Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
al haberse reforzado casi todos los conjuntos
English translation:
because nearly all the teams have improved
Spanish term
Australia
al haberse reforzado casi todos los conjuntos
It's from "subira de nivel" onwards that I'm confused. From tghe structure I'd understand that it's the championship that is somehow going up a level, rather than the team or the player, but I don't know what that means in reality, and especially don't understand the final 5 words.
thanks!
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Proposed translations
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English
because nearly all the teams have improved
United Kingdom
because almost every side/team has been strengthened
| thanks for pointing that out about 'conuntos' I had missed that and it made it a lot clearer. |
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patinba
: Strengthened is the key word here.
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Adrian MM. (X)
: Badminton - let's make sure that, if we have a heart condition, we don't get 'squashed'.
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Spain
DrNeil TechTrans, Precision & Clarity
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
a championship in which the bar has been raised as almost all teams have improved
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Cheers Gallagy
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Kim Edwards-Buarque
: I agree with the context of the answer, but the tense is incorrect (subirá de nivel - will raise the bar) - or even then, as a passive structure "the bar will be raised"? Is this not better than completely reverting the tense from future to past?
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I think the tense is fine. Plus I think it works better as a passive structure; "the championship will raise the bar" doesn't work for me//It's not the past, but rather the present perfect, links the past+present, it's a very useful tense, see the ref.
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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Thanks Margarita
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