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171 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Portuguese > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

a não ser de a

Context:

Admito que parece imprudente pensar que uma idosa poderia não enxergar perigo algum em...

Keywords:

...vivir sozinha e isolada no meio de uma floresta, longe pelo menos dois quilômetros de qualquer alma viva, a não ser a de pássaros ou outros animais menos ameaçdores que um imenso lobo faminto....A grandmotehr has been devoured by a wolf.

 

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171 months ago

  See profile wrote:

other than

My comment:

literally, to live 2 kilometers from any living soul, "other than that (the living soul)of " birds and less threatening animals...

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171 months ago

  See profile wrote:

save from some less threatening birds and other animal's

My comment:

The apostrophe indicates another being (a soul).

My references:

My reference is just the commom knowledge of the use of apostrphe.

171 months ago

Sandra Flor (Freelance Translator)  See profile wrote:

except the soul of birds

My comment:

The second "a" is replacing the "soul":
(a não ser "a" de pássaros)
"... of some living soul, except the one of birds"

171 months ago

Sandra Flor (Freelance Translator)  See profile wrote:

except some birds.....