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so to speak

Portuguese translation: por assim dizer

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English term or phrase:so to speak
Portuguese translation:por assim dizer
Entered by: Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa

12:53 Jun 13, 2012
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: so to speak
This mode is executed via an unattended file which so to speak takes the role of the user entering the required information during the installation process
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so to speak = encontrei apenas traduções que não fazem muito sentido ou não são empregadas no Brasil. Por exemplo, "por assim dizer".
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 06:02
por assim dizer
Explanation:
é isso mesmo
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 11:02
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Gratíssima
Bjs
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10por assim dizer
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4 +2aparentemente, supostamente
Mary Palmer
3 +2por assim dizer.
Edna Almeida
5para simplificar
Eduardo Matos
5por assim dizer
Alasdair Fenton


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
por assim dizer


Explanation:
é isso mesmo

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 11:02
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1764
Grading comment
Gratíssima
Bjs
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jorge Rodrigues: Sim, é usado assim no Brasil.
21 mins
  -> Obrigado pelo agree e pelo comentário.
agree  André Fachada
34 mins
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Silvia Aquino
39 mins
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Leonor Machado
51 mins
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Leniel Maccaferri
1 hr
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Daniel Tavares
1 hr
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agree  Ivan Rocha, CT
1 hr
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agree  Marcelo Gonçalves
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Antonio Carlos Plais do Couto (X)
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Clauwolf
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
por assim dizer.


Explanation:
It must not work on these reforms primarily to appease the critics in the EU, to do us a favour, so to speak.
europarl.europa.eu

[...] reformas com o único objectivo de calar as críticas na EU, para nos fazer um favor, por assim dizer.
europarl.europa.eu
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[...] which becomes manifest by the endemic and permanent lack of money, so to speak.
delfinadearaujo.com

a) O dilema financeiro - que se traduz em falta, por assim dizer, endêmica e permanente, de dinheiro.
delfinadearaujo.com
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Edna Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 92

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonor Machado
51 mins
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Daniel Tavares
1 hr
  -> Obrigada.
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
aparentemente, supostamente


Explanation:
Diria assim :)

Fonte: Babylon

Mary Palmer
United States
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adnez
20 mins
agree  Marlene Curtis: É mais usado no Brasil, mais informal.
29 mins
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
para simplificar


Explanation:
É menos literal que "por assim dizer", mas acho que é mais coerente com a ideia do autor. Deve vir entre vírgulas.


Eduardo Matos
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
por assim dizer


Explanation:
this is a literal translation of the term. However, perhaps aparentemente would be more apt in this situation.

Alasdair Fenton
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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