Glossary entry

português term or phrase:

Foi preciso fechar o registro da água para evitar o vazamento.

inglês translation:

It was necessary to shut-off the water valve to stop the leak

Added to glossary by rhandler
Nov 15, 2008 12:39
15 yrs ago
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português term

Foi preciso fechar o registro da água para evitar o vazamento.

português para inglês Outra Geral/conversas/saudações/cartas vocabulário
O encanador fechou o registro para evitar que a casa inundasse, mas mesmo assim todas as paredes daquele cômodo ficaram danificadas.
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Nov 29, 2008 11:49: rhandler Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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It was necessary to shut-off the water valve to stop the leak

O registro é o nome popular para a válvula de bloqueio, a "shut-off valve". Assim o diria. Veja estes exemplos:

[PDF] Emergency Water Shut-Off
Formato do arquivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Ver em HTML
cirty, you have a leak. If leaks are discovered, you. can shut off the water to your house in one of ... your house is to shut off the water valve at the ...
www.pep-c.org/nss-folder/informationsheets/Water Shutoff.PD...


Low Water Pressure Fixes
Check your pipes for damage or leaks. A trick to figuring out if you have a leak is to shut off the water valve in your home and mark down the meter reading ...
www.goodservices.com/waterpressure.php


Pin Hole Water Leak, How do we fix this? - Yahoo! Answers
We have a small pin hole leak in our pipe that is … ... shut off the water valve to it and unless you know plumbing dont mess with it call a plumber and ...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080816040939AA...
Peer comment(s):

agree Enza Longo : you can also say 'the water main had to be shut off'
4 minutos
Thank you, Enza, have a nice weekend!
agree Gilmar Fernandes : Yes indeed!
30 minutos
Thank you, Gilmar, have a nice weekend!
agree Laís Dalsoquio (X)
1 hora
Obrigado, Laís, bom fim de semana!
agree Katarina Peters
2 horas
Obrigado, Katarina, bom fim de sermana!
agree Paul Dixon : Yes, indeed.
4 horas
Thank you, Paul have a nice weekend!
agree Zornitsa Antonova
22 horas
Obrigado, Zornitsa, bom domingo!
neutral Heloisa Xavier : where is the plumber?
1 dia 8 horas
"O encanador fechou o registro ...". Encanador = plumber. A frase cuja tradução foi pedida não fala de encanador, somente a explicação. O "foi", de "foi necessário", é terceira pessoa, com sujeito inexistente.
agree Cristina Santos
1 dia 9 horas
Obrigado, Cristina, tenha uma boa semana!
agree Luciana Roppa
2 dias 8 horas
Obrigado, Luciana, tenha uma boa semana!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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2 horas

I had to close the water valve to stop it from leaking.

Suggestion

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Note added at 1 dia8 horas (2008-11-16 20:55:34 GMT)
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SO, you can say "The Plumber closed the water valve so the house would not be flooded."

I had to clarify the sentence this way since some colleagues here were missing the plumber. =)

Peer comment(s):

neutral rhandler : The first person shouldn't be used here, as it was the plumber who did it, not the person telling the story. // This is no joke: your translation is wrong, as it doesn't correspond to the asked sentence./// Rude was your response to Gilmar!
3 horas
Who are you to say something is right or wrong?? we are here to give the inquirers suggestions. I am not here to be right or wrong, or imolite and rude like you. Please, revisit your communication concepts before replying to people.
disagree Gilmar Fernandes : Reading again, more carefully I see a no-no in English here. You don't close a water valve (or faucet, tap, etc). In English we say shut off or turn off, but never close. I understand in Portuguese "fechar" applies to water, door, etc.
19 horas
If you do not understand well, you can get a dictionary. There is a free one on-line. Visit www.dictionary.com and look for close. Good luck! =)
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