endowed chair

Portuguese translation: (uma) cátedra numa universidade

21:26 Jul 26, 2013

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English term or phrase: endowed chair

Consider, for a moment, the word “value.” When economists talk about value they are really talking about money–or, more precisely, about whatever it is that money is measuring; also, whatever it is that economic actors are assumed to be pursuing. When we are working for a living, or buying and selling things, we are rewarded with money. But whenever we are not working or buying or selling, when we are motivated by pretty much anything other than the desire to get money, we suddenly find ourselves in the domain of “values.” The most commonly invoked of these are, of course, “family values” (which is unsurprising, since by far the most common form of unpaid labor in most industrial societies is child- rearing and housework), but we also talk about religious values, political values, the values that attach themselves to art or patriotism–one could even, perhaps, count loyalty to one’s favorite basketball team. All are seen as commitments that are, or ought to be, uncorrupted by the market. At the same time, they are also seen as utterly unique; whereas money makes all things comparable, “values” such as beauty, devotion, or integrity cannot, by definition, be compared. There is no mathematical formula that could possibly allow one to calculate just how much personal integrity it is right to sacrifice in the pursuit of art or how to balance responsibilities to your family with responsibilities to your God. (Obviously, people do make these kinds of compromises all the time. But they cannot be calculated.) One might put it this way: if value is simply what one considers important, then money allows importance to take a liquid form, by enabling us to compare precise quantities of importance and trade one off for the other. If someone does accumulate a very large amount of money, the first thing he or she is likely to do is to try to convert it into something unique, whether it be Monet’s water lilies, a prizewinning racehorse, or an endowed chair at a university.

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Portuguese translation:(uma) cátedra numa universidade

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If someone does accumulate a very large amount of money, the first thing he or she is likely to do is to try to convert it into something unique, whether it be Monet’s water lilies, a prizewinning racehorse, or an endowed chair at a university.

A idéia do autor pode ser que, "Transformar montante de dinheiro para vitória-regia de Monet, um cavalo de corrida premiado, ou uma cátedra (valiosa) numa universidade, pode ser a maneira mais segura..."

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Na realidade, a cátedra universitária é conquistado pelo própria pessoa, porém aqui pode ser também uma cátedra universitária antiga que é muito valiosa.

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(uma) cátedra numa universidade

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(uma) cátedra de professor universitário

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(uma) cátedra de professor universitário

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Muitos exemplos de frases traduzidas com "endowed chair" – Dicionário inglês e ... cátedra de professor universitário para a agricultura biológico-dinâmica em ... many years of association with City University, much of it involving Professor [...].

Marlene Curtis
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(uma) cátedra numa universidade

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