Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
transportando as casas com pás arregadoras
English translation:
moving houses with front-end loaders
Added to glossary by
Barbara Cochran, MFA
May 17, 2014 21:44
9 yrs ago
Portuguese term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
transportando as casas com pás arregadoras
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Social Justice Article
Context:
No começo da sua busca por ajuda, Edvard chegou a procurar o dono de uma das siderúrgicas para explicar os problemas que atingiam a comunidade, mas este zombou dele sugerindo que poderiam reassentar o bairro transportando as casa com pás carregadoras, instrumentos de trabalho nas siderúrgicas.
Muito Obrigada,
Barbara
No começo da sua busca por ajuda, Edvard chegou a procurar o dono de uma das siderúrgicas para explicar os problemas que atingiam a comunidade, mas este zombou dele sugerindo que poderiam reassentar o bairro transportando as casa com pás carregadoras, instrumentos de trabalho nas siderúrgicas.
Muito Obrigada,
Barbara
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | hauling houses with front-end loaders |
Mario Freitas
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| 4 +3 | moving their houses with wheel loaders |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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| 4 | moving houses with excavators (JCBs) |
Nick Taylor
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Change log
May 22, 2014 13:52: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
2 hrs
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Works in field
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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55
Selected
hauling houses with front-end loaders
Pá carregadiera = fonront-end loader
Transporte rodoviário = hauling
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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-05-18 03:56:23 GMT)
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** Front-end loader, I mean. Sorry.
Transporte rodoviário = hauling
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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-05-18 03:56:23 GMT)
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** Front-end loader, I mean. Sorry.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
33 mins
Nick Taylor
Native in English
Works in field
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
75
moving houses with excavators (JCBs)
moving houses with excavators (JCBs)
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Note added at 33 mins (2014-05-17 22:18:05 GMT)
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moving THE houses
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Note added at 33 mins (2014-05-17 22:18:05 GMT)
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moving THE houses
+3
37 mins
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
moving their houses with wheel loaders
My suggestion...
Peer comment(s):
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Nick Taylor
: In the UK they just call them JCBs. Wheel-loader sounds more international
5 mins
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Thanks, Nick!
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| agree |
Claudio Mazotti
19 mins
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Obrigada, Claudio!
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| agree |
Gilmar Fernandes
1 day 5 hrs
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Obrigada, Gilmar!
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