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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

cherry pickers

Portuguese translation:

gruas

Added to glossary by António Ribeiro
Mar 22, 2006 23:13
20 yrs ago
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English term

"cherry pickers"

English to Portuguese Tech/Engineering Engineering (general) Fiction (Pt-Br)
It was noted that the media tended to go to dinner together at about 1900 hours each evening. This meant that the "cherry pickers" were lowered and the media, during their dinner, were not observing the embassy grounds
Proposed translations (Portuguese)
5 gruas

Discussion

Fernando Domeniconi Mar 23, 2006:
Nesse contexto a resposta do António é que está correta e eu retiro a minha.
António Ribeiro Mar 23, 2006:
"cherry pickers" são pequenas gruas que os fotógrafos estariam a usar para poderem ver o que estavam a querer fotografar. Para perceber, veja as fotos que estão nos sites que indico.
Izabel Santos (asker) Mar 23, 2006:
Cherry picker em outro contexto They rose above the police cordons and trees by using "cherry pickers" that they had rented from local tree pruning companies.

Seriam podadeiras? jornalistas fotógrafos podando árvores para tirar fotos?? (apesar do texto não mencionar fotos ou fotógrafos)

Proposed translations

28 mins
Selected

gruas

Eu diria assim.

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Note added at 30 mins (2006-03-22 23:43:54 GMT)
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Vários tipos em:

http://www.easiuplifts.com/cherry-pickers.html

http://www.activehire.com.au/lift_cherry_pickers.asp
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Tem razão, António! Só agora vi o significado de Grua. Super grata!"
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