Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
em alusão ao Dia
English translation:
to mark
Portuguese term
em alusão ao Dia
No quadro das suas actividades, e em alusão ao Dia Internacional da Criança Africana foi realizada no dia 22 de Junho, a actividade social na Escola Primária Nº104 -Pângala, no Zaire, Soyo.
| 4 +6 | to mark |
philgoddard
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| 4 +2 | to commemorate |
Douglas Bissell
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| 4 | in reference to |
Simone Taylor
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| 4 | evoking the International Day of the African Child |
Ana Vozone
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| 4 | regarding / in regards to |
Mario Freitas
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Proposed translations
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
to mark
Or you could say "celebrate".
United Kingdom
ITI/SUBTLE affiliate BRPTEN
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
, English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
in reference to
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philgoddard
: I think this sounds a bit formal and businesslike.
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So does the original, just keeping the same tone. It's a company report, it is meant to be business-like or it would have said something like para comemorar, celebrando, por causa do dia, etc.
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
evoking the International Day of the African Child
8 March – Evoking the International Day of Women;
The President of the Portuguese Republic joined the United Nations this Wednesday in evoking the International Day of People of African
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Lara Barnett
: But this is very unusual usage for this context, and there are textual errors in your example link. // That is the system, you might be able to change it through settings?
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Lara, I have had about 6 or 7 edited comments from you on my Proz folder.... OK, ok, I get your point.... :) // I do not want to change the “alert system”, I am simply surprised at the number of times you have edited your comment. That’s all…
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Portugal
Business Language Solutions Pt>Eng
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
to commemorate
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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