as coleçoes são testemunhas de nossa vida elas são marcas de nossa personalidade

English translation: [our] collections bear witness to our lives and are marks of our personalities

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Portuguese term or phrase:as coleçoes são testemunhas de nossa vida elas são marcas de nossa personalidade
English translation:[our] collections bear witness to our lives and are marks of our personalities
Entered by: Edimilson Ferreira

14:29 May 12, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: as coleçoes são testemunhas de nossa vida elas são marcas de nossa personalidade
Estamos falando de coleções e pessoas que colecionam coisas tais como selos e chaveiros por exemplo. As coleções são testemunhas das diferentes fases de nossas vidas pois mudamos o tipo de coleçao quando atingimos a maturidade. Elas são marcas de nossa personalidade. (artigo para uma revista)
jose rocha
[our] collections bear witness to our lives and are marks of our personality
Explanation:
Minha sugestão: Acho que "bear witness to" fica bem aqui.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-05-12 16:47:38 GMT)
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Uma correção aqui: tinha colocado "lives" e "personalitty".

"[our] collections bear witness to our lives and are marks of our personalities".
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3 +2[our] collections bear witness to our lives and are marks of our personality
Edimilson Ferreira
4collections are (what we collect is) a testimony to our lives, they are a mark of our personality
Isabel Peck


  

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collections are (what we collect is) a testimony to our lives, they are a mark of our personality


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Isabel Peck
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Local time: 00:47
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[our] collections bear witness to our lives and are marks of our personality


Explanation:
Minha sugestão: Acho que "bear witness to" fica bem aqui.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-05-12 16:47:38 GMT)
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Uma correção aqui: tinha colocado "lives" e "personalitty".

"[our] collections bear witness to our lives and are marks of our personalities".

Edimilson Ferreira
Armenia
Local time: 03:47
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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agree  Enza Longo: nice
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agree  Cecilia Welsh: ...personalities. Very nice!
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