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English translation: master-servant relationship


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Portuguese term or phrase:relação de servientes/patrões
English translation:master-servant relationship
Entered by: Matt Coler
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08:56 Aug 26, 2007
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Science - Anthropology / indigenous peoples
Portuguese term or phrase: relação de servientes/patrões
Neste contexto intertribal, por tradição, estabeleceu-se uma relação de servientes/patrões, em que os Dâw e os outros povos Maku são vistos como servidores dos demais povos indígenas

In this inter-tribal context, a relation of servant/master is traditionally established, in which the Dâw and other Maku people are seen as servants of the other indigenous peoples .

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Matt Coler
Local time: 02:43
master-servant relationship
Explanation:
Ordinarily the existence of a master-servant relationship is a matter of fact ... whether or not there is a master-servant relationship as a matter of law. ...www.judiciary.state.nj.us/civil/charges/422.htm
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Hermann
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3 +5master-servant relationship
Hermann
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master-servant relationship


Explanation:
Ordinarily the existence of a master-servant relationship is a matter of fact ... whether or not there is a master-servant relationship as a matter of law. ...www.judiciary.state.nj.us/civil/charges/422.htm

Hermann
Local time: 01:43
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agree  David Hollywood
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agree  Margarita Palatnik
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agree  veratek: a master-servant relationship was established following tradition - in any case, relationship and not relation
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1 day16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
servant/patron relationship


Explanation:
I don’t know if this helps – It seems that the translation might lean toward a more benign literal interpretation of ‘patron’.

4th paragraph:

“…In reality , the Maku (Daw) accept their status of 'slaves' due to the evident advantages that this brings them: they have access to cultivated products without having to assume the consequences of the sedentarization required to achieve a level of agricultural productivity similar to the Tukano..."



    Reference: http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/english/epienglish/maku/da...
Ingles
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