Anti-personnel landmines

Portuguese translation: minas terrestres anti-pessoal

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English term or phrase:Anti-personnel landmines
Portuguese translation:minas terrestres anti-pessoal
Entered by: Lilian Magalhães

13:29 Jul 7, 2015
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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / munição
English term or phrase: Anti-personnel landmines
United Nations Disarmament - Landmines - the United Nations
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Anti-personnel landmines are prohibited under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and ...
Lilian Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 17:48
minas terrestres anti-pessoal
Explanation:
Mesmo caso da resposta anterior: também proibidas pela convenção de Genebra. Na imprensa em inglês se diz apenas "anti-personnel mines" pois é subentendido que são terrestres. Os mercadores da morte as fazem de plástico para não poderem ser achadas por detectores de metal, equipamento básico dos sapadores.
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Mauro Lando
Brazil
Local time: 17:48
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5 +2minas terrestres anti-pessoal
Mauro Lando
5 +1Minas antipessoais ou antiindividuais
Nick Taylor


  

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anti-personnel landmines
Minas antipessoais ou antiindividuais


Explanation:
Minas antipessoais ou anti-individuais

Nick Taylor
Local time: 21:48
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agree  Andre Damasceno
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anti-personnel landmines
minas terrestres anti-pessoal


Explanation:
Mesmo caso da resposta anterior: também proibidas pela convenção de Genebra. Na imprensa em inglês se diz apenas "anti-personnel mines" pois é subentendido que são terrestres. Os mercadores da morte as fazem de plástico para não poderem ser achadas por detectores de metal, equipamento básico dos sapadores.

Mauro Lando
Brazil
Local time: 17:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 220
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Rita Santiago: É a nomenclatura utilizada na legislação brasileira (http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/LEIS_2001/L10300.h...
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agree  Paulinho Fonseca
10 hrs
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