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Agriculture | | Portuguese term or phrase: Departamento de Defesa e Inspeção Vegetal | Departamento de Defesa e Inspeção Vegetal
Department of Defence and Plant Inspection?
It's the "Defesa" that I'm not sure about. |
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| | Department of Plant Protection and Inspection | Explanation:
defesa vegetal= plant protection
inspeção vegetal= plant inspection...,
Defense in English does not work...It means Protection in this context
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Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2004-08-08 16:02:12 GMT)
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The Brazilians have incorrectly translated this..It is a huge mistake...there are lots of them... |
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz
| Grading comment Sounds right to me - thanks!
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 | Departamento de Defesa e Inspeção Vegetal Department of Plant Protection and Inspection
Explanation:
defesa vegetal= plant protection
inspeção vegetal= plant inspection...,
Defense in English does not work...It means Protection in this context
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Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2004-08-08 16:02:12 GMT)
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The Brazilians have incorrectly translated this..It is a huge mistake...there are lots of them...
| Jane Lamb-Ruiz
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English, Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 23
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| | Grading comment | Sounds right to me - thanks! |
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