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Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / AIDS testing campaign | | Portuguese term or phrase: mobiliário urbano (MUB) | These are places where campaign posters will be prominently displayed.
7.3 Distribuição de cartazes e folders em pontos estratégicos nas diversas regiões da cidade
Foram distribuídos 250 cartazes em **MUB’s (Mobiliário Urbano)** e 2.000 cartazes em ônibus do Município. Foram produzidos 100.000 folders, distribuídos entre as 109 Unidades Básicas de Saúde de Curitiba. |
|  Muriel VasconcellosKudoZ activityQuestions: 520 (none open) ( 113 closed without grading) Answers: 4588
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| | benches, streetlamps, etc. | Explanation:
Mike :)
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-08-03 08:57:17 GMT)
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In Spanish, the above is the translation, as can be seen in the Oxford Dictionary:
mobiliario urbano benches, streetlamps, etc
It certainly seems to fit in this case. |
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 Michael Powers (PhD)
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Local time: 23:39
| Grading comment In this context, I prefer your answer, though "street furniture" is the correct architectural term. I wouldn't add it as a gloss, however because a more precise translation exists.
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5 mins confidence:   benches, streetlamps, etc.
Explanation:
Mike :)
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-08-03 08:57:17 GMT)
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In Spanish, the above is the translation, as can be seen in the Oxford Dictionary:
mobiliario urbano benches, streetlamps, etc
It certainly seems to fit in this case.
| | | Grading comment | In this context, I prefer your answer, though "street furniture" is the correct architectural term. I wouldn't add it as a gloss, however because a more precise translation exists. |
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13 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 street furniture
Explanation:
Street furniture is a collective term for objects and pieces of equipment ... consideration in the d
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-08-03 09:04:29 GMT)
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Street furniture is a collective term for objects and pieces of equipment installed on streets and roads for various purposes, including benches, bollards, post boxes, phone boxes, streetlamps, street lighting, traffic lights, traffic signs, bus stops, grit bins, tram stops, taxi stands, public lavatories, fountains and memorials, and waste receptacles.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_furniture
| Hermann
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Asker: Thanks for making me aware of the exact translation. I wish I could award both answers. For my document I decided to use a blend: "public benches and other street furniture." I like "benches" because it's clear to anyone.
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