early/late mover

Portuguese translation: precursor/seguidor

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English term or phrase:early/late mover
Portuguese translation:precursor/seguidor
Entered by: Danilo Freire (X)

20:03 May 26, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: early/late mover
Different subsets of the community population, depending upon characteristics gleaned through fieldwork, can be separated into "early movers" or "late movers", basically assigned rough threshold values.
Danilo Freire (X)
Local time: 19:34
precursor/seguidor
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 23:34
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Todas as sugestões de uma forma ou de outra atendem à ideia contida no texto, mas acho que essa embora ainda não totalmente satisfatória é a que melhor e mais simplesmente corresponde ao sentido desejado.

Muito obrigado a todos.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1pioneiros/os que chegaram mais tarde
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4 +1antigo/novo morador
Deborah Freire
3 +1precursor/seguidor
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
3autores prematuros/precoces - autores tardios/atrasados
Marcos Antonio


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autores prematuros/precoces - autores tardios/atrasados


Explanation:
Sug.




Marcos Antonio
Local time: 19:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 18
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
precursor/seguidor


Explanation:
Sug.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 23:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 88
Grading comment
Todas as sugestões de uma forma ou de outra atendem à ideia contida no texto, mas acho que essa embora ainda não totalmente satisfatória é a que melhor e mais simplesmente corresponde ao sentido desejado.

Muito obrigado a todos.

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agree  Marlene Curtis
29 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pioneiros/os que chegaram mais tarde


Explanation:
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 00:34
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fausto Machado Tiemann
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
antigo/novo morador


Explanation:
Dado que a frase indica uma relação de antecedência entre a chegada dos grupos i.e. a população antiga e a mais recente.

Deborah Freire
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:34
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonor Machado
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