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English translation: Lower-middle class

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Portuguese term or phrase:Classe C
English translation:Lower-middle class
Entered by: Sonny Tissot

21:18 Jan 29, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology / social class
Portuguese term or phrase: Classe C
Context:

Como a classe C se tornou uma grande consumidora de banda larga...
http://info.abril.com.br/noticias/ti/a-virada-da-classe-c-20...

Thank you,
Sonny Tissot
Brazil
Lower-middle class
Explanation:
... embora a classificação da classe C como "lower middle class" ou "working class" vá depender da corrente de ciência social à qual se adere.
Selected response from:

Ivan Rocha, CT
Canada
Grading comment
Thank you, everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3Lower-middle class
Ivan Rocha, CT
3 +1C class
Norbert Hermann
4socioeconomic class C
judith ryan


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
C class


Explanation:
The social class C

Social classes are the hierarchical arrangements of people in society as economic ..... the numbers in each of the main categories (C, D and E) were reasonably well ... may also be referred to as "Professional class" Ehrenreich, B. (1989). ... To Warner, American social class was based more on attitudes than on the ...

Norbert Hermann
Local time: 10:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Silvia Aquino
23 hrs
  -> thank you!
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Lower-middle class


Explanation:
... embora a classificação da classe C como "lower middle class" ou "working class" vá depender da corrente de ciência social à qual se adere.

Ivan Rocha, CT
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, everyone!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigado


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
10 mins
  -> Obrigado, Marlene.
agree  coolbrowne
2 hrs
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
13 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
socioeconomic class C


Explanation:
Normally I prefer to use socioeconomic class rather than just "Class C"

judith ryan
Brazil
Local time: 06:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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