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... batidas à porta: é um ex-professor banido da USP...

English translation: ...knocks on the door: it was an ex-professor, banned from USP (University of São Paulo)

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Portuguese term or phrase:... batidas à porta: é um ex-professor banido da USP...
English translation:...knocks on the door: it was an ex-professor, banned from USP (University of São Paulo)
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

19:31 May 16, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / minibiografias e atividad
Portuguese term or phrase: ... batidas à porta: é um ex-professor banido da USP...
De repente, .... USP por incentivar o uso das "drogas da felicidade" nos anos 1960 e 1970.
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...knocks on the door: it was an ex-professor, banned from USP (University of São Paulo)
Explanation:

HIH

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Note added at 25 minutos (2013-05-16 19:56:59 GMT)
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A professor teaches at universities.

A teacher teaches at schools.
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:34
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3...knocks on the door: it was an ex-professor, banned from USP (University of São Paulo)
Marlene Curtis
4 +2knocks on the door: It´s a former teacher banned from USP
Vitor Visconti
4Suddenly, someone knocks on the door: a former teacher, banned from USP (...)
João Pedro Faria


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
knocks on the door: It´s a former teacher banned from USP


Explanation:
Acredito que seja a forma mais simples.

Vitor Visconti
Brazil
Local time: 08:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  papier: yes and you used the right tense.
1 hr
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun: Exatamente: former e tempo correto do verbo
13 hrs
neutral  Marlene Curtis: Professors teach at universities...
17 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
...knocks on the door: it was an ex-professor, banned from USP (University of São Paulo)


Explanation:

HIH

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Note added at 25 minutos (2013-05-16 19:56:59 GMT)
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A professor teaches at universities.

A teacher teaches at schools.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 269
Notes to answerer
Asker: 4


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulinho Fonseca: Usaria "...former professor..."
14 mins
  -> Ex means he is not a professor anymore, he has been banned from teaching (former = antigo, anterior).
agree  Gilmar Fernandes: yes, professor not teacher and I also agree with "former" instead of ex-.....ex, reminds me of ex-wife...he..he.
45 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  João Pedro Faria: Agree. "Former professor" may sound better, but "ex-" is much more accurate.
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Grata !
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Suddenly, someone knocks on the door: a former teacher, banned from USP (...)


Explanation:
I am not sure I got the full sentence right. My understanding of the full sentence is the following: "De repente, batidas à porta: é um ex-professor banido da USP por incentivar (...)". If this is correct, so is my translation.
Also, "USP" was not translated. My first guess was Universidade de São Paulo.

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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2013-05-18 18:40:32 GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry, everyone. "Former teacher" is not the correct translation. "Ex-professor" is much more accurate, as you can see from Marlene Curtis' answer.

João Pedro Faria
Portugal
Local time: 12:34
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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