Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
cast coal mines
Portuguese translation:
minas de carvão para fundição
Added to glossary by
Flavio Steffen
Nov 30, 2004 01:35
19 yrs ago
English term
cast coal mines
English to Portuguese
Tech/Engineering
Mining & Minerals / Gems
I started to go to some of the open cast coal mines which had sprung up in great numbers during the war.
Minas de fundição de carvão? (fundição de carvão?!)
Minas de fundição de carvão? (fundição de carvão?!)
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 5 +1 | minas de carvão para fundição |
Flavio Steffen
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| 5 +1 | minas de carvão a céu aberto |
Carlos Angelo
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| 4 | poco do mina aberto |
bigedsenior
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Proposed translations
+1
25 mins
Flavio Steffen
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
The experience makes the difference
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
Selected
minas de carvão para fundição
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Note added at 9 hrs 54 mins (2004-11-30 11:30:43 GMT)
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Principalmente para siderurgia. O carvão brasileiro é péssimo para uso siderúrgico, pois contém muita cinza e enxofre.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
14 mins
poco do mina aberto
I don't have the right letter c for poco. It has an "S" sound.
Opencast=UK. Open pit=US
Opencast=UK. Open pit=US
+1
16 mins
Carlos Angelo
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Technical Background, Literary Quality.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
36
English term (edited):
open cast coal mines
minas de carvão a céu aberto
Do Oxford:
open cast - an open working; also, a method of mining coal, ore, etc., by removing surface layers and working from above, not from shafts
open cast - an open working; also, a method of mining coal, ore, etc., by removing surface layers and working from above, not from shafts
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