Translators - Translator Resources
ProZ.com global directory of translation services
 The translation workplace

English: design/drawing

Portuguese translation: concepção/desenho







KudoZ
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators... More



GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:design/drawing
Portuguese translation:concepção/desenho
Entered by:Fiona Gonçalves
Options:
- Contribute to this entry

10:45am Sep 3, 2005Login or register (free) for more options.
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / dams
English term or phrase: design/drawing
I am translating a piece (from Portuguese to English) on a group of artists. On various occasions throughout the text reference is made to "desenho", but in all instances could translate as either "design" or "drawing". The work came to me through an agency, so I don't have direct access to the client. How can I explain to the agency the difference in meaning between the two English definitions, so that they can find out from the client which one is correct on each occasion?
Fiona Gonçalves
Portugal
Clarification request(s) and response
Fiona Gonçalves: 3:56pm Sep 5, 2005: Thanks, everyone, for your help on this, and sorry if I posted it in the wrong place...

concepção/desenho
Explanation:
talvez possa traduzir assim...
Selected response from:

Gabriela Frazao
Portugal
Note from asker to answerer
Worked a treat (and it was drawing). Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8concepção/desenho
Gabriela Frazao
5modelo/desenho
João Roque Dias
5Not for gradingAntónio Ribeiro
5design is done by a "projetista"..drawing is done by a "desenhista"
airmailrpl


  


Answers

10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
concepção/desenho

Explanation:
talvez possa traduzir assim...

Gabriela Frazao
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 11
Note from asker to answerer
Worked a treat (and it was drawing). Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Mariana Moreira
2 mins
  -> muito obrigada

agree Claudio Mazotti: gostei...
20 mins
  -> muito obrigada

agree Jorge Freire
24 mins
  -> muito obrigada

agree xxxooooo
39 mins
  -> muito obrigada

agree Alexandra Gouveia
56 mins
  -> muito obrigada

agree António Ribeiro
10 hrs
  -> muito obrigada

agree Sonia Heidemann
11 hrs
  -> muito obrigada

agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz
1 day7 hrs
  -> muito obrigada
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Not for grading

Explanation:
Just call the agency and explain your problem. Below are the translations suggested by Dicionário Porto Editora Online


drawing = desenho

design = (substantivo)

1. design;
industrial design = design industrial;
interior design = design de interiores;

2. desenho, esboço, planta, plano;

3. concepção;

4. estilo;



António Ribeiro
Australia
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Gabriela Frazao: o que eu disse foi: «talvez possa traduzir assim...»
46 mins
  -> Mas eu não comentei a tua resposta!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)


39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
design is done by a "projetista"..drawing is done by a "desenhista"

Explanation:
design is done by a "projetista"
drawing is done by a "desenhista"

airmailrpl
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Gabriela Frazao: ah pois é - o projectista faz o projecto e o desenhador faz o desenho
20 mins
  -> exatamente
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
modelo/desenho

Explanation:
Terminologia comum em PT-PT para distinguir entre os dois, nomeadamente em propriedade intelectual em que se utiliza "modelo" com o significado de "design" e "desenho" no sentido de representação gráfica de uma ideia ou um objecto.

João Roque Dias
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 7
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)





Return to KudoZ list