Jan 24, 2014 08:47
10 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

ter como lastro

Non-PRO Portuguese to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
A identidade é algo construído e tem como lastro as memórias individuais e coletivas com vistas às necessidades específicas que emergem dos conflitos culturais internos e aos embates sociais que desestabilizam os sentidos e significados que as pessoas atribuem às suas ações.

Proposed translations

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grounded/rooted

hmmm, not sure, but it seems to me that the idea of 'lastro' here might be more basis rather than ballast (though I guess those two ideas are related).

Aulete has the following figurative meaning: 4. Fig. Embasamento que garante e legitima algo; BASE; FUNDAMENTO: Seu trabalho tem um lastro filosófico.

(The rest of the sentence looks like it's going to take some work :))
Peer comment(s):

agree Geoffrey Chan : "rooted in"
3 hrs
thank you Geoffrey
agree Vitor Visconti
10 hrs
thanks Vitor
agree Donna Sandin
5 days
thank you Donna
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29 mins

to carry with [it]

Identity (...) carries with it individual and collective memories...
Example sentence:

This choice carries with it a cost or benefit

A social position can be regarded as 'a social identity that carries with it a certain range (however diffusely specified) of prerogatives and obligations...

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has, as baggage

has, as baggage
Peer comment(s):

agree Richard Purdom
1 hr
thanks Richard
agree Paulinho Fonseca
2 hrs
thanks Paulinho
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1 hr

is upheld by, sustained by, possesses the ballast of

Ballast is something that provides balance or stabilizes, evenly weighing down the bottom part of the ship in order to hold the ship up.
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3 hrs

as underlying background

background or Basis/stronghold/support.......

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Note added at 3 hrs (2014-01-24 12:12:03 GMT)
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has as (underlying)Base / foundation
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ballast

Usado para referir-se ao lastro de balões ou barcos.
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