Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
... batidas à porta: é um ex-professor banido da USP...
English translation:
...knocks on the door: it was an ex-professor, banned from USP (University of São Paulo)
Portuguese term
... batidas à porta: é um ex-professor banido da USP...
May 16, 2013 19:31: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
May 17, 2013 13:06: Marlene Curtis changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/897688">edecastroalves's</a> old entry - "... batidas à porta: é um ex-professor banido da USP..."" to ""...knocks on the door: it was an ex-professor, banned from USP (University of São Paulo)""
Proposed translations
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
...knocks on the door: it was an ex-professor, banned from USP (University of São Paulo)
HIH
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Note added at 25 minutos (2013-05-16 19:56:59 GMT)
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A professor teaches at universities.
A teacher teaches at schools.
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Brazil
The good work begins with your contact
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Italian to Portuguese, and 1 more.
knocks on the door: It´s a former teacher banned from USP
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papier
: yes and you used the right tense.
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
: Exatamente: former e tempo correto do verbo
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Marlene Curtis
: Professors teach at universities...
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Portugal
Accurate technical translations
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
Suddenly, someone knocks on the door: a former teacher, banned from USP (...)
Also, "USP" was not translated. My first guess was Universidade de São Paulo.
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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2013-05-18 18:40:32 GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry, everyone. "Former teacher" is not the correct translation. "Ex-professor" is much more accurate, as you can see from Marlene Curtis' answer.
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