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real selves

Portuguese translation: si próprios

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English term or phrase:real selves
Portuguese translation:si próprios
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

11:39 Nov 8, 2012
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: real selves
Even in the big, generous enclosures of the zoos, the animals seem diminished, broken, shadows of their real selves
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 12:05
si próprios
Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q="si próprios"#hl...
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 17:05
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3si próprios
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4 +2o que realmente são / verdadeiro ser (please see below)
Priscila Arakaki
4 +1deles próprios / mesmos
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
deles próprios / mesmos


Explanation:
Diria assim

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonor Machado
1 hr
  -> Leonor, muito obrigado, Antonio
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
si próprios


Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q="si próprios"#hl...

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 17:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 204
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: ou de si mesmos
1 hr
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Leonor Machado
1 hr
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Fatima Noronha
1 day 1 hr
  -> Obrigado!
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
o que realmente são / verdadeiro ser (please see below)


Explanation:
Melhor privilegiar o contexto ao invés da forma (de tentar encaixar o "Self"):
"os animais parecem diminuídos, quebrados, sombras do que realmente são / seu verdadeiro ser / sua real essência".

Priscila Arakaki
Local time: 12:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Diana Coada (X)
1 hr
agree  Paulo Eduardo - Pro Knowledge: Perfeito ao privilegiar o contexto.
21 hrs
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