tudo está caro, é melhor dar aumento pra galera.

English translation: Everything is sky high! Time to give the team/ourselves a raise.

21:47 Jan 8, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Portuguese term or phrase: tudo está caro, é melhor dar aumento pra galera.
ironia, um vereador falando de vereadores aumentarem seu próprio salário
Dulce Castro
Brazil
Local time: 06:32
English translation:Everything is sky high! Time to give the team/ourselves a raise.
Explanation:
Maintain the colloquial, conversational tone.
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Sheryle Oliver
Brazil
Local time: 06:32
Grading comment
Thank you all for your ideas! My final option was: Everything's expensive now.Better give the buddies a raise.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3things are getting expensive, we'd better give ourselves a raise . . .
David Drysdale (X)
4 +2everything's expensive ... so people better give themselves a raise
Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
3 +3everything's expensive ... why don't they give themselves a raise?
David Hollywood
4 +2Come on guys! Prices are rising! Let's give ourselves a raise!
Nick Taylor
4Everything is sky high! Time to give the team/ourselves a raise.
Sheryle Oliver


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
everything's expensive ... so people better give themselves a raise


Explanation:
I like it this way better.

Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
Brazil
Local time: 06:32
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Tavares: Correct answer, although I miss some informality, due to the term "galera".
20 mins

agree  Danielhenlou: Ao invés de people, how about folks?
36 mins
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
things are getting expensive, we'd better give ourselves a raise . . .


Explanation:
Suggestions:

things are getting expensive, we'd better give ourselves a raise . . .

David Drysdale (X)
United States
Local time: 03:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Although it is English perfect, it's too obvious. I couldn't use "ourselves". The trick here is to find a word that would involve the speaker, but keeping him also a bit apart from the decision?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Donna Sandin: "Galera" refers to one's own crowd or clique, but can also refer to a rowdy bunch of soccer fans or roving bands of youth...so I think they are talking about their own folks and this translation sounds right to me
2 hrs
  -> Certo . . I think "galera" includes whoever is speaking and that's why I went with "ourselves." Grato, David

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Or 'prices are going up' - something to do with prices instead of 'expensive'
2 hrs

agree  Georgia Morg (X)
10 hrs
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
everything's expensive ... why don't they give themselves a raise?


Explanation:
way I see it

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-01-09 01:43:14 GMT)
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incredible how people are so competitive

David Hollywood
Local time: 06:32
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Diana Coada (X)
50 mins

agree  Daniel Tavares: Correct answer, although I miss some informality, due to the term "galera".
1 hr

agree  Danielhenlou: Ao invés de they, what about folks?
1 hr

neutral  Georgia Morg (X): but if it is a vereador talking, shouldn't it be "we", not "they"?
14 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Come on guys! Prices are rising! Let's give ourselves a raise!


Explanation:
Come on guys! Prices are rising! Let's give ourselves a raise!

Nick Taylor
Local time: 09:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luiza Modesto
5 hrs
  -> thanks - I kept it informal :-)

agree  T o b i a s: Yep
1 day 4 hrs
  -> thanks Tobias
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1 day 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Everything is sky high! Time to give the team/ourselves a raise.


Explanation:
Maintain the colloquial, conversational tone.

Sheryle Oliver
Brazil
Local time: 06:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you all for your ideas! My final option was: Everything's expensive now.Better give the buddies a raise.
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