Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

obra não teatral

English translation:

non-theatrical work

Added to glossary by jsavage
Oct 11, 2002 09:50
21 yrs ago
Portuguese term

obra não teatral

Portuguese to English Art/Literary
"Ficção. Obra não teatral do escritor tal"

(é um título de uma lista de obras de um escritor)

Proposed translations

+14
21 mins
Selected

non-theatrical work

This should fit in here...
Peer comment(s):

agree Libero_Lang_Lab
2 mins
agree Emilia Carneiro
3 mins
agree Enza Longo
4 mins
agree Ligia Dias Costa
8 mins
agree Janis Carter
30 mins
agree Fiona N�voa
47 mins
agree luskie
1 hr
agree Silvia Borges
2 hrs
agree Ivana de Sousa Santos
2 hrs
agree Katriana Vader
2 hrs
agree Sylvio Kauffmann
2 hrs
agree Sonia Garrett (X)
5 hrs
agree Clauwolf
7 hrs
agree Marta Dutra (X)
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks!"
13 mins

non-theatre work

Presumably the writer usually wrote plays and this was a departure for him/her.

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Note added at 2002-10-11 15:26:25 (GMT)
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We don\'t say \'theatrical plays\'; we say \'theatre plays.\' What I\'m trying to say is that theatre works perfectly well as an adjective and in my view simply sounds better. Otherwise, I\'d recommend Jane\'s suggestion below.
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+1
1 hr

other than theatrical

inspired by the context - but I'm not sure this is a valid altenative (to non-theatrical) - let's see what others think :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Enza Longo : I rather like it !
4 mins
thanks!
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2 hrs

non-theatrical creation..non-theatrical production..non-theatrical work of art

Ficção. Obra não teatral do escritor tal
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+2
3 hrs

Work other than plays

he usually writes plays?

OR

This emphasizes the positive rather than the negative: Non-theatrical or whatever.
Peer comment(s):

agree amarante dasilva : non-theatrical plays
45 mins
agree Daniel Marcus : good suggestion
2 hrs
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