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frente às

English translation: in comparison to

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Portuguese term or phrase:frente às
English translation:in comparison to
Entered by: Mark Robertson

05:42 May 22, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Portuguese term or phrase: frente às
Estudos com as espécies X, e Y, nativas do bioma ZYZ frente às espécies A e B demonstraram que estas espécies são de grande valor econômico.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 07:32
in comparison to
Explanation:
HIH
Selected response from:

Mark Robertson
Local time: 11:32
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4in comparison to
Mark Robertson
4 +3compared to OR in comparison with
John Kingsmore
4 +1in comparison with
Georgia Morg (X)
4when compared with
Nick Taylor


  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
in comparison to


Explanation:
HIH

Mark Robertson
Local time: 11:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  Edward Nelson
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Verginia Ophof
10 hrs
agree  Sheryle Oliver
21 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in comparison with


Explanation:
used when highlighting differences

Georgia Morg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell
1 day 4 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
compared to OR in comparison with


Explanation:
One or the other: see subtle differences in the references below: technically both are possible, but the options I offered simply sound better [to me].


    Reference: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/compared-to-or-compared-with...
    Reference: http://homepage.smc.edu/quizzes/cheney_joyce/Comparewithcomp...
John Kingsmore
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lais Leite
3 hrs
agree  e_marisa: 'compared to' para mim
5 hrs
agree  Katherine Schirmer-Tully (X): compared to
6 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
when compared with


Explanation:
when compared with

Nick Taylor
Local time: 11:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 119
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