Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
follower
Portuguese translation:
complemento, guia
English term
Brazil
Engineering Technical Translator
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: European/Portugal, Brazilian, Angolan) 
, English (Variants: British, UK, Canadian, US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 17 more.
follower
A frase é:
Install the follower over the stem until it rests on the top packing.
ao pé da letra seria seguidor, mas não tenho certeza se o correto seria acionador, disparador ou outro nome...aceito sugestões...
obrigado
| 3 +3 | complemento |
Francisco Fernandes
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| 4 +1 | seguidor |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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| 4 | botão/lingueta deslizante/pino de arraste |
Ulisses Pasmadjian
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Proposed translations
Brazil
Uniting the World through our words
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: French to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
complemento
| agree |
Paulinho Fonseca
7 mins
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Obrigado, Paulinho.
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| agree |
Claudio Mazotti
2 hrs
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Obrigado, Claudio.
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| agree |
Marlene Curtis
15 hrs
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Obrigado, Marlene
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Argentina
Idioma português nativo culto. Pontual.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) , Spanish
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
botão/lingueta deslizante/pino de arraste
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
seguidor
Veja o funcionamento aqui:
http://www.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=http://educypedia.kar...
Veja o dicionário aqui:
CAM-FOLLOWER - Tradução Inglês do Português - Babylon
tradutor.babylon.com › Tradução Inglês
Sinônimo de CAM-FOLLOWER no Dicionário de Sinônimos e Antônimos · Dicionário Inglês-Português (Oliveira). [mecânica] s. seguidor do came, m.; rolete do ...
Espero que ajude.
Discussion
I totally agree with your translated proposal and I will use it.
If you enter your suggestion I will place it in the ProZ glossary and credit your 4 ProZ points.
MAny thanks for the help
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