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Abuso sonoro

English translation: noise pollution

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Portuguese term or phrase:Abuso sonoro
English translation:noise pollution
Entered by: Mark Robertson

20:57 Jan 31, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: Abuso sonoro
É cada vez menor a tolerância do cidadão aos abusos sonoros.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 06:27
noise pollution
Explanation:
Perhaps...

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-31 22:15:14 GMT)
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In a legal context, the term "noise nuisance" is commonly used.
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Mark Robertson
Local time: 10:27
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5noise pollution
Mark Robertson
4 +1noise abuse
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
3 +1noise disturbance
Beatriz Souza


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
noise abuse


Explanation:
Two million payout for noise abuse | Olive Press Newspaper Spain ...
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18 Jan 2010 – Landmark decision on Velez-Malaga noise pollution levels.
Noise abuse will finally be muffled | Columnists | Opinion | Calgary ...
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Noise abuse will finally be muffled 0. rick-bell. By Rick Bell ,QMI Agency. First posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 07:16 PM MDT. Loud bikes Motorcycle ...

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 11:27
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Tavares
31 mins
neutral  Mark Robertson: In Source 1 the terms used in the article are noise disturbance or noise pollution. Noise abuse could well be badly borrowed from ESL. Source 2 is written very colloquially and in noise abuse, abuse means specific and direct maltreatment.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
noise pollution


Explanation:
Perhaps...

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-31 22:15:14 GMT)
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In a legal context, the term "noise nuisance" is commonly used.

Mark Robertson
Local time: 10:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NataliaAnne: Cambridge Online Dictionary has an entry for ‘noise pollution’ but not for ‘noise abuse’: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/noise-pol...
1 hr
agree  sflor (X)
4 hrs
agree  Sheryle Oliver: That's the way we say it, yes.
8 hrs
agree  Georgia Morg (X)
12 hrs
agree  PaulaEsp
17 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
noise disturbance


Explanation:
sugestão.

(...) Noise disturbance means any sound that:
(1) Injures or endangers the health or safety of a human;
(2) Annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities; or
(3) Injures or endangers personal or real property. (...)

http://www.ci.salem.or.us/Departments/Legal/Salem Revised Co...

http://qcode.us/codes/sandimas/view.php?topic=8-8_36-8_36_02...
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hth.
beatriz_souza




Beatriz Souza
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NataliaAnne: Looking at these (and other) examples of ‘noise disturbance’ in use, it seems that its use is as equally valid as ‘noise pollution’. I tried to determine a distinction but haven’t yet managed. Would love to hear ideas about this!
10 mins
  -> tks, NataliaAnne! I'll go through my first books on environment ('90s) and see if I find sth... beatriz
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