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rested wrested

Portuguese translation: ficava restringido

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English term or phrase:rested wrested
Portuguese translation:ficava restringido
Entered by: Katarina Peters

20:21 Sep 5, 2007
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: rested wrested
Pessoal,

O contexto é o seguinte:

‘ It is the rarest of occurences to find a youngster who has been infused by this education with a longing to know all about China or the Romans or the Jews. All to the contrary. There is an indifference to such things, for relativisim has estinguished the real motive of educationm the search of a good life…No longer is there a hope that there are great wise men in other places and times who can reveal the truth about life – except for the few remaining young people who look for a quick fix from a guru. Gone is the real historical sense of a Machiavelli who rested wrested a few hours from each busy day in which “to don regal and courtly garnments enter the courts of the ancients and speak with them”.
Allan Bloom, 1987, pp. 34-5.

Alguém se habilita?

Grata.

Elaine Pepe
São Paulo/Brasil
Elaine Pepe
Local time: 00:30
ficava restringido
Explanation:
...por algumas hora cada dia em roupas reais da corte...etc.etc.
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Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 23:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2ficava restringido
Katarina Peters
3ficou extenuado
Clauwolf
3permanecia forçosamente
Roberto Cavalcanti
3descansava e devotava
Guilherme Braga
3que falecido, consequiu com esforço
Michael and Raimunda Poe


Discussion entries: 1





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ficou extenuado


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-09-05 20:34:12 GMT)
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Eu também estou e ainda é quarta-feira, é mole?

Clauwolf
Local time: 00:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 280
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
permanecia forçosamente


Explanation:
wrest é tomar pela força

Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 44
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ficava restringido


Explanation:
...por algumas hora cada dia em roupas reais da corte...etc.etc.

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 23:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Humberto Ribas
37 mins
  -> Obrigada, Humberto!
agree  Brasiversum
6 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Brasiversum!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
descansava e devotava


Explanation:
...ou ainda "descansava e dedicava [algumas horas de seu dia etc.]".

Para mim a aliteração, aí, é mais importante que a precisão vocabular. Ninguém usa "rested wrested" por acidente.

Minha sugestão obviamente não é literal -- mas creio dar conta do recado nesse trecho específico.

Guilherme Braga
Brazil
Local time: 00:30
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
que falecido, consequiu com esforço


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-09-06 00:36:36 GMT)
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quem não que

Michael and Raimunda Poe
Brazil
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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