Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
mais ou menos estáveis, mais ou menos mutáveis
English translation:
somewhat stable, somewhat unstable
Added to glossary by
Michael Powers (PhD)
Jul 4, 2007 15:10
16 yrs ago
Portuguese term
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, German to Portuguese
mais ou menos estáveis, mais ou menos mutáveis
Portuguese to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
"um conjunto de valores, crenças, ritos, modos de actuar, mais ou menos estáveis, mais ou menos mutáveis, que permantemente se reconstrói"
I thought about "relatively stable". I'm not sure if we should translate the whole expression...
I thought about "relatively stable". I'm not sure if we should translate the whole expression...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | somewhat stable, somewhat unstable |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 | relatively/kind of/sort of |
Michael and Raimunda Poe
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Change log
Jul 4, 2007 17:34: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/132219">Daisymiller's</a> old entry - "mais ou menos estáveis, mais ou menos mutáveis"" to ""somewhat stable, somewhat unstable""
Proposed translations
+3
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
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somewhat stable, somewhat unstable
I think this would work
Boston Microtonal Society/Interviews/Ezra SimsBut there’s one thing: those notes are not inherently dissonant; they’re less stable, they’re somewhat stable, somewhat unstable. ...
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Mike :)
Boston Microtonal Society/Interviews/Ezra SimsBut there’s one thing: those notes are not inherently dissonant; they’re less stable, they’re somewhat stable, somewhat unstable. ...
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Mike :)
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Michael and Raimunda Poe
Brazil
Brazil
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English
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Brazil
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relatively/kind of/sort of
I like your relatively I would go with that.
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