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se ter uma idéia

English translation: to give you an idea of the ...

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Portuguese term or phrase:se ter uma idéia
English translation:to give you an idea of the ...

14:21 Feb 16, 2011
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-02-19 17:54:17 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Architecture / planejamento urbano
Portuguese term or phrase: se ter uma idéia
"Para se ter uma idéia da abrangência do programa, são XXX favelas..."

To give you an ideia of/tp get an idea of? Gostaria de achar uma tradução mais livre.
Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
Brazil
Local time: 19:20
to give you an idea of the ...
Explanation:
just to give you an idea of the size of the crowd | Flickr - Photo ...
just to give you an idea of the size of the crowd.
www.flickr.com/photos/53335221@N06/5396392767/ - Cached
Ethiopian Asylum Seekers Suffocate in Truck in Mozambique | Africa ...
Feb 8, 2011 ... "Just to give you the idea of the size of the asylum applications in South Africa, if you combine all the 27 countries of the European Union ...
www.voanews.com/.../Ethiopian-Asylum-Seekers-Suffocate-in-T...

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just to give you an idea of what it was like - WordReference Forums
3 posts - 3 authors - Last post: May 11, 2010
just to give you an idea of what it was like French-English Vocabulary / Vocabulaire Français-Anglais.
forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1800442
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 18:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2(and) to give you some idea of......
Nick Taylor
4 +2to give you an idea of the ...
Marlene Curtis
4So as you can visualize / To visualize
Helena Grahn
4to figure out (the project reach)
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4(just) to illustrate
Adriana Maciel
4for an idea
Muriel Vasconcellos
3One indication of the scope of the project is the fact that....
Robert Forstag


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
So as you can visualize / To visualize


Explanation:
eh uma sugestao, mas to get an idea tbm eh possivel

Helena Grahn
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(and) to give you some idea of......


Explanation:
(and) to give you some idea of......

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I think a direct trad is very natural in En, verbalised it sounds fine.

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....and to give you some idea of the scope of the programme...

Nick Taylor
Local time: 23:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 172

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Robertson
28 mins
  -> cheers Mark
agree  Nicole L. R.
3 hrs
  -> thanks
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to figure out (the project reach)


Explanation:
figure out:
entender

Espero que ajude.

15 Nov 2008 ... MF: It's much easier to figure out the reach of traditional media than the reach of social media. Essentially, the formula for calculating ...
bub.blicio.us/the-future-co-existence-of-pr-and-digital-advertising/ - Em cache


Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 00:20
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marlene Curtis: Not in this context. To figure out = to calculate.
11 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to give you an idea of the ...


Explanation:
just to give you an idea of the size of the crowd | Flickr - Photo ...
just to give you an idea of the size of the crowd.
www.flickr.com/photos/53335221@N06/5396392767/ - Cached
Ethiopian Asylum Seekers Suffocate in Truck in Mozambique | Africa ...
Feb 8, 2011 ... "Just to give you the idea of the size of the asylum applications in South Africa, if you combine all the 27 countries of the European Union ...
www.voanews.com/.../Ethiopian-Asylum-Seekers-Suffocate-in-T...

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just to give you an idea of what it was like - WordReference Forums
3 posts - 3 authors - Last post: May 11, 2010
just to give you an idea of what it was like French-English Vocabulary / Vocabulaire Français-Anglais.
forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1800442

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 18:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 295
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Quandt
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
agree  Leda Roche: The most used in this context
6 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Para se ter uma idéia da abrangência do programa
One indication of the scope of the project is the fact that....


Explanation:
The structure here is *passive* and not a direct personal address. Thus, the Portuguese original, plus the fact that the text seems to be drawn from a formal written document, both argue for *not* using the personal "you."

Boa sorte.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 18:20
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Just what I wanted. Thank you. I will change my text write it as you suggested.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(just) to illustrate


Explanation:
sugestão

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&messag...

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 19:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
for an idea


Explanation:
I don't like to introduce 'you' if the document is not directed toward a particular individual. It shifts the "footing", as they call it in sociolinguistics.

So the translation would be:

"For an idea of the scope of the program: there are xxx favelas...'

Examples:

Dec 23, 2009 ... For an idea of the scope of the problem, in October 2007, at the height of the art boom, there were 360 galleries in the neighborhood of ...
www.springerlink.com/index/j768503416422265.pdf

For an idea of the scope of the problem, in 1996 the state of California produced 118 million gallons of used oil, but recycled only about 74 million ...
michaelguth.com/economist/wasteoil.htm

For an idea of the scope: Up to 500000 public sector jobs could go by 2014-15 as a result of the cuts programme, according to the Office for Budgetary ...
www.synthstuff.com/mt/archives/2010_10.html

For an idea of the scope of Palestinian refugee losses, table 1 provides the revised PCC documentation of Palestinian. Arab and Jewish land ownership ...
www.jstor.org/stable/2676429

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 15:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marlene Curtis: "To give you an idea" is a colloquial expression and it's not necessarily directed toward a particular individual. /A widely used expression...
2 days 22 hrs
  -> Ah.. but that's precisely my reason for posting it. The source text is not directed toward "you"; introducing "you" changes the linguistic footing, which is bad writing.
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