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de eleição

English translation: preferred one


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19:52 Oct 26, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Portuguese term or phrase: de eleição
Os autores indicaram a posição quadrupedal como sendo de eleição, permitindo que o animal fique mais tranqüilo
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 08:11
English translation:preferred one
Explanation:
...as being the preferred one, allowing the animal etc.
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Ivan Rocha
Canada
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2choice
Kevin Freyburg
4 +1preferred one
Ivan Rocha


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
preferred one


Explanation:
...as being the preferred one, allowing the animal etc.

Ivan Rocha
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Marjolein Snippe: Could work, but only if the sentence is rearranged; 'as being the preferred one' is not a construction a native English speaker would use
14 hrs
  -> Discordo, mas obrigado pela observação, Marjolein.

agree  monkaregina
14 hrs
  -> Grato, Regina.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
choice


Explanation:
Act of choosing between alternatives

Kevin Freyburg
Local time: 08:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marjolein Snippe: ... as the position of choice
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Marjolein

agree  Nicolle Vet: for sure - like Marjolein, ...position of choice...
14 hrs
  -> Thanks Nicolle
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