drapery foreman

Portuguese translation: cortineiro-estofador chefe

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English term or phrase:drapery foreman
Portuguese translation:cortineiro-estofador chefe
Entered by: Ligia Costa

14:06 Jun 7, 2016
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: drapery foreman
Trata-se de um cargo na produção de um filme.
Tharick Abras Kulaif
Brazil
Local time: 01:33
cortineiro-estofador chefe
Explanation:
"CORTINEIRO-ESTOFADOR

Confecciona e conserta as cortinas, tapetes e estofados necessários à produção."

http://www.tudosobretv.com.br/radialista/legisla2.htm

"Foreman: a person who is in charge of a group of workers" = chefe

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreman
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Ligia Costa
Brazil
Local time: 01:33
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5cortineiro-estofador chefe
Ligia Costa
4Capataz Costureiro
Nick Taylor
4chefe de tecidos
Matheus Chaud
3estofador aderecista
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Capataz Costureiro


Explanation:
Capataz Costureiro

Nick Taylor
Local time: 05:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
estofador aderecista


Explanation:
Seria a minha sugestão em PT(pt)...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 05:33
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 68
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
cortineiro-estofador chefe


Explanation:
"CORTINEIRO-ESTOFADOR

Confecciona e conserta as cortinas, tapetes e estofados necessários à produção."

http://www.tudosobretv.com.br/radialista/legisla2.htm

"Foreman: a person who is in charge of a group of workers" = chefe

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreman

Ligia Costa
Brazil
Local time: 01:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vítor Cortes
59 mins
  -> Obrigada, Vítor!

agree  Carla Goncalves
9 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Carla!

agree  Mario Freitas:
9 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Mário!

agree  Sormane Gomes: Eu diria simplesmente cortineiro chefe otherwise you're getting into "upholstery/drapery foreman" territory.
12 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Sormane!

agree  Ivan Sokil (X)
167 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
chefe de tecidos


Explanation:
http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/ingles/definicao/ingles-...

drapery
= tecidos em geral.
= cortinas, tapeçaria, ornatos de pano, reposteiro

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 01:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 126
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