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English: background static

Portuguese translation: ruído de fundo







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English term or phrase:background static
Portuguese translation:ruído de fundo
Entered by:Freitas e Silva
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: background static
A sentença completa:

That tale might begin with Richard and a foolish trick in the Bureau's Atlanta ofice, but that's the background static, not the story itself.
Marcelo Almeida
Brazil
ruído de fundo
Explanation:
...mas isso é ruído de fundo e não a história em si.
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Freitas e Silva
Portugal
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6ruído de fundoFreitas e Silva
4 +1pano de fundo
Nuno Machado


  


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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
ruído de fundo

Explanation:
...mas isso é ruído de fundo e não a história em si.

Freitas e Silva
Portugal
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Humberto Ribas
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Humberto

agree rhandler
8 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Ralph

agree Paula Vaz-Carreiro: Yes indeed!
8 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Paula

agree Cristina Santos
9 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Cristina

agree Christina Moreira
10 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Christina

agree Elvira Alves Barry
16 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Elvira
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pano de fundo

Explanation:
Parece que a descrição se refere ao "pano de fundo" da história que realmente se quer contar. A expressão é de português europeu, não sei se usa no Brasil...

Nuno Machado
Portugal
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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agree reginakersten
5 days
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