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English: 300 pages of university grade double speak

Portuguese translation: 300 páginas de retórica ambígua de qualidade universitária







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English term or phrase:300 pages of university grade double speak
Portuguese translation:300 páginas de retórica ambígua de qualidade universitária
Entered by:rhandler
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: 300 pages of university grade double speak
-Egyptian Funeral Rituals and Resurrection Mithology by William Carmichael.
- Sounds exciting.
- Well, it's 300 pages of university grade double-speak, complete with footnotes.
little_susie
Portugal
300 páginas de retórica ambígua de qualidade universitária
Explanation:
Double speak = retórica ambígua / conversa mole (dependendo do grau de formalidade do texto, use um ou outra.

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-05-12 14:07:51 GMT)
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Typo: umA ou outra
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rhandler
Brazil
Note from asker to answerer
muito obrigada! às vezes, estes textos deixam-nos de olhos em bico!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2300 páginas de retórica ambígua de qualidade universitáriarhandler
4retórica acadêmica ambíguaSemiramis


  


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
300 páginas de retórica ambígua de qualidade universitária

Explanation:
Double speak = retórica ambígua / conversa mole (dependendo do grau de formalidade do texto, use um ou outra.

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-05-12 14:07:51 GMT)
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Typo: umA ou outra

rhandler
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
Note from asker to answerer
muito obrigada! às vezes, estes textos deixam-nos de olhos em bico!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree catarinawaraujo
10 mins
  -> Obrigado, catarinawaraujo!

agree cristina estanislau
18 mins
  -> Obrigado, cristina!
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10 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
retórica acadêmica ambígua

Explanation:
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Semiramis
Brazil
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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