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PORTUGUESE
LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
PORTUGUESE
LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
| Autor: | PPAULO |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 29/ABR/2020 12:33 PM |
| Assunto: | AS YOUNG AS |
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Yes, it means a range, you can redo the particle "kids as far as 15" into "...kids up till (and including) the age of 15.", which in Portuguese would be "até a idade de 15" (implicit that including 15 itself). Or "reaching" the age of 15 (in Portuguese with the nuance of "chegando aos 15/tão cedo quanto 15 anos" etc. In English "earlier than 15" is also a synonym to "up till" which in turn stands for "as far as", that is it´s implicit in Portuguese that "de menos de 15 anos/chegando até os 15 anos, mais cedo que 15 anos até, etc" could translate this. As far as - here, it´s more of a language device to convey surprise (emotion) or a degree of it. To add emphasis to the thing. As you see translating and knowing 'nuances', subtetlies and emotive degrees from one language to the other is a bit puzzling to the new learner (including me and myself, he hee hee). I hope it clarifies more than puzzle ya. |
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AS YOUNG AS – Ella 27/ABR/2020, 1:57 PM AS YOUNG AS – milton wada 27/ABR/2020, 8:30 PM 
AS YOUNG AS – PPAULO 29/ABR/2020, 12:33 PM AS YOUNG AS – PPAULO 29/ABR/2020, 12:36 PM