JUNIOR MINISTER

Portuguese translation: Ministro Adjunto para os Assuntos externos

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English term or phrase:	JUNIOR MINISTER
Portuguese translation:	Ministro Adjunto para os Assuntos externos
Entered by:	Isabel Maria Almeida

11:45 Jul 12, 2008

English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Government / Politics

English term or phrase: JUNIOR MINISTER

«the junior Foreign Office minister»

equivalente em português para este "junior"?

Manuel O

Ministro Adjunto para os Assuntos externos

Explanation:
será isto

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Isabel Maria Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 20:49

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5 +2

Ministro Adjunto para os Assuntos externos

Isabel Maria Almeida

4 +2

Secretário de Estado

JoaoMoreira

Subsecretário "de Estado"

Marcos Antonio

ministro de estado/parlamentar da sub-secretaria do estado

Leniel Maccaferri

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

junior minister

Ministro Adjunto para os Assuntos externos

Explanation:
será isto

Isabel Maria Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 20:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

obrigado!

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

junior minister Secretário de Estado

Explanation:
:)

JoaoMoreira
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

2 hrs confidence:

junior minister Subsecretário "de Estado"

Explanation:
Opção.

- Curiously the government junior ministers continued to be known as Subsecretário de Estado (English: under-secretary of state). Although in disuse as such, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State - 46k

- Subsecretario de Agricultura, Presidente del Comité Nacional ... Junior Minister for Agriculture and Co-operatives, Dar-es-Salaam. Associate, H.M. KASIGA ...
www.fao.org/docrep/c3592e/C3592e0i.htm - 49k

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 16:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 55

3 hrs confidence:

junior minister ministro de estado/parlamentar da sub-secretaria do estado

Explanation:
Ministers of State and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State

undersecretary
■ noun (plural undersecretaries)
(in the UK) a junior minister or senior civil servant.
(in the US) the principal assistant to a member of the cabinet.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_minister

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 16:49
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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