Oct 26, 2008 18:21
15 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Animal de grande porte
Portuguese to English
Science
Zoology
Boa noite, alguém me sabe dizer como se traduz animal de grande porte para inglês, refiro-me particularmente a elefantes, hipopótamos, etc. Muito obrigada.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | large animal |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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| 5 +4 | large-sized animal/big-sized animal |
Marlene Curtis
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| 4 | big game |
Isabel Peck
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Change log
Oct 26, 2008 18:31: Cristina Santos changed "Language pair" from "Portuguese" to "Portuguese to English"
Proposed translations
+5
1 hr
Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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40
Selected
large animal
This is the technical term. Examples:
**Large Animal Health Care Questions** and Vet Advice. Ask Online Vets ...
What animal is the heavier an elephant or a rhinocerous. Sent to **Large Animal Experts** September 20 10:11 AM. What animal is the heavier an elephant or a ...
large-animal.justanswer.com/questions/1fv8b-animal-heavier-elephant
Veterinary Clinical Procedures in **Large Animal Practice** is a step-by-step procedural manual that addresses the most common clinical procedures used with ...
www.delmarlearning.com/browse_product_detail.aspx?catid=205...
It was decided to establish a Mobile Elephant Clinic (MEC), for which the FIO would ... The model for the MEC is taken from **large animal practice in Europe**. ...
www.fao.org/docrep/005/ad031e/ad031e0s.htm
in **large animal practice**. Jan-April. Good. rates paid. ...... ELEPHANT EXPERIENCE NOT REQUIRED … as we are an established, reputable practice dedicated to ...
veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/cgi/reprint/161/22/vi.pdf
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Note added at 5 days (2008-10-31 23:37:11 GMT) Post-grading
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AnaKua, "simples," but not obvious. I only knew it because I have worked a lot with veterinarians.
**Large Animal Health Care Questions** and Vet Advice. Ask Online Vets ...
What animal is the heavier an elephant or a rhinocerous. Sent to **Large Animal Experts** September 20 10:11 AM. What animal is the heavier an elephant or a ...
large-animal.justanswer.com/questions/1fv8b-animal-heavier-elephant
Veterinary Clinical Procedures in **Large Animal Practice** is a step-by-step procedural manual that addresses the most common clinical procedures used with ...
www.delmarlearning.com/browse_product_detail.aspx?catid=205...
It was decided to establish a Mobile Elephant Clinic (MEC), for which the FIO would ... The model for the MEC is taken from **large animal practice in Europe**. ...
www.fao.org/docrep/005/ad031e/ad031e0s.htm
in **large animal practice**. Jan-April. Good. rates paid. ...... ELEPHANT EXPERIENCE NOT REQUIRED … as we are an established, reputable practice dedicated to ...
veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/cgi/reprint/161/22/vi.pdf
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Note added at 5 days (2008-10-31 23:37:11 GMT) Post-grading
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AnaKua, "simples," but not obvious. I only knew it because I have worked a lot with veterinarians.
Note from asker:
| Muito obrigada, era isto mesmo. Tão simples e no entanto não conseguia chegar ao termo. Mais uma vez obrigada! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muito obrigada, era isto mesmo!"
14 mins
Isabel Peck
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Portugal
15 yrs - engineering to art criticism
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 3 more.
big game
Suggestion
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Claudio Mazotti
: elephants, hippopotamus are not games - games are hunted for food purposes
48 mins
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+4
14 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
36
large-sized animal/big-sized animal
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection - Google Books Result by Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling - 1995 - Fiction - 644 pages
"Small animals, Scary. Medium-sized animals, large-sized animals and really big, big-sized animals, too. We're talking about an unprecedented consensus on
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-26 19:46:52 GMT)
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The IBM website where the term is used
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/550/
"Small animals, Scary. Medium-sized animals, large-sized animals and really big, big-sized animals, too. We're talking about an unprecedented consensus on
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-26 19:46:52 GMT)
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The IBM website where the term is used
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/550/
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Maria José Tavares (X)
3 mins
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Grata Maria José!
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| agree |
Claudio Mazotti
42 mins
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Grata Claudio!
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Adding "-sized" to "large" and "big" is ungrammatical; "big-sized" is used here for humorous effect - no native speaker would ever say that in a serious context.
52 mins
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Never heard of such a thing! It's perfectly correct. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5563/is_/ai_n2289543...
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Marcelo Gonçalves
: Google Results 1 - 10 of about 1,840 English pages for large-sized animals. (0.04 seconds) - searching in American pages only.
4 hrs
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Thanks Marcelo!
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Flavia Martins dos Santos
17 hrs
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Grata Flavia!
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