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take steps

Portuguese translation: incluem medidas/visam

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English term or phrase:take steps
Portuguese translation:incluem medidas/visam
Entered by: Jeovane Cazer

12:03 Jun 30, 2007
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Fair tests
English term or phrase: take steps
Fair tests of treatment are tests that take steps to obtain reliable information about treatment effects by reducing the misleading influences of biases and the play of chance.
Jeovane Cazer
Brazil
Local time: 17:24
incluem medidas/visam
Explanation:
eu optaria pela segunda formulação:)
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Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 21:24
Grading comment
Obrigado
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4incluem medidas/visam
Mariana Moreira
4 +4dão os passos; tomar as providências
Michael Powers (PhD)
4(que nos permitem ) aproximar (da obtenção....)
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
incluem medidas/visam


Explanation:
eu optaria pela segunda formulação:)

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 21:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 124
Grading comment
Obrigado

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martim
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Martim
agree  Marcelo Gonçalves: "visam"
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Marcelo
agree  Cristina Santos
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Cristina
agree  Sonia Heidemann
10 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Sónia
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
dão os passos; tomar as providências


Explanation:
medida, diligência, providência, resolução;
to take all useful steps dar todos os passos necessários, tomar todas as providências;

outra sugestão

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 16:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elisabete Coutinho
27 mins
  -> Obrigado, coutinhoea - Mike :)
agree  reginakersten
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, reginakersten - Mike :)
agree  Ben Kohn: tomar providências/medidas
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Ben - Mike :)
agree  Jorge Freire
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Jorge - Mike :)
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
take steps
(que nos permitem ) aproximar (da obtenção....)


Explanation:
"take steps" means to walk on a direction ... = "dar passos na direcção de..." = aproximar-se

Vepalm
Local time: 21:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
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