POINTING MACHINE

Portuguese translation: copiadora pantógrafo

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English term or phrase:POINTING MACHINE
Portuguese translation:copiadora pantógrafo
Entered by: Iara Fino Silva

13:05 Mar 27, 2014
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / livro sobre arte
English term or phrase: POINTING MACHINE
POINTING MACHINE A machine perfected in the 19th century that enabled the dimensions of a small 3-D model (sometimes made by the sculptor) to be mechanically transferred to a larger block of stone so that an exact but bigger version could be carved, either by the sculptor or by someone else. See Rodin (p.318)
Iara Fino Silva
Local time: 06:08
copiadora pantógrafo
Explanation:
copiadora pantógrafo
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 09:08
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Obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
5copiadora pantógrafo
Nick Taylor
3máquina Collas
Luciana Adelseck
2 +1Pantógrafo de Collas
Mario Freitas


Discussion entries: 2





  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pointing machine
máquina Collas


Explanation:
sugestão


    Reference: http://books.google.com.br/books?id=2UmEBzzfOvoC&pg=PA100&lp...
Luciana Adelseck
Brazil
Local time: 06:08
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
pointing machine
copiadora pantógrafo


Explanation:
copiadora pantógrafo

Nick Taylor
Local time: 09:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Claudio Mazotti: desculpe-me, Nick, mas pantógrafo não é o tipo de máquina descrito pela postulante
1 hr

agree  Mario Freitas: Closest possibility
4 hrs
  -> thanks Mário
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pointing machine
Pantógrafo de Collas


Explanation:
Sugestão para solucionar a tradução

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 06:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor: Looks good.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, pal!
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