um projecto que se fez fazendo-se

English translation: a project that developed as it went along

19:46 Oct 25, 2006
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Portuguese term or phrase: um projecto que se fez fazendo-se
From a text on a book of photographs of bridges, describing the almost accidental way the project began:
Este procedimento revela-nos um projecto que se fez fazendo-se, e que só mais tarde mostrou que também podia ser livro. A ponte de Muge, de 2005, apercebida do interior da viatura em que circula o fotógrafo, é a imagem síntese deste projecto que se desenvolveu no caminho, caminhando, e se descobriu no momento da sua realização.
Jane Ashford (X)
Local time: 13:41
English translation:a project that developed as it went along
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Or words to that effect...
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4 +1a project that was done by doing itself
Sónia Tavares
4 +1a project that developed as it went along
lexical
5a project that was done in the doing
sarahjeanne (X)


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a project that was done by doing itself


Explanation:
That's my hint.

Sónia Tavares
Germany
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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agree  Susy Ordaz
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a project that developed as it went along


Explanation:
Or words to that effect...

lexical
Spain
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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thank you!

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agree  Edgar Potter: my preference
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a project that was done in the doing


Explanation:
first of all, projects can't do themselves. i think that this is the best way to preserve the play on words.

sarahjeanne (X)
Brazil
Local time: 09:41
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: thanks Sarah!

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