usineiro

English translation: sugar mill owner

11:08 Apr 7, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber
Portuguese term or phrase: usineiro
as negociações com os usineiros (donos de fabricas de cana de açúcar) são longas.
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English translation:sugar mill owner
Explanation:
sugar cane mill owner
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Paul Brown
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4sugar mill owner
Paul Brown
5 +2sugar factory owner
Douglas Bissell
5 +2producer; industrialist
Elenice Brasseland
5cane sugar producers.
airmailrpl


Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sugar factory owner


Explanation:
That's just what they are called

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarida Ataide
21 mins
  -> Thanks

agree  Claudio Mazotti
33 mins
  -> thanks Claudio

disagree  Elenice Brasseland: Douglas, só discordo porque o texto original, como apresentado, exige que o termo "usineiros" seja traduzido separadamente e, a seguir, explicado entre parênteses. Exigível se quiser ser fiel ao texto original. NB! Não se trata de traduzir literalmente.
48 mins
  -> Não exige nada

agree  Richard Purdom
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Richard
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
sugar mill owner


Explanation:
sugar cane mill owner

Paul Brown
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Freitas: Yes, mill, but maybe not sugar.
1 hr

agree  Ana Rita Santiago
1 hr

agree  Claudio Mazotti
3 hrs

agree  Judith Armele
5 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
producer; industrialist


Explanation:
no texto dado "...producers (sugar mill/factory owners"

Elenice Brasseland
Local time: 13:08
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Riordan: Sim, neste contexto seria assim.
12 mins
  -> Obrigada, Martin!

agree  Richard Purdom: changed my mind, you're right
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Richard!
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
usineiros
cane sugar producers.


Explanation:
usineiros => cane sugar producers.

Sugarcane - Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
www.agmrc.org › ... › Grains & Oilseeds › Sugarcane‎
The state typically contributes about half of the total U.S. cane sugar crop. ... American Sugar Alliance - A national association of beet and cane sugar producers.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2014-04-08 07:51:52 GMT)
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AB Sugar Group - Africa - Illovo
www.absugar.com/Our-Group/Africa
British Sugar holds a 51% stake in Illovo Sugar Limited, the largest cane sugar producer in Africa and one of the world's lowest cost producers.

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 09:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 6
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