Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
send off looking, to
Portuguese translation:
mandar procurar
Added to glossary by
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
May 12, 2011 19:59
13 yrs ago
English term
Brazil
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Technical Translation Specialist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
send off looking, to
English to Portuguese
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Software
In other words, if you want to visit ftp.myhost.com, enter the URL ftp://ftp.myhost.com, not http://ftp.myhost.com, which incorrectly sends your computer off looking for web pages.
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 4 +4 | mandar procurar |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
|
| 4 | envia para a procura de páginas web |
Jose Mariano
|
| 4 | iniciar a busca/procura de (páginas web) |
Oliver Simões
|
Proposed translations
+4
7 mins
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
110
Selected
mandar procurar
Sugestão...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muito grata
Bjs
T."
6 mins
Jose Mariano
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Patents, Technical, Electronics
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
16
envia para a procura de páginas web
Os endereços das páginas web começam por http://. O endereço para transferência de ficheiros começa por ftp://.
Reference:
1 hr
Oliver Simões
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
iniciar a busca/procura de (páginas web)
send-of: (noun) a start given to someone or something
Reference:
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