drop bear

11:36 Nov 25, 2008

English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
Tourism & Travel / mythologic animal

English term or phrase: drop bear

A drop bear (or dropbear) is a fictional Australian marsupial said to be related to the koala.

Drop bears are commonly said to be unusually large, vicious, carnivorous koalas that inhabit treetops and attack their prey by dropping onto their heads from above.[1] They are an example of local lore intended to frighten and confuse outsiders, and amuse locals, similar to the jackalope, hoop snake, wild haggis or snipe.

The text is about some people who went to Australia and are being to told to be aware of the drop bears.

Lígia Ricardo

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Richard Lee

drop bear

Carlos Quandt

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Não existe tradução para o termo "dropbear". Como convenientemente explicado, se trata de figura do folclore australiano e não houve tradução do termo, assim como o jackalope (coelho carnívoro com longos chifres de veado) ou o brasileiro Saci-Pererê.

Em geral somente as figuras folclóricas mais recorrentes ou conhecidas ganham tradução em outras línguas, caso do Pé-Grande (Big Foot), por exemplo.

Richard Lee
Brazil
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Portuguese

13 hrs

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I searched high and low for a drop bear. This is the only one I could find:

http://www.zaroio.com.br/br/imagem/25550/urso_em_cima_galho_...

Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

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