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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

... happy little prospector´s dance to celebrate their perfect plan.

Portuguese translation:

...alegre dancinha de garimpeiro para comemorar seu plano perfeito

Added to glossary by Marlene Curtis
Dec 23, 2009 19:33
14 yrs ago
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English term

... happy little prospector´s dance to celebrate their perfect plan.

English to Portuguese Art/Literary Poetry & Literature historia infantil
They hopped off the big book and launched into the ....
Proposed translations (Portuguese)
4 +5 ...alegre dancinha de garimpeiro para comemorar seu plano perfeito
5 -1 "... na danca do pequeno explorador feliz para celebrar seu plano perfeito".
4 -1 dança dos felizes mineiros pequenos (e.g. miner for gold)
Change log

Dec 23, 2009 19:33: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Jan 6, 2010 13:36: Marlene Curtis Created KOG entry

Discussion

Paula Vaz-Carreiro Dec 29, 2009:
About the order of adjectives Sorry I couldn't come back on this as soon as I promised - too much to do.
Anyway, here is one of many sites on this subject. This one even has some exercises at the bottom.

http://www.myenglishteacher.net/adjectivesorder.html

I hope this helps to explain what I was trying to say. Thanks.
edecastroalves Dec 29, 2009:
Concordo com a Marlene: nota 4.
amarante dasilva Dec 23, 2009:
happy little prospector's dance.... é um ponto interessante, esse da Paula e talvez requere um pouco de debate. Na frase: "They hopped --- into the HAPPY prospector's LITTLE dance", a sugestão dela faria sentido porém na frase: HAPPY LITTLE prospector's dance, fica bem claro que o adjetivo precedente ao substantivo "prospector" não descreve a dança e sim o "garimpeiro"......isto é sómente uma sugestâo pr'a ver o que pessoal pensa.
Beta Cummins Dec 23, 2009:
little dance, no big trouble Paula,
I sure appreciate your willingness to explain. We'll get back to it tomorrow : )
Paula Vaz-Carreiro Dec 23, 2009:
To Beta: I have just double-checked with my husband and he accepts that there is an apparent ambiguity but he says that if you are a native you just know that "little" refers to the dance. It has to do with the order in which adjectives appear. There are rules about whether colour adjectives should appear before size adjectives, for example, and more - I'm sorry I haven't the time to look for references just now but I'll try tomorrow. Thanks for your patience :-)

Proposed translations

+5
14 mins
Selected

...alegre dancinha de garimpeiro para comemorar seu plano perfeito

Diria assim ...



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Note added at 15 mins (2009-12-23 19:48:32 GMT)
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http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:lGc6fFyC2WEJ:www.j...

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-12-23 19:53:59 GMT)
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OU

DANÇA DO PEQUENO GARIMPEIRO FELIZ

(dependendo do contexto)

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-23 20:35:45 GMT)
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Beth

O nome da dança é mesmo "Happy Prospector Dance" conforme o vídeo abaixo. (uma alusão à dança de felicidade do garimpeiro ao encontrar um filão de ouro).

Quanto a "pequeno/a", pode tanto se referir ao pequeno garimpeiro, trantando-se de um livro infantil, ou à dança propriamento dita, dependendo do seu contexto.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=video of the happy pros...
Peer comment(s):
agree amarante dasilva : agreed...garimpeiros
1 min
Grata!
agree Paula Vaz-Carreiro : Yes, and the word 'little' in the original sentence refers to the dance (not the age of the prospector like the other answers suggest).//I was saying that your answer is the only right one. The word little REFERS to the DANCE and nothing else.
25 mins
I know Paula. I was just adding a comment relating to the context.;Thank you! Merry Christmas!
agree Thaiane Assumpção
18 hrs
Grata!
agree Joice Costa
3 days 13 hrs
Grata Joice!
agree edecastroalves
3 days 19 hrs
Grata!
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-1
14 mins

dança dos felizes mineiros pequenos (e.g. miner for gold)

a prospector = auqele que trabalha nas minas, ex: those working on a gold mine...prospecting for gold, minerals, etc
Peer comment(s):
disagree Paula Vaz-Carreiro : I'm sorry to have to disagree but the word 'little' in the original sentence refers to the dance, not the age of the prospector// :-) I wouldn't have remembered either. But please see my discussion entry about the other of adjectives. Boas festas.
54 mins
obrigado Paula...eu acho que a resposta da Marlene Curtis é melhor do que a minha tb...a palavra "garimpeiro" me escapuliu
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-1
15 mins

"... na danca do pequeno explorador feliz para celebrar seu plano perfeito".

Espero que ajude.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Paula Vaz-Carreiro : I'm sorry to have to disagree but the word 'little' in the original sentence refers to the dance, not the age of the prospector.//I checked it with my (British) husband before I posted my disagree...I just don't know how to explain why it is the dance :-(
53 mins
No problem Paula, we're all together in this! I do think however that if "little" referred to the dance, then it would read "prospector's little dance", as opposed to "little prospector's dance". Paula, I probably should've asked my American hubby as well
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