Restaurante popular

English translation: soup kitchen

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Portuguese term or phrase:restaurante popular
English translation:soup kitchen
Entered by: Luiza Modesto

19:34 Aug 17, 2016
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Portuguese term or phrase: Restaurante popular
No sentido de restaurante subsidiado pelo governo, barato.
Adriano Gomes
soup kitchen
Explanation:
I have translated many studies about "restaurantes populares" and always used the term "soup kitchen."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup_kitchen

A soup kitchen, meal center, or food kitchen is a place where food is offered to the hungry for free or at a below market price. Frequently located in lower-income neighborhoods, they are often staffed by volunteer organizations, such as church or community groups.

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415...
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Luiza Modesto
Brazil
Local time: 06:43
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3soup kitchen
Luiza Modesto
3 +3government-sponsored low-cost restaurant
Mario Freitas
4popular restaurants
liz askew
4government-run canteen
Douglas Bissell


  

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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
popular restaurants


Explanation:
http://www.hope.ac.uk/news/newsitems/mpslordsandministershea...

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Note added at 31 mins (2016-08-17 20:06:40 GMT)
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Brazil's popular restaurants operate alongside schemes such as fairer prices for farmers, food baskets, food banks, food stamps, free school meals and restrictions on junk food advertising. In 2010, the right to food was enshrined in the Brazilian constitution. While problems remain, UN estimates point to radical reductions in poverty and food insecurity in Latin America's largest country.

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Note added at 32 mins (2016-08-17 20:07:55 GMT)
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Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0199679363
Christopher B. Barrett - 2013 - ‎Business & Economics
... subsidized food in supermarkets and restaurants, support for family farming, and ... Brazil's experience with Zero Hunger suggests that rural communities need to ... and social protection policies (CCTs, food baskets, community kitchens, and so ... school lunches, and a “popular restaurant” where lunches are served five ...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Muriel Vasconcellos: I don't think this captures the point. The translations you cite may be too literal.
22 mins

neutral  Claudio Mazotti: The idea is different.
1 hr
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
government-sponsored low-cost restaurant


Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=...

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I wish! We have food stamps for grocery stores, but no support for people to eat outside the home.
2 mins
  -> Thank you Muriel. Since you know how this works in Brazil, is there anything similar in the USA?

agree  Matheus Chaud
38 mins
  -> Obrigado, Mats!

agree  Claudio Mazotti: exactly!
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Cláudio!
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
government-run canteen


Explanation:
restaurant does not sound the right term in this context

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 09:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
soup kitchen


Explanation:
I have translated many studies about "restaurantes populares" and always used the term "soup kitchen."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup_kitchen

A soup kitchen, meal center, or food kitchen is a place where food is offered to the hungry for free or at a below market price. Frequently located in lower-income neighborhoods, they are often staffed by volunteer organizations, such as church or community groups.

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415...

Luiza Modesto
Brazil
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  T o b i a s: I think this is the closest, if not an exact equivalent.
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Thank you. :)

agree  Thiago Silva: I'd go for that too, for equivalence purposes.
7 days
  -> Thank you! :)

agree  Tom Jamieson
10 days
  -> Thank you! :)
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