Help translating "这可是本世经最重大的发明" into english
这可是本世经最重大的发明.
I have: "These are certainly the era's most significant inventions." But I don't know what the "经“ means in this context. I don't think they're talking about "世经" as in "World economy".

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Help translating "这可是本世经最重大的发明" into english
这可是本世经最重大的发明.
I have: "These are certainly the era's most significant inventions." But I don't know what the "经“ means in this context. I don't think they're talking about "世经" as in "World economy".

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"These are certainly the era's most significant inventions." should be "这些是这个时代最重大的发明。" in chinese.

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it's should be "本世纪",not "本世经".
"本世纪" is "this centruy","本世经" is not exist in Chinese.

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Hi,I would also study in theWestern Australia University.
I don't know what 本世经 is，I suppose it is probably 本世纪.So 
it can be 'This is really the biggest invention of this century'.

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I think "本世经" should be "本世纪", it means "this centruy" in english.

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