TRABALHO DE IMERSÃO

English translation: in-depth work (an in-depth work was conducted)

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Portuguese term or phrase:TRABALHO DE IMERSÃO
English translation:in-depth work (an in-depth work was conducted)
Entered by: Gustavo Silva

01:57 Dec 7, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
Portuguese term or phrase: TRABALHO DE IMERSÃO
On a customer satisfaction survey for an enterprise software provider:

EU ACHO QUE A ESTRATÉGIA ADOTADA PELA XXX ESTE ANO FOI EXTREMAMENTE SATISFATÓRIA EM FUNÇÃO DA LOCAÇÃO DA NOVA DIRETORIA E GERENTE DE CONTA QUE ATENDE A XXX. FOI FEITO UM ***TRABALHO DE IMERSÃO*** QUE NOS AUXILIOU NO PLANEJAMENTO ESTRATÉGICO A LONGO PRAZO
Kathryn Litherland
United States
Local time: 18:53
in-depth work (an in-depth work was conducted)
Explanation:
a detailed, thorough work. (trabalho de profundidade, de imersão)
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Gustavo Silva
Portugal
Local time: 23:53
Grading comment
The thought of using in-depth had also crossed my mind before I even posted--thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2in-depth work (an in-depth work was conducted)
Gustavo Silva
3 +1immersion work
Leniel Maccaferri
3A poll
Luis Luis
Summary of reference entries provided
immersion work
Monica Alves

  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
immersion work


Explanation:
immersion work

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-12-07 02:01:33 GMT)
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immersion = state of being engrossed in some activity

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 19:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

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agree  natyzub
11 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
A poll


Explanation:
Perhaps this fits well as, "A poll was conducted which helped us [develop] a long-term strategic plan." ?

Luis Luis
United States
Local time: 17:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
in-depth work (an in-depth work was conducted)


Explanation:
a detailed, thorough work. (trabalho de profundidade, de imersão)


Example sentence(s):
  • In addition, in-depth work was conducted with 48 farmers holding 154 parcels at different elevations/locations in the watershed.

    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/in-depth
    Reference: http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=234072&q1=Work&f1=...
Gustavo Silva
Portugal
Local time: 23:53
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
The thought of using in-depth had also crossed my mind before I even posted--thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
44 mins
  -> olá Ralph ! long time no see !!! :-))

agree  Alexandra Gouveia
5 hrs
  -> Muito obrigado, Alexandra ! :-)
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Reference comments


15 hrs
Reference: immersion work

Reference information:
There is a difference between in-depth and immersion work. Immersion work is being totally surrounded by the datainformationmethod... Its often used in language learning.


Insurance Immersion is an intensive, interactive, 2½-day learning experience that delivers industry-specific knowledge essential to performing successfully in the North American life insurance, annuity, and retirement products environment.

Example sentence(s):
  • This innovative immersion approach, originally used to quickly provide fluency in foreign languages, offers several key benefits:

    Reference: http://www.loma.org/
Monica Alves
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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