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duty engineers

Portuguese translation: engenheiros de serviço

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English term or phrase:duty engineers
Portuguese translation:engenheiros de serviço
Entered by: Alexandre Reis

23:36 Jan 29, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
English term or phrase: duty engineers
Como se traduziria "duty engineers" como abaixo?

mainly controlled by computer but constantly monitored by half the duty engineers

Tudo se passa numa refinaria de petróleo.
Alexandre Reis
Brazil
Local time: 01:01
engenheiros de serviço
Explanation:
espero que ajude :)
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Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 05:01
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +9engenheiros de serviço
Mariana Moreira
4 +4engenheiros de plantão
Paula Strahm
3engenheiros encarregados
Leniel Maccaferri


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
engenheiros de serviço


Explanation:
espero que ajude :)

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 05:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 210

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mafalda d'Orey de Faria
1 min
  -> Mafalda, obrigada
agree  Maria José Tavares (X)
13 mins
  -> Maria José, obrigada
agree  Cristina Santos
31 mins
  -> Cristina, obrigada
agree  Marlene Curtis
44 mins
  -> Marlene, obrigada
agree  rhandler
50 mins
  -> Ralph, obrigada
agree  Marcelo Lino: "EM serviço", significando que há turnos de engenheiros, uns trabalhando e outros descansando.
50 mins
  -> Marcelo, obrigada
agree  José Henrique Moreira
5 hrs
  -> José Henrique, obrigada
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
9 hrs
  -> Isabel, obrigada
agree  oxygen4u: :)
9 hrs
  -> Oxygen, obrigada
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
engenheiros de plantão


Explanation:
Assim é como eu traduziria.

Paula Strahm
Local time: 23:01
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Palmer: correto!
4 mins
  -> Obrigada, Mary!
agree  Marcelo Lino: O sentido é este, mas reramente é usado no ambiente militar, como parece ser o caso.
48 mins
  -> Descordo que o contexto aplique-se aoambiente militar. Segundo o Alexandre, “tudo se passa numa refinaria de petróleo”.
agree  Roberto Cavalcanti
14 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Dayse Batista
2729 days
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
engenheiros encarregados


Explanation:
engenheiros encarregados

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 01:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 52
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