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Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Journalism / Artigo sobre Abate de Animais | |||||||
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end up in human meals Explanation: Sugestão |
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chegam à mesa do consumidor,provocando riscos para a saúde pública. end up being served as food, thus creating a public health risk. Explanation: This would represent a natural rendering in English. From the context, it would be evident that the "food" is being served to human beings, rather than animals or plants. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2017-08-12 13:38:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If you really prefer a more literal rendering (which also would sound natural in English), it could be something along the lines of: end up being offered for human consumption, thus creating a public health risk |
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chegam à mesa do consumidor wind up on the dinner table Explanation: e.g., Just consider federally subsidized corn production in the United States. The resulting produce doesn't just wind up on the dinner table covered in butter; it feeds livestock, enters the fuel tank in the form of ethanol and becomes high-fructose corn syrup. http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/dr... We would have laws to protect them as we have laws to protect pets and zoo animals. But, she says, few consumers have any idea of how animals that eventually wind up on the dinner table are treated while alive. https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0930/093045.html Raccoons, squirrels, and opossums also fall into this category to a certain degree, and rarely wind up on the dinner table, save for in the most backwoods of areas. https://kirstiepayneblog.wordpress.com/english-essay-1-food-... |
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