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11:54 Oct 2, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology
Portuguese term or phrase: quilombolas
comunidade quilombolas
kristen


Summary of answers provided
4 +1quilombolas
Humberto Ribas
4quilombola communities
Marlene Curtis


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
quilombolas


Explanation:
I wouldn't translate - just explain that these are the people who lived in quilombos (communities of slave that had scaped from their masters)

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of slaves that had

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that had escaped from their masters

Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 21:43
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
2 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
quilombola communities


Explanation:
"The first one included a group of anthropologists specialized in indigenous and quilombola communities and the second one included consultations with ..."
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 20:43
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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