Jan 21, 2018 11:50
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Portuguese term

Precipitações adimensionalizadas pela média

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering Rainfall in Brazil
This is a discussion of water needs in the municipality of Passo Fundo, RS. The paragraph below is followed by a graph with a caption. The x-axis shows the years and the y-axis shows the amount of rainfall in mm. The curve has a lot of sharp ups and downs. It's the caption that's worrying me. See below.

Quanto a variabilidade interanual, houve um período seco importante de 1941 a 1951, quando as chuvas foram muito menores em todos os anos com relação a média de longo período (Figura 3 ). O dimensionamento de um reservatório na região, sem considerar este período pode subestimar o volume em cerca de 50%. A disponibilidade hídrica principal para a cidade é superficial. Para uma população 186 mil, consumo de 268 L/habitante/dia (2007) e regularizando 60% da média, as águas superficiais necessitam da ordem de 12 – 13 km2 para atender esta demanda.
**Precipitações adimensionalizadas pela média** em Passo Fundo (IPH,1991)
Change log

Aug 30, 2018 17:51: Mario Freitas changed "Field" from "Science" to "Tech/Engineering"

Discussion

@Muriel It looks like your thinking cap has worked its magic... Have a nice day!
Paulinho Fonseca Jan 22, 2018:
Muriel, sua tradução traz resultados no Google 'rainfall extremes masked by the averages' que correspondem ao assunto.
Muriel Vasconcellos (asker) Jan 22, 2018:
I'm thinking ... How about 'rainfall extremes masked by the averages'?
Muriel Vasconcellos (asker) Jan 21, 2018:
@Teresa Thank you for the helpful links. Now all I have to do is put on my thinking cap and work through whatt they're saying.
Oliver Simões Jan 21, 2018:
Non-existing "word" "adimensionalizar" does not exist in the Portuguese language. According to the Ciberdúvidas website, this "word" is not listed in the dictionary. If it isn't, there's no way to translate it since we don't know the exact meaning. I suggest checking with the client to find out what they mean by that, then use an appropriate word/translation. Best of luck!

Proposed translations

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rainfall volumes not included in the calculation of the average

In English, you do not have to do the same thing the Brazilian authors usually do, trying to use pseudo-nice words. In English, you can use regular human language.

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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs (2018-01-22 17:22:31 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you, Muriel. I'm glad I was able to help you.
Note from asker:
Thanks, Mario. Your interpretation makes sense to me.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, Mario. You set me on the right track, even though I didn't end up using the same words."
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precipitations nondimensionalized by the average

:)
Peer comment(s):

agree T o b i a s : rainfall. Several native E instances of "nondimensionalized by the average" out there.
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