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19:05 May 2, 2016 |
Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Poetry & Literature / academic abstract | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Bett Local time: 13:48 | ||||||
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4 +2 | skimming / scanning |
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4 +1 | brief reading |
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3 +1 | superficial reading |
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4 | hurried reading |
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3 | haphazard reading |
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Discussion entries: 10 | |
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brief reading Explanation: The closest match would be a “brief reading”, similar to what we do with newspapers headlines. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 minutos (2016-05-02 19:23:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In fact, the author even mentions that such misconception comes from a careless reading of published essays/articles. |
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superficial reading Explanation: leitura superficial, não cuidadosa, que leva a conclusões errôneas suggestion |
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hurried reading Explanation: a seguir. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2016-05-02 19:15:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/afogadilho/ Afogadilho é pressa, precipitação, afobação. A expressão "de afogadilho" significa apressadamente. https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&... AFOGADILHO, s. (little used) haste, speed, hurry, precipitation "hurried reading": https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2016-05-02 19:17:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ex.: http://thecatholicspirit.com/news/nation-and-world/church-le... "...but cautioned against a hurried reading of the document" The History and Pedagogy of Reading https://books.google.com/books?id=3q1JAAAAIAAJ "...come quickly on attempting to read, and are especially aggravated by doing hurried reading" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2016-05-03 01:36:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Maybe you can say a slapdash reading "slapdash" apparently puts together the ideas of hastiness and carelessness (which are conveyed by "afogadilho"): http://www.dictionary.com/browse/slapdash?s=t slapdash = hasty and careless; offhand MacMillan: slapdash = doing something quickly and not carefully Ex.: The Southern Manifesto: Massive Resistance and the Fight ... https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1626741867 In summary, a combination of omission, mistaken authorship, as well as both a conscience distortion and slapdash reading of the historical record... http://www.dailytargum.com/article/2014/10/professors-explai... While no academic would confess to shoddy methodology or slapdash reading, many are blasé about their incompetence at writing... |
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skimming / scanning Explanation: This is another option in the variety here. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 hrs (2016-05-03 15:54:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Following comments in the discussion box regarding the "negative connotations" of the term "Afogadilho", I would change my suggestion to: "A quick skim over", which, in the context, may add some negativity to my term. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.uefap.com/reading/efficien/skim/skim.htm Reference: http://www.howtolearn.com/2013/02/skimming-and-scanning-two-... |
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