correct up and down

19:54 Nov 5, 2007

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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

English term or phrase: correct up and down

alguém saberia o sentido de correct up / correct down na seguinte frase?:

"when it came to language he corrected up because it would have been pretentious to correct down."

desde já agradeço.

Fabiano da Costa (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 30 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 05:28

Summary of answers provided

corrigiu de baixo para cima, porque seria pretensioso fazer o oposto

Isabel Oliveira

corrigir para cima e para baixo

Fausto Magalhães da Silveira

Answers

55 mins confidence:

corrigir para cima e para baixo

Explanation:
"Corrigir para cima" faz algum sentido no geral do texto? (No sentido de arredondar.)

Somente com o contexto da frase, não consigo chegar a outra conclusão.

Fausto Magalhães da Silveira
Brazil
Local time: 05:28
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

1 day 15 hrs confidence:

corrigiu de baixo para cima, porque seria pretensioso fazer o oposto

Explanation:
sem o contexto é difícil perceber se faz realmente sentido.

Isabel Oliveira
Portugal
Local time: 09:28
Native speaker of: Portuguese

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