Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Cultura de Referência

English translation:

Cultural Reference

Added to glossary by Joao Vieira
Jul 29, 2004 10:10
19 yrs ago
Portuguese term

Cultura de Referência

Portuguese to English Other Environment & Ecology an academic text
Hi! My creative juices are simply not flowing today... Here's the whole sentence:
"Na minha opinião a gestão integrada de Resíduos Sólidos, só terá sucesso desde que a comunidade interiorize que a preservação ambiental só pode ser conseguida numa perspectiva de “Cultura de Referência”, isto é, dentro do princípio de que todo o facto tem uma causa.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 Cultural reference
4 +3 Reference culture
5 culture of reference

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jul 29, 2004:
Ok, Jane, thanks for that, sounds prefect :)
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) Jul 29, 2004:
I think model culture is wrong....cultura ideal...would be model culture...or somesuch...culture of reference is a quasi-technical word in cultural studies

Proposed translations

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1 hr
Portuguese term (edited): Cultura de Refer�ncia
Selected

Cultural reference

Think it might work better. What Cultura de Referência means is that people must have a social/cultural behavior of reference in order to change their environmental attitude.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : Disagree It is not behavior...it's a culture of reference..nothing about behavior per se
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks! I've decided to go with "model culture", but your idea helped me to reach that conclusion, so have 4 points for your trouble :)"
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Portuguese term (edited): Cultura de Refer�ncia

Reference culture

Minha sugestão.
Veja o link abaixo:
"... protocol: If it has one or more unique characters, it is established as a reference culture for a putative new species. The reference ...": invam.caf.wvu.edu/cultures/refcult.htm


Bom trabalho!
Peer comment(s):

agree Cosmonipolita
8 mins
Obrigada pelo seu feedback Pamina!
agree Henrique Magalhaes
28 mins
Obrigada pelo feedback Henrique!
agree Ricardo Fonseca
1 hr
Obrigada pelo feedback Ricardo!
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2 hrs
Portuguese term (edited): Cultura de Refer�ncia

culture of reference

means the culture that is being referred to....

For example, the culture of reference for cuisine in the Western world is primarily France...

Please note: I am not saying that is true or false...I am just providing a sentence with an example...

Another: The culture of reference for much of James Joyce's work is Catholic theology....

Cheers

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Note added at 2 hrs 17 mins (2004-07-29 12:27:24 GMT) Post-grading
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... theories of Jean Baudrillard. ****Culture has become a culture of reference*** via such Internet inventions as hypertext links. Is the freedom ...
www.symbolism.org/writing/ articles/internal/freedom/home.html - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

1 Language issues in the Integration of the Americas
... greatly dependent on the economic, academic and media-related environment 9 .\" ****French
nevertheless remains a language -or indeed a culture- of reference on the ... ****
lanic.utexas.edu/~sela/AA2K1/ENG/cap/N62/rcap62-11.htm - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] Making Magic: Art, Ritual & Soul
... With a drawing on it. ****We have become a culture of reference instead of experience****.
The sensuality has all but evaporated. So now we have virtual realities. ...
www.wisdombridge.net/pdf_files/von_koss.pdf - Similar pages




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Note added at 2 hrs 18 mins (2004-07-29 12:28:29 GMT) Post-grading
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a culture of reference: the one I have incorporated into my discourse or interiorized when I talk, as the Author says...
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