Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
não aprofundados
English translation:
not very thorough
Portuguese term
não aprofundados
Sep 30, 2016 12:35: Matheus Chaud changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/805892">CicaBarth's</a> old entry - "não aprofundados "" to ""not very thourogh""
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Proposed translations
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
not very thourogh
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Ana Vozone
: thorough ;)
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Thank you Ana !! ...oops :(
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Margarida Martins Costelha
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Thank you Margarida !
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Mark Pinto
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Thank you Mark !
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Gilmar Fernandes
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Thank you Gilmar !
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Richard Purdom
: better to say what it is, than what it isn't
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agree ! Thank you Richard !
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Mario Freitas
: Richard is right, but the suggestion is nevertheless correct.
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Thank you Mario !!
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Matheus Chaud
: I'm sorry, but I disagree with Richard on this one... chamar um trabalho de "superficial" e dizer que ele é "não aprofundado" são coisas muito diferentes. A primeira afirmação é muito mais forte e impactante. A função da negativa é amenizar a crítica...
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Thank you Matheus !
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Rene Duvekot
: I like this answer better than mine
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Thank you Rene !
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
superficial
Inspections and safety audits at the plant were few and superficial.
The Committee had only few and superficial discussions about preparations for a defence economy. There was dissatisfaction with the work of the National Defence Council for Wartime Economy and with certain ...
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Obrigada, Teresa!
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Richard Purdom
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Obrigada, Richard!
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Verginia Ophof
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Obrigada, Verginia!
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Mario Freitas
: Richard is right. We should try to say what it is instead of what it isn't.
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Obrigada, Mário!
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Thiago Silva
: I'd go with Richard on this one as well.
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Obrigada, Thiago!
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Matheus Chaud
: IMHO, chamar um trabalho de "superficial" e dizer que ele é "não aprofundado" são coisas muito diferentes. A primeira afirmação é muito mais forte e impactante. A função da negativa é amenizar a crítica... Bom, é apenas um ponto de vista alternativo...
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Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
not in-depth
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Verginia Ophof
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Thank you, Ginny!
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Matheus Chaud
: I'm sorry, but I disagree with Richard on this one... chamar um trabalho de "superficial" e dizer que ele é "não aprofundado" são coisas muito diferentes. A primeira afirmação é muito mais forte e impactante. A função da negativa é amenizar a crítica...
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É, "superficial" é bem mais pesado. Mas eu concordei com o Richard quanto ao princípio do evitar usar o negativo, pois é um princípio de redação da língua. Neste caso, porém, realmente ficou além do que deveria. Você tem razão.
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Dulce Cattunda
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Obrigado, Dulce!
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United States
Brasil-EUA / USA-Brazil (www.apoio.us)
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
shallow
United States
Frankly Speaking: Quality & Multilingual
Native in: English (Variants: US, US South)
Works in: Georgian to English, Portuguese to English, Galician to English, and 3 more.
baseless
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Note added at 9 hrs (2016-09-27 10:04:18 GMT)
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or "not very well elaborated"
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
and rather sketchy
lack depth
São muito poucos e não aprofundados os trabalhos em revistas científicas da área.
The studies in the relevant scientific journals are few in number and lack depth.
Discussion
Scientific studies in this area are few and under-developed.
'Superficial' can mean false in one sense, but it wouldn't when applied to a scientific study.
'Baseless' is incorrect imo, 'shallow' is negative, 'sketchy' is unclear, then saying what things aren't... maybe a solution would be
There have been very few studies in this area, and none of them have been in-depth.