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Esmerado

English translation: conscientious

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Portuguese term or phrase:Esmerado
English translation:conscientious
Entered by: Anitsa

16:02 Feb 21, 2018
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Portuguese term or phrase: Esmerado
"meu esmerado revisor", aparece nos agradecimentos de um livro.
Anitsa
Brazil
Local time: 01:51
conscientious
Explanation:
Sugg.

The conscientious reviewer, who is insightful, punctual and concise in expression, will be rewarded with even more work.
https://watermark.silverchair.com/172.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE...
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 05:51
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3conscientious
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4 +2diligent
Matheus Chaud
4 +1meticulous
Gilmar Fernandes
5my erstwhile ....
Nick Taylor
4painstaking
Helena Grahn
4faultless
Mario Freitas
3whimsical
Clauwolf
3fastidious
T o b i a s


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
painstaking


Explanation:
sugg.

Helena Grahn
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
faultless


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 01:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
esmerado
diligent


Explanation:

esmerado = cuidadoso; apurado; primoroso
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/esmer...

diligent = someone who is diligent works very hard and very carefully
(MacMillan)

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Note added at 19 mins (2018-02-21 16:22:14 GMT)
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Ex.:
Into the Fire - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com.br/books?isbn=1904433634
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the following for their invaluable help: Peru, for its beauty, gifts and trials. The late Professor Glyn Davies, economist extraordinaire, diligent proofreader and beloved father...

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 01:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
28 mins
  -> Obrigado, Luciano!
agree  Lais Leite
3 days 4 hrs
  -> Obrigado, padua!
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
meticulous


Explanation:
https://tinyurl.com/y8ljzglg

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 00:51
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 84

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lais Leite
3 days 4 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
conscientious


Explanation:
Sugg.

The conscientious reviewer, who is insightful, punctual and concise in expression, will be rewarded with even more work.
https://watermark.silverchair.com/172.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 05:51
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
20 mins
  -> Obrigada, Luciano!
agree  Katarina Peters
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Katarina!
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Claudio!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
whimsical


Explanation:
;)

Clauwolf
Local time: 01:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 23
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
my erstwhile ....


Explanation:
my erstwhile .... (or estimed)

Nick Taylor
Local time: 05:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 98
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
fastidious


Explanation:
Common collocation 'fastidious editor'

Amy is a highly experienced writer, fastidious editor, passionate marketer, and social media infatuate. Since 2010, she’s worked in corporate communications, digital marketing, and strategic content planning.
https://www.movingphillyforward.org/who-we-are/


T o b i a s
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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