Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

bring to bear upon

Portuguese translation:

fazem agir sobre/ aplicam

Added to glossary by Vidomar (X)
Mar 17, 2011 00:13
13 yrs ago
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English term

to bear upon

English to Portuguese Social Sciences Linguistics
In this context:

I later elaborated the term to take into account both “events” in Heath's sense and of the social models of literacy that participants bring TO BEAR UPON those events and that give meaning to them.

Proposed translations

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fazem agir sobre/ aplicam

...os modelos sociais de letramento que os participantes fazem agir sobre esses esses eventos e que lhes dão significado.

Ou, "os modelos sociais de letramento que os participantes aplicam nesses/a esses eventos..."

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Note added at 44 mins (2011-03-17 00:57:39 GMT)
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Ou talvez até simplesmente "os modelos sociais de letramento que os participantes trazem para esses eventos e que lhes dão significado".
Peer comment(s):

agree Martin Riordan : A frase chave aqui é "to bring to bear" e não "to bear upon". E esta frase tem o sentido dado nesta resposta, "aplicar".
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Exato. Obrigada, Martin.
agree Nicole L. R.
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Obrigada.
agree Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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Obrigada.
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afetaram

...que os participantes, no final, afetaram...
Example sentence:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bear+upon

http://www.yourdictionary.com/bring

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para afetar negativamente / para contrariar....

To bear upon (Mil.), to be pointed or situated so as to
affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit
(the object); as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear
upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center.


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influenciar

to bear upon = influenciar

...para influenciar aqueles eventos e dar-lhes um significado.
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..ocasionam que (os valores e conhecimentos) influenciem/afetem

Sug.

Há no Proz uma trdução "ingles/espanhol" para este termo.

to bring bear upon = ocasionam que (os valores e conhecimentos) influenciem/afetem
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