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intervalo entre partos

English translation: the intervals between pregnancies


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22:44 Jul 19, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Portuguese term or phrase: intervalo entre partos
A mobilização das reservas corporais pode, a longo prazo, influenciar no cio e, consequentemente, no intervalo entre partos.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 08:11
English translation:the intervals between pregnancies
Explanation:
I'd use "pregnancies" instead of the literal "births". I believes it sounds more natural in English, and does not change the meaning.
If you want to be technical, you coukld use "calving intervals".

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George Rabel
Local time: 07:11
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2the intervals between pregnancies
George Rabel
4time between births/birthings
Douglas Bissell
4 -1reproduction
Marilia Bittencourt


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the intervals between pregnancies


Explanation:
I'd use "pregnancies" instead of the literal "births". I believes it sounds more natural in English, and does not change the meaning.
If you want to be technical, you coukld use "calving intervals".




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George Rabel
Local time: 07:11
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxmediamatrix: Keep to the known facts: 'calving intervals'; depending on what they are trying to do, there may be a significant difference between pregnancy and calving. Always assuming it refers to cattle, of course (sheep, for example, don't 'calve', they 'lamb').
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agree  Rachel Fell: and pigs farrow (in the UK, at least)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
reproduction


Explanation:
I believe it sounds better.

Marilia Bittencourt
Local time: 08:11
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  xxxmediamatrix: It may 'sound better' (errr... better than 'what'?) - but it makes no sense in the context.
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
time between births/birthings


Explanation:
Births are not the same thing as pregnancies, although pregnancies may be what they wanted to say in the first place.
However, they opted for the term births so I think in this case we should go with the original

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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