Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
EPB
English translation:
Workshop on (OR Study of ) Brazilian Problems (OR Issues)
Portuguese term
United States
Spreading the Word in Three Languages
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, and 3 more.
EPB
Among the several subjects taken there is this "EPB".
Does anyone have an idea of what those letters stand for?
TIA,
Beta
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Carlos Quandt
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Nov 24, 2008 14:07: Beta Cummins changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/94233">Beta Cummins's</a> old entry - "EPB"" to ""Workshop on (OR Study of ) Brazilian Problems""
Nov 24, 2008 14:07: Beta Cummins changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/94233">Beta Cummins's</a> old entry - "EPB"" to ""Workshop on (OR Study of ) Brazilian Problems""
Nov 24, 2008 14:15: rhandler changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/94233">Beta Cummins's</a> old entry - "EPB"" to ""Workshop on (OR Study of ) Brazilian Problems""
Nov 24, 2008 14:16: rhandler changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/32119">rhandler's</a> old entry - "EPB"" to ""Workshop on (OR Study of ) Brazilian Problems""
Proposed translations
Workshop on (OR Study of ) Brazilian Problems
Acho que melhor traduzir dessa forma
Veja este exemplo:
Hilário Torloni, Estudo de Problemas Brasileiros
Estudo de Problemas Brasileiros, de HILáRIO TORLONI, editora Pioneira na Estante Virtual, a maior rede de sebos do Brasil, com mais de 1.000 sebos e 17 ...
www.estantevirtual.com.br/livro/11364376/Hilario_Torloni_Es...
Portugal
E-mail: [email protected]
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Portuguese to Dutch, and 1 more.
escola proffisional de braga
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Carla Queiro (X)
: She said it is a course not a school.
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true, which is why I said perhaps and added a ? - was just a suggestion - only trying to help
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Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
Estudo de Problemas Brasileiros (Studies of Brazilian Problems)
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Wolf Kux
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Obrigado
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rhandler
: As the name of a course, it shouldn't be plural, in English, don't you think?.
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Obrigado
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Carlos Quandt
29 mins
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Obrigado
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R. Alex Jenkins
: No problems here :)
5 hrs
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Obrigado
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Luciana Roppa
1 day 16 hrs
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Obrigado
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United Kingdom
Fast, accurate, and confident jobs.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Spanish to English
United States
Fully bilingual; pharm/med, among others
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Study of Brazilian Issues
That's how I've always translated it.
| Sormane, I like that suggestion, I wish I had seen it earlier. Thank you anyway. |
Brazil
Science-driven Sworn Translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Civics
the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens
This definition describes EPB classes I attended in highschool, undergrad, and grad... :) Then they changed the name OSPB - Organização Social e Política Brasileira (or something like that).
Reference comments
Brazil
Marketing, technical, scientific, Ph.D.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
EPB
Disciplina: ESTUDO DE PROBLEMAS BRASILEIROS
Objetivos: Identificar e analisar os aspectos estruturais e conjunturais dos problemas contemporâneos da sociedade brasileira.
Ementa: ASPECTOS MORFOLÓGICOS DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA. ASPECTOS POLÍTICOS DO BRASIL. ASPECTOS ECONÔMICOS DO BRASIL.
Conteúdo programático
UNIDADE 1 - ASPECTOS MORFOLÓGICOS DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA 1.1 - As instituições e estruturas políticas. 1.2 - Representação popular: processos eleitorais. 1.3 - As estruturas dos Poderes: Executivo, Legislativo e Judiciário. 1.4 - A realidade política brasileira. UNIDADE 2 - ASPECTOS POLÍTICOS DO BRASIL 2.1 - Partidos políticos: caracterização, organização e funcionamento. 2.2 - O Poder Nacional e suas expressões. 2.3 - Características gerais da geopolítica nacional. 2.4 - Organismos políticos internacionais. 2.5 - Política educacional. 2.6 - Lineamentos para um modelo político democrático brasileiro. UNIDADE 3 - ASPECTOS ECONÔMICOS DO BRASIL 3.1 - Política do desenvolvimento. 3.2 - Política energética. 3.3 - Política de transportes e desenvolvimento.
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Note added at 36 mins (2008-11-19 20:05:01 GMT)
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http://portal.ufsm.br/ementario/disciplina.html;jsessionid=A...
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