Manuscripts were circulated, often in poorly cyclostyled sheets,...

Portuguese translation: papel mimeografado, mimeógrafo

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English term or phrase:	cyclostyled sheet, cyclostyled sheet
Portuguese translation:	papel mimeografado, mimeógrafo
Entered by:	Mario Freitas

19:47 Sep 18, 2014

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Social Sciences - Law (general) / História do Século XX

English term or phrase: Manuscripts were circulated, often in poorly cyclostyled sheets,...

... and eagerly read by those who faced arrest and imprisonment for possession or distribution of these pieces of work.

edecastroalves

manuscritos foram postos em circulação, muitas vezes em papel mimeografado

Explanation:
Sugestão

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-09-18 22:07:34 GMT)
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faltou "de má qualidade" no final.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-09-18 22:08:06 GMT)
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Se bem que mimeografado de má qualidade é quase uma redundância, rsrs.

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manuscritos foram postos em circulação, muitas vezes em papel mimeografado

Mario Freitas

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Os manuscritos eram postos a circular, muitas vezes em folhas policopiadas com pouca qualidade

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manuscripts were circulated, often in poorly cyclostyled sheets,... Os manuscritos eram postos a circular, muitas vezes em folhas policopiadas com pouca qualidade

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Uma sugestão.

Reference: http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/policopiados

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manuscripts were circulated, often in poorly cyclostyled sheets,...

manuscritos foram postos em circulação, muitas vezes em papel mimeografado

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