cuando se consiguió una exitosa integración urbana dentro de la plaza.

English translation: when it was successfully integrated into the urban setting of the square/plaza

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Spanish term or phrase:	cuando se consiguió una exitosa integración urbana dentro de la plaza.
English translation:	when it was successfully integrated into the urban setting of the square/plaza
Entered by:	Edward Tully

10:42 Jul 4, 2013

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Social Sciences - Tourism & Travel

Spanish term or phrase: cuando se consiguió una exitosa integración urbana dentro de la plaza.

I am just struggling with producing an elegent rendering of this phrase.

Context is in a travel guide describing a sculpture:

The Flamingo, que representa el reino animal, es gigantesca. Para hacerte una idea real de sus 16 metros de altura te recomendamos que pases por su apertura inferior. Pese a que en la firma el artista la fechó en 1973, no fue colocada hasta 1974 cuando se consiguió una exitosa integración urbana dentro de la plaza.

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when it was successfully integrated into the urban setting of the square/plaza

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Edward Tully
Local time: 16:10

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when it was successfully integrated into the urban setting of the square/plaza

Edward Tully

4 +1

when it succeeded in integrating itself in the urban atmosphere of the square (or of the Plaza)

Ellen Kraus

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Wordy Spanish...

James A. Walsh

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

when it was successfully integrated into the urban setting of the square/plaza

Explanation:
one option!

Edward Tully
Local time: 16:10
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 110

Grading comment

Thank you : )

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

when it succeeded in integrating itself in the urban atmosphere of the square (or of the Plaza)

Explanation:
I prefer the more personal form, i.e. it succeeded in integrating itself or it managed to become integrated in ....

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 16:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

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4 hrs

Reference: Wordy Spanish...

Reference information:
This Wiki article takes a much more straightforward approach:

"Flamingo, created by noted American artist Alexander Calder, is a 53 foot[2] (16 m) tall stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States.[3] It was commissioned by the United States General Services Administration and was unveiled in 1974, although Calder's signature on the sculpture indicates it was constructed in 1973"

I'd be inclined to take this approach too.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-07-04 15:21:08 GMT)
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Sorry meant to bold "and was unveiled in 1974" too...

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_%28sculpture%29

James A. Walsh
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 43

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