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English translation: Setting Up and Managing Small Businesses

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Portuguese term or phrase:Criação e Gestão de Micro-Empresas
English translation:Setting Up and Managing Small Businesses
Entered by: Paola Godinh (X)

11:59 May 14, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Management
Portuguese term or phrase: Criação e Gestão de Micro-Empresas
Criação e Gestão de Micro-Empresas - nome de uma curso de formação profissional.

TIA.
Paola Godinh (X)
Setting Up and Management of Small Businesses
Explanation:
My suggestion.
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Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 06:44
Grading comment
Thanks to all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4Setting Up and Management of Small Businesses
Paul Dixon
5Formation and management of micro-businesses
Neil Stewart
4Launching and Managing Micro-Businesses
Cristina Pereira
4Creation and Management of Micro-Businesses
Lia Fail (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Setting Up and Management of Small Businesses


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 06:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks to all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Enza Longo
0 min
agree  airmailrpl: Setting Up and Managing Small Businesses
57 mins
neutral  Lia Fail (X): Two -ing forms would sound marginally better, i.e. setting + managing
2 hrs
agree  rhandler
7 hrs
agree  Kemper Combs
22 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Launching and Managing Micro-Businesses


Explanation:
micro-businesses are smaller than SME's

Updated Compliance Program 2004-05 - This information was updated ... - [ Traduzir esta página ]A number of micro-businesses are family businesses with few or no employees ... We place particular importance on ensuring that micro-businesses are advised ...
www.ato.gov.au/taxprofessionals/content.asp?doc=/ content/47980.htm&page=20&H20 - 53k - Em cache - Páginas semelhantes


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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-05-14 14:16:12 GMT)
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Canadian Business Service Centres in Western Canada: Evaluation ... - [ Traduzir esta página ]Table 5: SME Share of Total Employment in Western Provinces (1991 and 1998) ... Approximately 50% of the micro businesses (fewer than five employees) were ...
www.wd.gc.ca/rpts/audit/cbsc/3_e.asp - 27k - 13 Mai 2006 - Em cache - Páginas semelhantes


Cristina Pereira
Local time: 10:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Creation and Management of Micro-Businesses


Explanation:
Nouns (creation, management) are more suitable in titles, as opposed to gerunds (creating, managing)

Lia Fail (X)
Spain
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Formation and management of micro-businesses


Explanation:
I agree with the comment above - micro-businesses are smaller than SME's - I prefer "formation" to "setting-up"

Neil Stewart
Local time: 10:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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