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buscando-me o concurso tão pobre

English translation: seeking my meager/meagre assistance


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Portuguese term or phrase:buscando-me o concurso tão pobre
English translation:seeking my meager/meagre assistance
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16:23 Feb 7, 2011
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Portuguese term or phrase: buscando-me o concurso tão pobre
Desvanece-me a lembrança de XXXX, **buscando-me o concurso tão pobre**, entretanto, reconheço-me incapaz de realizar a viagem...

Não consigo fazer sentido dessa frase...qualquer sugestão, agradeço desde já!
Amy Duncan
Brazil
Local time: 21:47
seeking my meager(-gre) assistance
Explanation:
In this case, "concurso" has the sense of "cooperação/auxílio", that is, help. Taking into account tone and style, "meager (UK meagre) assistance assistance" seems appropriate.
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coolbrowne
United States
Local time: 20:47
Grading comment
Thanks, coolbrowne.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3seeking my meager(-gre) assistancecoolbrowne
3who procured me for this ill-fated task
Dr. Juliet Attwater


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
seeking my meager(-gre) assistance


Explanation:
In this case, "concurso" has the sense of "cooperação/auxílio", that is, help. Taking into account tone and style, "meager (UK meagre) assistance assistance" seems appropriate.

coolbrowne
United States
Local time: 20:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, coolbrowne.

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agree  Adriana Maciel
1 hr
  -> Obrigado.

agree  Marlene Curtis
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  -> Obrigado.

agree  Jorge Rodrigues
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
buscando-me o concurso tão pobre
who procured me for this ill-fated task


Explanation:
hmmm...some witterings of my own...this is tricky, to know properly what is meant by concurso pobre, we need to know the context of the whole thing. if what mark says is correct, then the person whose memory of x is fading is a medium, who provides a service for others...but...is it ill-fated, or futile, or is it simple and undemanding...or merely unimportant...i am probably just confusing things further...sorry!!!

Dr. Juliet Attwater
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:47
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Changes made by editors
Feb 11, 2011 - Changes made by coolbrowne:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Feb 7, 2011 - Changes made by Fernando Domeniconi:
Language pairEnglish to Portuguese => Portuguese to English
Feb 7, 2011 - Changes made by Gilmar Fernandes:
Language pairPortuguese to English => English to Portuguese


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