Carol as well. Isn't it one word? :)
41 mins
  -> I went back and read the definition in Merriam-Webster's Online--and you're both right! (SORRY CAROL) At least, I haven't been misspelling it all these years!!
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
which made it a (legal) benchmark of the time


Explanation:
I understand ´referente´here as a ´legal benchmarck´to be imitated by other legal instances in other places.

Sergio Bolaños Cuellar
Local time: 21:54
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