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| | Freelancer,  Verified member | | | Translation, Editing/proofreading, Subtitling, Post-editing, Transcription |  | | Specializes in: | | Law: Contract(s) | Energy / Power Generation |
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| | | Questions answered: 903, Questions asked: 1 Easy / 2 PRO, PRO-level points: 1284 | | | 0 entries | | | Sample translations submitted: 2| English to Portuguese: Pertussis | Source text - English
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is easily spread through the air when a sick person sneezes, coughs or even talks. Common signs of pertussis include coughing fits (coughing many times in a row making it difficult to breathe), followed by a "whoop" sound. The cough becomes worse in the first one to two weeks; usually there is no fever.
Your child is eligible for this study because he or she attends a school where at least 2 other students have been diagnosed with pertussis.
Specimen Collection:
The swab of the back of your child's nose is called a nasopharyngeal swab. A nurse will insert a small thin sterile swab (smaller than a Q-tip) into the back part of your child's nose for 10 seconds and remove it. We will use this swab for culture and PCR testing. PCR is a new test that is used to find the bacteria from the nasal swab without having to grow the bacteria. We think this will be a better and more rapid test for pertussis.
For the blood specimen, a nurse will use a small needle to draw blood from a vein in your child's arm. We will draw 1 tube (10 ml or less than 1 tablespoon) of blood. This blood will be tested for antibody to pertussis, which may show recent infection.
Saliva is collected on a piece of paper, on a Q-tip like stick that you will hold on the inside of your child's mouth for up to two minutes. This saliva will be tested for antibody to pertussis.
| Translation - Portuguese
O pertussis, ou seja, a coqueluche ou tosse comprida, é facilmente transmitido pelo ar quando uma pessoa infectada espirra, tosse ou fala. Sinais comuns da infecção da coqueluche incluem tosse incontrolável (varias vezes em seguida, que deixa difícil respirar) e seguida por ruído respiratório profundo e prolongado -- o guincho. A tosse fica mais intensa nas primeiras duas semanas; normalmente não há febre.
Seu filho pode participar da pesquisa porque estuda numa escola onde pelo menos 2 outros alunos já foram confirmados como infectados pela coqueluche.
A coleta das amostras:
A extração das secreções do nariz é feita por um processo chamado nasofaringeal, onde a enfermeira coloca un instrumento pequeno, estreito e estéril (parecido, mas não tão grande quanto um cotonete comum) dentro do nariz durante 10 segundos. Nós vamos usar as secreções para a cultivação de bactérias e para fazer um teste, conhecido como teste PCR. O teste PCR é um novo método para identificar a presença de bactérias nas secreções, sem a necesidade de cultivá-las. Consideramos o teste PCR melhor e mais rápido para detectar a infecção da coqueluche.
No caso do sangue, a enfermeira vai usar uma agulha pequena para tirar sangue de uma veia no braço do seu filho. Ela vai tirar um tubo de 10 ml, ou seja, menos de uma colher, tamanho colher-de-chá. Vamos examinar o sangue para a presença de anticorpos à coqueluche, que pode indicar se seu filho foi recentemente infectado.
A saliva é coletada por um bastão pequeno envolto em papel absorvente que você vai segurar e guardar dentro da boca do seu filho durante até dois minutos. A saliva também será examinada para verificar a presença de anticorpos à coqueluche.
| | Portuguese to English: Receitas sob concessao | Source text - Portuguese
RECEITA ATUAL PREVISTA: receita calculada utilizando-se o mesmo volume de tráfego previsto na Proposta de Tarifa e a Tarifa Básica Atual.
RECEITA PREVISTA: receita de pedagiamento apresentada na Proposta de Tarifa, considerando a Tarifa Básica de Pedágio inicial.
RECEITA REALIZADA: soma das arrecadações efetivamente ocorridas em todas as praças de pedágio.
RECEITA REALIZAVEL: soma das arrecadações efetivamente ocorridas em todas as praças de pedágio mais as isenções promovidas pela Concessionária.
| Translation - English
PREDICTED CURRENT REVENUE: revenue calculated using the volume of traffic predicted in the Toll-Fee Proposal and the Current Base Toll Fee.
PREDICTED REVENUE: toll revenue presented in the Toll-Fee Proposal as based upon the initial Base Toll Fee.
ACHIEVED REVENUE: the sum of all toll receipts from all toll-booth stations.
POTENTIAL REVENUE: the sum of all toll receipts from all toll-booth stations plus the exemptions sought by the Concessionaire." |
| | | Years of translation experience: 12. Registered at ProZ.com: Jun 2007. Became a member: Aug 2007. | | | N/A | | | N/A | | | Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint | | About me
Hi, thank you for checking.
I am very experienced in translation of business documents, contracts, laws, and regulations, as well as general matters.
I have an MBA in International Business Administration, with emphasis on the Brazilian market; I work full time in government regulation and policy-making in the energy field; I have a B.A. degree in both Economics and Spanish (conversation and literature) (studied for 1 semester at the Universidad de Barcelona).
I worked for 5 years in Brazil representing foreign investors, primarily in the energy sector and spent one year as in-house translator for a private Brazilian law firm that specialized in foreign clients.
My English is American English. I place very high importance on correct grammar and punctuation because, if I translate it for you, I want the reader to understand it!
Partial list of my translations:
- Dozens of Brazilian laws and government regulations on energy and the environment that affect the power industry (o setor eletrico) (inclusive varias Resolucoes da ANEEL);
- Wholesale contracts between power generators and electricity distributors;
- Federal concession-contracts to develop hydroelectric power-generating stations;
- Contracts creating a promotional business-venture between Continental Airlines and American Express;
- Labor-union agreements;
- Numerous papers describing a medical research study into the spread of whooping cough (pertussis/tosse comprida);
- Employment contracts for the executive staff of a software company serving the banking industry;
- Bid tender documents related to the supply of military weapons;
- Job responsibilities for Brazilian workers on a U.S. horse-farm;
- Letras de musica.
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