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centros de marginalidade

English translation: delinquent gathering places

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Portuguese term or phrase:centros de marginalidade
English translation:delinquent gathering places
Entered by: Adalberto Brito

00:03 May 31, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Portuguese term or phrase: centros de marginalidade
"as quadras, que muitas vezes se transformaram em centros de marginalidade..."
Olivia Janequine
Brazil
Local time: 09:26
delinquent gathering places
Explanation:
This sentence should not be translated literally

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Note added at 13 hrs 52 mins (2005-05-31 13:55:24 GMT)
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Anothersuggestion: delinquency breeding grounds
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Adalberto Brito
Brazil
Local time: 09:26
Grading comment
thanks!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2centers of marginalized (communities/people/groups, etc.)
Thomas Johansson
4 +1delinquency centers
António Ribeiro
3 +1delinquent gathering places
Adalberto Brito
3rioting places
Janeck


Discussion entries: 3





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
centers of marginalized (communities/people/groups, etc.)


Explanation:
Speaking of marginalized people/communities, etc. is established language use in English.

Being marginalized does NOT mean being delinquent. It means you're having a difficult time in life, that you don't get as good access to social resources as other people, as good treatment or as much respect, etc.

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Note added at 21 mins (2005-05-31 00:24:33 GMT)
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For instance, there are many social movements and organizations who side with \"marginalized people\", but what they have in mind here are not delinquents, but rather people in \'less good\' living/social conditions.

Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of: Swedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
9 hrs
agree  reginalobo
15 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
delinquency centers


Explanation:
Eu diria assim.

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Note added at 30 mins (2005-05-31 00:33:30 GMT)
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Compreendo a opinião do Thomas Johansson, mas creio que o que se está a dizer é que as quadras se transformam em centros de delinquência. Como o contexto é quase nulo, só a Olivia poderá decidir.

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Note added at 30 mins (2005-05-31 00:33:54 GMT)
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Compreendo a opinião do Thomas Johansson, mas creio que o que se está a dizer é que as quadras se transformam em centros de delinquência. Como o contexto é quase nulo, só a Olivia poderá decidir.

António Ribeiro
Local time: 22:26
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
3 mins
disagree  Thomas Johansson: see my proposal --- No, that's not what I meant! However, the reason for my disagreement is stated in that proposal ("Being marginalized does NOT mean being delinquent... etc."). I might as well have written this here, but I didn't.
15 mins
  -> E o facto de ter dado uma sugestão diferente implica um "disagree"? De qualquer maneira, obrigado.
agree  airmailrpl: gathering places for delinquents
7 hrs
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rioting places


Explanation:
I am not very comfortable with the brazilian portuguese but I think that by "quadras" you mean football field, or some kind of field where you practice a sport(and correct me if I am wrong :-)), being this the case I would say that the "quadras" are places that sometimes give raise to "riots" (marginal acts/actions)amongst the audience as weel as on the field, therefore, "rioting places"

Janeck
Local time: 13:26
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
delinquent gathering places


Explanation:
This sentence should not be translated literally

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Note added at 13 hrs 52 mins (2005-05-31 13:55:24 GMT)
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Anothersuggestion: delinquency breeding grounds

Adalberto Brito
Brazil
Local time: 09:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: gathering places for delinquents
7 hrs
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