Waystage - Tradução em português

Anita,

From your suspicion that it refers to "a rank of levels," the meaning probably approximates that of other words attached to "stage", such as life stage (ponto da vida), health stage (estágio de saúde), etc. Neste sentido, talvez "estágio/nível/ponto do caminho ou percurso". Another similar possibility is "base," such as when we speak of an army "staging", meaning congregating itself or logistics supplies at some specific location. It's not a term commonly used.

From Google:

Waystage and Vantage levels The three Council of Europe descriptions at ascending levels (Waystage, Threshold, Vantage) now form the basis for course design and levels of competence ...
www.ecml.at/help/detail.asp?i=125 - Cached - Similar

In other words, "waystage" is an invented word used to describe a level of language competence. In other words, the stage at which a learner gets "under way".)

"Wastage" is something else altogether, and is not related to the original question.

Could you mean "wastage"?

Wastage can refer to unwise spending (squandering) of money and resources, decay, erosion, loss, etc.

Note that the original post spelled it "waystage" not "wastage". A mistake? Could be. The bottom line is that
without context, who can be in a strong position to say what is correct and what is wrong? We are spinning our wheels.

Anita,
Clicando duas vezes sobre a palavra waystage, que é o resultado do dicionário de inglês do google, aparece o seguinte:
Waystage of something is the act of wasting it or the amount of it that is wasted.

Mais informações no dicionário: http://www.google.com/dictionary?source ... &q=wastage