... estava estabelecido. Ela não faz teatro: é habitada por ele.

English translation: (the theater event) was already set up. She doesn\'t do theater: she lives in it.

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Portuguese term or phrase:... estava estabelecido. Ela não faz teatro: é habitada por ele.
English translation:(the theater event) was already set up. She doesn\'t do theater: she lives in it.
Entered by: edecastroalves

16:23 Jul 15, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Teatro.
Portuguese term or phrase: ... estava estabelecido. Ela não faz teatro: é habitada por ele.
Quando Fernanda se sentou numa cadeira, o acontecimento teatral ....
edecastroalves
(the theater event) was already set up. She doesn't do theater: she lives in it.
Explanation:
uma opção

Mike
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 01:03
Grading comment
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3it was a fact. She doesn't do theatre, she is theatre.
Mark Robertson
4 +1(the theater event) was already set up. She doesn't do theater: she lives in it.
Michael Powers (PhD)
4[... the event] was laid down. She does not act: the thespian art runs in her veins.
Gilmar Fernandes


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(the theater event) was already set up. She doesn't do theater: she lives in it.


Explanation:
uma opção

Mike

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
4

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agree  Verginia Ophof
12 mins
  -> Thank you, Verginia - Mike
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
it was a fact. She doesn't do theatre, she is theatre.


Explanation:
Short on context, but maybe.

Mark Robertson
Local time: 05:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  connie leite
4 mins
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agree  Ethereus
35 mins
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agree  Denise DeVries
21 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[... the event] was laid down. She does not act: the thespian art runs in her veins.


Explanation:
Who knows ?

Another way of reading between the lines.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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