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Function (in this context)

Portuguese translation: manter

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English term or phrase:	Function
Portuguese translation:	manter
Entered by:	Teresa Borges

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20:31 Dec 17, 2009

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Education / Pedagogy

English term or phrase: Function (in this context)

Olá! estou tendo um pouco de dificuldade na tradução da palavra "function" neste contexto abaixo e não consigo pensar num bom termo em português que fizesse o mesmo sentido. Pensei em traduzir assim "e conduzir conversas/conversações sociais rotineiras/do dia-a-dia" ou algo assim...

Estou traduzindo um site para uma escola de idiomas e essa parte do documento explica sobre os níveis de proficiência em inglês.

Muito obrigada!

Express basic survival needs and **function in routine social conversation**, understand general instructions or commands read short sentences in “Present. Tenses” ...

Mary Palmer KudoZ activity Questions: 612 (5 open) (23 closed without grading) Answers: 1257 United States
Local time: 00:28

manter

Explanation:
Diria: manter conversas sociais rotineiras...

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Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 05:28

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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

manter

Teresa Borges

funcionar (participar em)

coolbrowne

...e desempenho (funcional) satisfatório...

Marcelo da Luz

desembaraço

Marlene Curtis

Answers

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

function (in this context)

manter

Explanation:
Diria: manter conversas sociais rotineiras...

Teresa Borges
Belgium
Local time: 05:28
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 64

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

24 mins confidence:

function funcionar (participar em)

Explanation:
O sentido é de funcionar ou conduzir-se. Note que, se o termo escolhido tivesse sido a expressão completa "function in routine social conversation", poderia dar uma resposta bem mais clara e menos "inglês traduzido":

conversar/dialogar em ambiente social comum/simples

coolbrowne
United States
Local time: 23:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

49 mins confidence:

function (in this context) desembaraço

Explanation:
Eu fugiria da tradução mais literal e diria:

Expressar necessidades básicas de sobrevivência e desembaraço em conversas sociais rotineiras.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 23:28
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 210

1 hr confidence:

function (in this context) ...e desempenho (funcional) satisfatório...

Explanation:
sugestão

Marcelo da Luz
Brazil
Local time: 00:28
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 19

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Dec 31, 2009 - Changes made by Teresa Borges:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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