Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
se ter uma idéia
English translation:
to give you an idea of the ...
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Feb 16, 2011 14:21
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Portuguese term
Brazil
Portuguese- English freelance translator
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
se ter uma idéia
Portuguese to English
Social Sciences
Architecture
planejamento urbano
"Para se ter uma idéia da abrangência do programa, são XXX favelas..."
To give you an ideia of/tp get an idea of? Gostaria de achar uma tradução mais livre.
To give you an ideia of/tp get an idea of? Gostaria de achar uma tradução mais livre.
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Marlene Curtis
United States
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United States
Marlene Curtis
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to give you an idea of the ...
just to give you an idea of the size of the crowd | Flickr - Photo ...
just to give you an idea of the size of the crowd.
www.flickr.com/photos/53335221@N06/5396392767/ - Cached
Ethiopian Asylum Seekers Suffocate in Truck in Mozambique | Africa ...
Feb 8, 2011 ... "Just to give you the idea of the size of the asylum applications in South Africa, if you combine all the 27 countries of the European Union ...
www.voanews.com/.../Ethiopian-Asylum-Seekers-Suffocate-in-T...
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just to give you an idea of what it was like - WordReference Forums
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just to give you an idea of what it was like French-English Vocabulary / Vocabulaire Français-Anglais.
forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1800442
just to give you an idea of the size of the crowd.
www.flickr.com/photos/53335221@N06/5396392767/ - Cached
Ethiopian Asylum Seekers Suffocate in Truck in Mozambique | Africa ...
Feb 8, 2011 ... "Just to give you the idea of the size of the asylum applications in South Africa, if you combine all the 27 countries of the European Union ...
www.voanews.com/.../Ethiopian-Asylum-Seekers-Suffocate-in-T...
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just to give you an idea of what it was like - WordReference Forums
3 posts - 3 authors - Last post: May 11, 2010
just to give you an idea of what it was like French-English Vocabulary / Vocabulaire Français-Anglais.
forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1800442
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Helena Grahn
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So as you can visualize / To visualize
eh uma sugestao, mas to get an idea tbm eh possivel
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Nick Taylor
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(and) to give you some idea of......
(and) to give you some idea of......
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I think a direct trad is very natural in En, verbalised it sounds fine.
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....and to give you some idea of the scope of the programme...
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I think a direct trad is very natural in En, verbalised it sounds fine.
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....and to give you some idea of the scope of the programme...
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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to figure out (the project reach)
figure out:
entender
Espero que ajude.
15 Nov 2008 ... MF: It's much easier to figure out the reach of traditional media than the reach of social media. Essentially, the formula for calculating ...
bub.blicio.us/the-future-co-existence-of-pr-and-digital-advertising/ - Em cache
entender
Espero que ajude.
15 Nov 2008 ... MF: It's much easier to figure out the reach of traditional media than the reach of social media. Essentially, the formula for calculating ...
bub.blicio.us/the-future-co-existence-of-pr-and-digital-advertising/ - Em cache
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Marlene Curtis
: Not in this context. To figure out = to calculate.
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Robert Forstag
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Portuguese term (edited):
Para se ter uma idéia da abrangência do programa
One indication of the scope of the project is the fact that....
The structure here is *passive* and not a direct personal address. Thus, the Portuguese original, plus the fact that the text seems to be drawn from a formal written document, both argue for *not* using the personal "you."
Boa sorte.
Boa sorte.
Note from asker:
| Just what I wanted. Thank you. I will change my text write it as you suggested. |
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Adriana Maciel
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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for an idea
I don't like to introduce 'you' if the document is not directed toward a particular individual. It shifts the "footing", as they call it in sociolinguistics.
So the translation would be:
"For an idea of the scope of the program: there are xxx favelas...'
Examples:
Dec 23, 2009 ... For an idea of the scope of the problem, in October 2007, at the height of the art boom, there were 360 galleries in the neighborhood of ...
www.springerlink.com/index/j768503416422265.pdf
For an idea of the scope of the problem, in 1996 the state of California produced 118 million gallons of used oil, but recycled only about 74 million ...
michaelguth.com/economist/wasteoil.htm
For an idea of the scope: Up to 500000 public sector jobs could go by 2014-15 as a result of the cuts programme, according to the Office for Budgetary ...
www.synthstuff.com/mt/archives/2010_10.html
For an idea of the scope of Palestinian refugee losses, table 1 provides the revised PCC documentation of Palestinian. Arab and Jewish land ownership ...
www.jstor.org/stable/2676429
So the translation would be:
"For an idea of the scope of the program: there are xxx favelas...'
Examples:
Dec 23, 2009 ... For an idea of the scope of the problem, in October 2007, at the height of the art boom, there were 360 galleries in the neighborhood of ...
www.springerlink.com/index/j768503416422265.pdf
For an idea of the scope of the problem, in 1996 the state of California produced 118 million gallons of used oil, but recycled only about 74 million ...
michaelguth.com/economist/wasteoil.htm
For an idea of the scope: Up to 500000 public sector jobs could go by 2014-15 as a result of the cuts programme, according to the Office for Budgetary ...
www.synthstuff.com/mt/archives/2010_10.html
For an idea of the scope of Palestinian refugee losses, table 1 provides the revised PCC documentation of Palestinian. Arab and Jewish land ownership ...
www.jstor.org/stable/2676429
Peer comment(s):
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Marlene Curtis
: "To give you an idea" is a colloquial expression and it's not necessarily directed toward a particular individual. /A widely used expression...
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Ah.. but that's precisely my reason for posting it. The source text is not directed toward "you"; introducing "you" changes the linguistic footing, which is bad writing.
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