industra de transformação
English translation: manufacturing industries/firms, sector(s)
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|  Selected response from: Sheryle Oliver Brazil Local time: 06:47 | ||||||
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| 5 | manufacturing industries/firms, sector(s) |
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| 4 | processing industry |
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| 3 | process manufacturing |
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9 mins confidence: 
process manufacturing Explanation: Having just researched this, I suspect that process manufacturing may be the best term in English to translate this. It is somewhat different from general manufacturing, as explained in the Wikipedia article below. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processing_industry |
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7 mins confidence:
processing industry Explanation: I would say -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2012-03-20 03:44:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- but I think "manufacturing industry" is probably a better option -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2012-03-20 03:45:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- www.finep.gov.br/revista_brasileira_inovacao/.../R&D_intens... Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View by LO Façanha - 2004 - Related articles 3-digits sectors of the manufacturing industry in São Paulo is to a great extent ... A evidência para setores a 3-dígitos da indústria de transformação .... variables is convenient to simultaneously encompass the possibility of both process and ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2012-03-20 03:46:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "processing" is very specific so "manufacturing" |
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14 hrs confidence:
manufacturing industries/firms, sector(s) Explanation: The key word is /manufacturing/. Which other word (industry, firm, sector) is chosen, and whether in the singular or the plural, will depend on the context. And yes, sometimes just /manufacturing/ is sufficient. |
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