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descriminacao

English translation: decriminalization

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Portuguese term or phrase:descriminacao
English translation:decriminalization
Entered by: rhandler

21:12 Mar 21, 2004
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: descriminacao
e um documento sovre "criminalizacao do aborto" - e "criminalization of abortion" em ingles? (sorry I don't have the proper accent and tilde marks on my computer!)
Emily Tell
United States
Local time: 08:29
decriminalization
Explanation:
This is the word. Some examples for "marijuana":

Dennis Kucinich for President - Marijuana Decriminalization
... [PDF]. NEW - Animation by Eric Blumrich "Drug War / Marijuana Decriminalization"
(requires Macromedia Flash). With the enactment of ...
www.kucinich.us/issues/marijuana_decrim.php

SWOP How to Get Press
Legalization and Decriminalization Explained. Legalization of prostitution
means making it legal within certain boundaries (like ...
www.swop-usa.org/decrimexplained.html

Decriminalization of Marijuana in Canada
With reports in from two committees of parliament, the Canadian federal
government is planning the decriminalization of marijuana. ...
canadaonline.about.com/library/issues/blimj.htm


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Note added at 2004-03-21 21:22:30 (GMT)
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Here are two examples for \"abortion decriminalization\", both on the referendum in Portugal:

Feminist Daily News 1/29/2004: Portugal: Advocates Campaign for ...
Feminist Daily News Wire January 29, 2004. Portugal: Advocates Campaign for Abortion Decriminalization Referendum. Portuguese abortion ...
www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8259

Ms. News
January 29, 2004. Portugal: Advocates Campaign for Abortion Decriminalization Referendum. Portuguese abortion rights activists have ...
www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?id=8259
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rhandler
Local time: 12:29
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5 +8decriminalization
rhandler
3discrimination
Amilcar


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
decriminalization


Explanation:
This is the word. Some examples for "marijuana":

Dennis Kucinich for President - Marijuana Decriminalization
... [PDF]. NEW - Animation by Eric Blumrich "Drug War / Marijuana Decriminalization"
(requires Macromedia Flash). With the enactment of ...
www.kucinich.us/issues/marijuana_decrim.php

SWOP How to Get Press
Legalization and Decriminalization Explained. Legalization of prostitution
means making it legal within certain boundaries (like ...
www.swop-usa.org/decrimexplained.html

Decriminalization of Marijuana in Canada
With reports in from two committees of parliament, the Canadian federal
government is planning the decriminalization of marijuana. ...
canadaonline.about.com/library/issues/blimj.htm


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Note added at 2004-03-21 21:22:30 (GMT)
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Here are two examples for \"abortion decriminalization\", both on the referendum in Portugal:

Feminist Daily News 1/29/2004: Portugal: Advocates Campaign for ...
Feminist Daily News Wire January 29, 2004. Portugal: Advocates Campaign for Abortion Decriminalization Referendum. Portuguese abortion ...
www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8259

Ms. News
January 29, 2004. Portugal: Advocates Campaign for Abortion Decriminalization Referendum. Portuguese abortion rights activists have ...
www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?id=8259

rhandler
Local time: 12:29
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 52
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agree  Aoife Kennedy: Yes, to decriminalize is not the same thing as to legalise. It means to reduce or abolish penalties for the act in question.
3 mins
  -> Thank you, Aoife74
agree  isarcat: I was wondering why "descriminação".. but now I get it.. :)) decriminalization is the term..
10 mins
  -> Thank you, isarcat
agree  Eduardo Queiroz
26 mins
  -> Obrigado, Eduardo
agree  Claudio Mazotti
34 mins
  -> Obrigado, klausinSP
agree  Steven Capsuto: Note that in the UK, "decriminalise" seems the more widespread spelling; the U.S. form with "z" is accepted both in Britain and the U.S. The distinction between "decriminalize" and "legalize" mentioned by Aoife74 is true in the UK, but poss. not the US.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Steven
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
12 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Henrique
agree  lafresita (X)
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, mjodliowiec
agree  Ivana de Sousa Santos
1 day 15 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Ivana
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
discrimination


Explanation:
Poderia bem ser uma gralha (por discriminação).

O texto é sobre "criminalização", e um autor minimamente atento usaria então "descriminalização".

Só o contexto permitiria decidir.

Amilcar
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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