Silverback boar

Portuguese translation: Javali de dorso prateado

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English term or phrase:Silverback boar
Portuguese translation:Javali de dorso prateado
Entered by: João Araújo

14:05 Feb 5, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Zoology / Javalis
English term or phrase: Silverback boar
It was a monstruous silverback boar.

(Como "silverback" apenas encontrei gorilas...)
Daniela de Oliveira
Portugal
Local time: 15:22
Javali de dorso prateado
Explanation:
Também não encontrei referências a este possível tipo de javali, por isso eu arriscaria a tradução literal. veja no contexto do texto se é a isso mesmo que se refere.
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João Araújo
Portugal
Local time: 15:22
Grading comment
Muito obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2Javali de dorso prateado
João Araújo
3javali (wild boar)
Andrés Martínez
Summary of reference entries provided
Veja a foto
Marlene Curtis

Discussion entries: 3





  

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silverback boar
Javali de dorso prateado


Explanation:
Também não encontrei referências a este possível tipo de javali, por isso eu arriscaria a tradução literal. veja no contexto do texto se é a isso mesmo que se refere.

João Araújo
Portugal
Local time: 15:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Muito obrigada!
Notes to answerer
Asker: It was my first impulse, to merely translate it literally. But I just though I'd double check first to see if anyone had heard about this beast... ;-)


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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
silverback boar
javali (wild boar)


Explanation:
Hello Daniela, more context (place, etc.) would be useful, but I think is a description of a wild boar.
See the references below:
http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Suidae...
Sus scrofa Gray
European Wild Hog
(...)
Physical Characteristics: The body of the European wild hog, a non-native (exotic) member of the park's fauna, is built somewhat like that of a bison, being higher and heavier in the shoulder region. It is covered with thin, coarse hair. Hogs are usually black, ***but the tips of the guard hairs are silvery-gray *** or brown.

Eric & Teri's Pork Slam Adventure w/ Ted Nugent | Artisans of the ...
26 Jun 2009 ... Shown Above Theresa Tonte with 300+lb Austrian ***Silver Back Wild Boar*** Sunrize Acres, Jackson, Michigan November 2007 ...
www.artisansofthevalley.com/.../ted-nugents-pork-slam-2007

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-02-05 15:47:24 GMT)
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De nada, Daniella. Romania... then I will no doubt. There are not other wild pigs in Europe.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-02-05 15:51:06 GMT)
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Soy biólogo y cuento con experiencia en la traducción de libros de fauna, por si eso sirve de algo... ¡Saludos!

Andrés Martínez
Spain
Local time: 16:22
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Gracias, Andrés! The context is merely literary, it just says that it is a huge silverback boar. If it helps, the story takes place in Romania.

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Reference comments


34 mins
Reference: Veja a foto

Reference information:
http://www.taxidermy.net/forum/index.php?topic=51992.0

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Note added at 46 mins (2010-02-05 14:52:17 GMT)
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Sim, foi a única referência que encontrei, parece uma espécie bem rara. Porém, o rosto também é prateado, não só o dorso.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-02-05 15:07:45 GMT)
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Essas espécies, em geral, já têm uma tradução definida, eu não traduziria literalmente. Eu consultaria o Marcelo Lino.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 48
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thanks, Marlene. It is just a shame that picture only shows the eye! It looks like it is silver-coloured though.

Asker: Acabei de mandar o e-mail, obrigada pela dica!

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