perdió su sentido de elevación

English translation: lost its (higher) sense (purpose, intent) of elevating (the academic quality teacher)

17:09 Apr 28, 2008

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / education/Mexico

Spanish term or phrase: perdió su sentido de elevación

Si bien este ingreso se mantuvo . . . , la carrera magisterial perdió su sentido de elevación de la calidad académica del maestro.

Patricia Rosas KudoZ activity Questions: 1427 (none open) (60 closed without grading) Answers: 1631 United States
Local time: 08:29

English translation:lost its (higher) sense (purpose, intent) of elevating (the academic quality teacher)

Explanation:
Eso.

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-04-28 17:13:17 GMT)
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O: the academic quality of teachers, o of teaching.

Selected response from:

Silvia Brandon-Pérez
United States
Local time: 08:29

Grading comment

From the larger context (and my apologies to everyone for not posting more text), I know this is the right answer. I'm using "lost its purpose of raising the quality of teaching" thanks!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

lost its status/reputation/aura of high quality

Carol Gullidge

lost its sense of the teachers’ need for ever higher advancement in academic proficiency

Sandra Rodriguez

lost its (higher) sense (purpose, intent) of elevating (the academic quality teacher)

Silvia Brandon-Pérez

Answers

3 mins confidence:

lost its (higher) sense (purpose, intent) of elevating (the academic quality teacher)

Silvia Brandon-Pérez
United States
Local time: 08:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 23

Grading comment

From the larger context (and my apologies to everyone for not posting more text), I know this is the right answer. I'm using "lost its purpose of raising the quality of teaching" thanks!!

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

lost its status/reputation/aura of high quality

Explanation:
or words to that effect! You can jiggle around with the position of "high" (high status; high quality - but preferably not both!)

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 84

Notes to answerer

Asker: Carol: I ought to give you the points, but I need to explain something (my apologies for not posting more text!). Elevación means to raise the quality of the teaching, but it isn't referring to the high quality of the program. Thanks for your help anyway!

2 hrs confidence:

lost its sense of the teachers’ need for ever higher advancement in academic proficiency

Explanation:
otra manera de decirlo

Sandra Rodriguez
Puerto Rico
Local time: 11:29
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28

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