Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
contorno
English translation:
contour
Added to glossary by
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Nov 24, 2004 19:14
19 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
United States
contorno
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
IT (Information Technology)
European Portuguese IT text describing a new communications solution:
"A opção tecnológica para rede de comunicações recaiu sobre a utilização do backbone IP da (EMPRESA XXX) como tecnologia agregadora para todos os tipos de comunicações (voz, dados e vídeo), a qual possui as vantagens principais de permitir que qualquer nó da rede comunique com outro de forma directa, sem necessidade de encaminhamentos pré-definidos de contornos rígidos e estáticos, garantindo ao mesmo tempo uma elevada escalabilidade a custos mais reduzidos."
"A opção tecnológica para rede de comunicações recaiu sobre a utilização do backbone IP da (EMPRESA XXX) como tecnologia agregadora para todos os tipos de comunicações (voz, dados e vídeo), a qual possui as vantagens principais de permitir que qualquer nó da rede comunique com outro de forma directa, sem necessidade de encaminhamentos pré-definidos de contornos rígidos e estáticos, garantindo ao mesmo tempo uma elevada escalabilidade a custos mais reduzidos."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | contour |
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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| 4 | configuration |
António Ribeiro
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| 3 | profiles |
Clauwolf
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| 3 | turns and twists |
Rooney
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Proposed translations
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Benchmark Translations
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
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contour
contour
n 1: a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
[syn: contour line]
2: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
"he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
[syn: shape, form, configuration, conformation]
3: a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of
anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the
melody"; "it defines a major contour of this
administration"
v : form the contours of
Whey not just "contour", the direct translation?
The word "contorno" is not used here in a technical way. It is just describing the kind of pre-defined, rigid paths the data has to follow in certain kinds of networks.
HTH
(computer science graduate)
n 1: a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
[syn: contour line]
2: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
"he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
[syn: shape, form, configuration, conformation]
3: a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of
anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the
melody"; "it defines a major contour of this
administration"
v : form the contours of
Whey not just "contour", the direct translation?
The word "contorno" is not used here in a technical way. It is just describing the kind of pre-defined, rigid paths the data has to follow in certain kinds of networks.
HTH
(computer science graduate)
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Comment: "Thanks everyone. Very good suggestions! I appreciate all your input."
1 min
profiles
:)
13 mins
António Ribeiro
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Professional in Oil & Gas Industry
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
configuration
Eu diria assim.
30 mins
turns and twists
If one node is to communicate directly with another, "without the need for pre-defined paths with rigid, static twists and turns" should get you part of the way there....I'm sure someone else on this board has a better term for "encaminhamentos" than "path," though.
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Note added at 41 mins (2004-11-24 19:56:27 GMT)
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Actually, after re-thinking the term a little, I suppose that \"without the need for pre-defined paths with rigid, static contours\" would work as well. The only downside to using the \"direct\" translation is that most English-speakers I know (who are pretty much all Americans) would think of \"contour\" as the shape of an object, not of a path. It is a more elegant phrase, though, and is closely related to the word \"contorno.\"
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Note added at 41 mins (2004-11-24 19:56:27 GMT)
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Actually, after re-thinking the term a little, I suppose that \"without the need for pre-defined paths with rigid, static contours\" would work as well. The only downside to using the \"direct\" translation is that most English-speakers I know (who are pretty much all Americans) would think of \"contour\" as the shape of an object, not of a path. It is a more elegant phrase, though, and is closely related to the word \"contorno.\"
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