Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
vagas
English translation:
vacancies
Added to glossary by
Maria Luisa Duarte
Jan 2, 2005 21:28
19 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
United States
Telecom/new media tech, law, bus, mktg
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 1 more.
vagas
Portuguese to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
I need to get a better dictionary! I only find "places" and "wave/swell" as definitions for this word. My context seems to imply that the meaning is "means" but I don't find dictionary support for this. Help?
"Muitas activistas não frequentarem o ensino superior por falta de vagas."
"Muitas activistas não frequentarem o ensino superior por falta de vagas."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | vacancies |
Maria Luisa Duarte
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| 5 +2 | vacancy |
rhandler
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| 5 +2 | openings |
Amy Duncan (X)
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| 5 | places |
henley
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| 4 | quotas |
António Ribeiro
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| 2 +1 | placements |
Nesrin
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Proposed translations
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3 mins
Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Spain
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English
Spain
Professional, Reliable & Committed
Native in: English 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 7 more.
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vacancies
vacancies
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
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4 mins
vacancy
Literal. Here's one example in this same context:
Challenge Makes the Man and, in this case, the Woman
... was terrible, because I did not manage to get in secondary school and I waited up to 2 years without going to school due to lack of vacancy. ...
www.disabilityworld.org/04-05_02/il/simbine.shtml
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More examples in this context:
[PDF] East Bay Chapter of the Association for Women in Science ebAWIS ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... Awardee High School Future Plans ... vertical segregation (aka glass ceiling), the need for people to see part-time work as an asset, the lack of vacancy and lack ...
www.ebawis.org/newsarch/july01.pdf
THE PRIVATE EDUCATION SERVICES INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA
... of private sector in providing education in Malaysia, from pre-school education to ... able to enter into public universities because of the lack of vacancy in the ...
infolink.bernama.com/htmldocs/ about/samples/seceducation.htm
[DOC] EDUCATION FOR ALL
File Format: Microsoft Word 97 - View as HTML
... women and the older youths facing problems of age, non-adaptation into the school of choice, insufficiency in performance or simply for lack of vacancy of this ...
www2.unesco.org/wef/en-docs/findings/westafricaeng.doc
Challenge Makes the Man and, in this case, the Woman
... was terrible, because I did not manage to get in secondary school and I waited up to 2 years without going to school due to lack of vacancy. ...
www.disabilityworld.org/04-05_02/il/simbine.shtml
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-01-02 21:36:33 GMT)
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More examples in this context:
[PDF] East Bay Chapter of the Association for Women in Science ebAWIS ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... Awardee High School Future Plans ... vertical segregation (aka glass ceiling), the need for people to see part-time work as an asset, the lack of vacancy and lack ...
www.ebawis.org/newsarch/july01.pdf
THE PRIVATE EDUCATION SERVICES INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA
... of private sector in providing education in Malaysia, from pre-school education to ... able to enter into public universities because of the lack of vacancy in the ...
infolink.bernama.com/htmldocs/ about/samples/seceducation.htm
[DOC] EDUCATION FOR ALL
File Format: Microsoft Word 97 - View as HTML
... women and the older youths facing problems of age, non-adaptation into the school of choice, insufficiency in performance or simply for lack of vacancy of this ...
www2.unesco.org/wef/en-docs/findings/westafricaeng.doc
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
: It might be clearer if the word "schools" is worked into the sentence.
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Thank you, Muriel. Deborah will certainly see to it.
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| agree |
Deborah do Carmo
: The plural sounds better on my UK ear, but certainly correct
2 hrs
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Thank you, Debbie. Since we are talking of "lack of vacancy", the singular sounds better to me. If you lack one, you've lacked it.
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36 mins
openings
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/pdf_files/Openings_In_Courses_s...
I believe this is the commonest term...over a million references on good old Google!
I believe this is the commonest term...over a million references on good old Google!
46 mins
António Ribeiro
Native in Portuguese
Professional in Oil & Gas Industry
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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24
quotas
Outro termo muito usado nas Universidades.
BBC News | EDUCATION | Call for university quotas
A students' leader advocates quotas to counter "elitism" in university admissions -
but the universities are opposed. ... Call for university quotas. ...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/education/765454.stm
BAW: In Bahia, University Council Votes in Favor of Quotas
... another. "For a Brazil without racism, to repair historical injustices, for
a democratic, popular university: quotas now.". The quota ...
www.blackamericaweb.com/ site.aspx/bawnews/diaspora/brazil3
BBC News | EDUCATION | Call for university quotas
A students' leader advocates quotas to counter "elitism" in university admissions -
but the universities are opposed. ... Call for university quotas. ...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/education/765454.stm
BAW: In Bahia, University Council Votes in Favor of Quotas
... another. "For a Brazil without racism, to repair historical injustices, for
a democratic, popular university: quotas now.". The quota ...
www.blackamericaweb.com/ site.aspx/bawnews/diaspora/brazil3
Peer comment(s):
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Deborah do Carmo
: Hi António, I'll think you'll find this term is used almost exclusively as a regulatory concept "within" the overall vacancies available, e.g. there must be so many black/asian/coloured/female/male students etc - i.e. a form of affirmative action
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1 hr
placements
Another term that may fit the context:
but very few students have done so owing to lack of placements. ... The College has made a substantial investment in staff development, mainly to ...
www.qaa.ac.uk/revreps/subj_level/q214_94_textonly.htm
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they risk losing scarce placements Universities have real problems in locating enough placements for the expanding student numbers ...
www.asme.org.uk/meetings/2004/docs_pix/06_22_waters.pdf
but very few students have done so owing to lack of placements. ... The College has made a substantial investment in staff development, mainly to ...
www.qaa.ac.uk/revreps/subj_level/q214_94_textonly.htm
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they risk losing scarce placements Universities have real problems in locating enough placements for the expanding student numbers ...
www.asme.org.uk/meetings/2004/docs_pix/06_22_waters.pdf
17 hrs
places
In UK, known as university or higher education places.
See Google. For example: "Our overriding priority is to ensure that as we expand higher education places.." (UK Dept. for Education & Skills)
See Google. For example: "Our overriding priority is to ensure that as we expand higher education places.." (UK Dept. for Education & Skills)
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