name tents

Portuguese translation: cartão de identificação

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English term or phrase:name tent
Portuguese translation:cartão de identificação
Entered by: Sidnei Arruda

20:30 May 5, 2002
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: name tents
Contexto: preparação para um curso
Sidnei Arruda
Brazil
Local time: 23:47
cartões de identificação
Explanation:
Utilizado para identificar um indivíduo num evento. Era inicialmente utilizado para identificar as pessoas à mesa, num jantar formal. Como os cartões eram feitos em forma de "tenda" (um cartão dobrado ao meio), essa passou a ser a denominação geral dos cartões de identificação.
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Luciana Vozza
Local time: 23:47
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Obrigado pela dica.
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5name tent
Paulo Celestino Guimaraes
5cartões de identificação
Luciana Vozza


  

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name tent


Explanation:
Name tents:
A standard size sheet of copy paper makes a great name tent when folded in four. Fold it is half, then fold the top inside to the join, then the bottom inside to the join.





Paulo Celestino Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 23:47
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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cartões de identificação


Explanation:
Utilizado para identificar um indivíduo num evento. Era inicialmente utilizado para identificar as pessoas à mesa, num jantar formal. Como os cartões eram feitos em forma de "tenda" (um cartão dobrado ao meio), essa passou a ser a denominação geral dos cartões de identificação.

Luciana Vozza
Local time: 23:47
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 484
Grading comment
Obrigado pela dica.
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