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Portuguese term or phrase:	eixo
English translation:	front
Entered by:	Douglas Bissell

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11:16 Nov 1, 2010

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Bus/Financial - Advertising / Public Relations

Portuguese term or phrase: eixo

a sua actuação em três grandes eixos: o aprofundamento e alargamento da carteira de clientes

Douglas Bissell KudoZ activity Questions: 104 (none open) (19 closed without grading) Answers: 1022 Portugal
Local time: 07:09

fronts

Explanation:
fronts

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on three fronts

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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3007/is_16_23/ai_n28...

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Mallinckrodt Builds Its Business on Three Fronts

Selected response from:

Nick Taylor
Local time: 07:09

Grading comment

Actually, I've been looking for a good translation for this term form years, thanks a bundle
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

axis

Sara e Emanuel

area

Prof. Tony Gee

directions

Gilla Evans

3 +1

fronts

Nick Taylor

main focal points

Verginia Ophof

lines

T o b i a s

fields

riahurtado

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

axis

Explanation:
Given the context, I would translate it as the performance along three main "axis", or "vectors".

Sara e Emanuel
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

French

14 mins confidence:

fields

Explanation:
Esta é a minha sugestão

riahurtado
Local time: 07:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

27 mins confidence:

eixos directions

Explanation:
You could say "directions" or altenatively "lines of action", depending on how you plan to translate the rest of the sentence.

Or you could also use "themes" or "issues"

Gilla Evans
Local time: 07:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

31 mins confidence:

lines

Explanation:
e.g. "along three broad lines of action"

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or even 'spheres', e.g. "two main spheres of action"

(Pirelli) "The EO Project commits the Pirelli Group to two main spheres of action: human resource management, which should increasingly celebrate and make the most of differences, while ensuring equal opportunities for professional growth; and a better emphasis on the work-life balance."

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CCIQFjAE...

Example sentence(s):

This strategy is organized along three broad lines of action: policy dialogue for local private-sector development; investment operations to support local private-sector development; and partnership with the private sector to leverage additional ...
It is organized along three broad lines of action: (i) policy dialogue with governments for local private-sector development; (ii) investment operations to support local private-sector development; and (iii) partnerships with the corporate private ...

Reference: http://www.ifad.org/newsletter/pf/9.htm
Reference: http://www.ifad.org/gbdocs/repl/8/iv/e/REPL-VIII-4-R-6.pdf

T o b i a s
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

3 hrs confidence:

area

Explanation:
In this very context, it has to be either area, points or principles.

Example sentence(s):

...in the field of juvenile justice fall into three main areas: prevention, educational treatment,...

Prof. Tony Gee
Local time: 07:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

5 hrs confidence:

main focal points

Explanation:
3 main focal points

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 00:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

fronts

Nick Taylor
Local time: 07:09
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Actually, I've been looking for a good translation for this term form years, thanks a bundle

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