"prancha de desenho"

English translation: drawing board

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Portuguese term or phrase:"prancha de desenho"
English translation:drawing board

21:38 Dec 19, 2009
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Portuguese term or phrase: "prancha de desenho"
Uma empresa de engenharia que tem que entregar "pranchas de desenho".
Paula Ribeiro
Local time: 04:16
drawing board
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Marlene Curtis
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Local time: 23:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4drawing board
Marlene Curtis
5 -1Drawings
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drawing board


Explanation:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=prancha de desenho (dra...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 295
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agree  Leniel Maccaferri
11 mins
  -> Grata!

agree  Bentevi
18 mins
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agree  David Drysdale (X): Yep . . As in "back to the drawing board"
18 mins
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agree  Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães: absolutely :)
24 mins
  -> Grata!

disagree  airmailrpl: delivers drawings
1 hr

agree  Marcella S.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing_board
4 hrs
  -> Grata VittoriaM!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Drawings


Explanation:
..tem que entregar "pranchas de desenho" => deliver drawings

Desenho arquitetônico - Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre
Uma mesa, normalmente inclinável, na qual é possível manter pranchas de desenho em formatos grandes (como o A0) e onde se possam instalar reguas T ou ...
www.pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desenho_arquitetônico -

547 - Padronizando os desenhos do projeto
Assunto. Como posso padronizar a apresentação das pranchas de desenho do projeto? Artigo. Em projetos de engenharia, é comum dispor de muitos desenhos ...
www.altoqi.com.br/.../Padronizando_os_desenhos_do_projeto.h... -

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Os arquitetos da Poli: ensino e profissão em São Paulo - Google Books Result
by Sylvia Ficher - 2005 - Architecture - 412 pages
38-39); um sistema de codificação de desenhos e arquivamento de pranchas de desenho (1972, pp. ...
www.books.google.com/books?isbn=8531408733.

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now a days engineering companies don't even use "drawing boards" "drawing tables", "drafting tables" or "architect's tables" to produce drawings - they are all done on computers with Cad-Cam programs.

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Marlene Curtis: pranchas de desenhos e NÃO pranchas COM desenhos
33 mins
  -> ridiculous to think that an Engineering company would be required to deliver their Drawing Boards. Look at the references above "pranchas de desenho"
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