Fica ai meu alerta

English translation: Well, I did my part warning you

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Portuguese term or phrase:	Fica ai meu alerta
English translation:	Well, I did my part warning you
Entered by:	Kerryann Broughton

19:40 Mar 22, 2017

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / customer satisfaction survey from a gas supplier

Portuguese term or phrase: Fica ai meu alerta

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone could help me with this phrase.

It comes from a customer satisfaction survey for a gas supplier from Brazil and is to be translated into UK English.

The question asked was:
"Finally, do you have any additional comments to make regarding your experience with {company}?"

The full answer given was:

"Sim na minha empresa tem dois p 190 sempre peço que abasteça com 50% capacidade para não ficar boleto tão alto para pagar un 10 dias atras deixou meu estabelecimento 2 horas sem gaz bem na hora do preparo cozimento tive atrazo para atender horario previsto liguei perguntei si eu ia deixar minhas porta fechado e informar aos cliente por falta gaz não poderia atender 300 refeições. Fica ai meu alerta obrigado."

My translation so far is as follows but I am not at all confident with it:

"Yes, at my business, there are two P190 tanks. I always ask the company to fill them with 50% capacity so I’m not left with such a high bank slip to pay. Some 10 days ago, my premises was left without gas for two hours, right during cooking preparation time, I had a delay in serving them at the planned time. I rang up and asked if I was going to leave my doors closed and inform the customers that, due to a lack of gas, I wouldn’t be able to serve 300 meals. Fica ai meu alerta. Thank you."

Is it something like, "that is my warning" or "that is my wake up call"?

Many thanks for any help you can give.

Kind regards,

Kerryann

Kerryann Broughton KudoZ activity Questions: 85 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 10 United Kingdom
Local time: 09:34

Well, I did my part warning you

Explanation:
I think both of your suggestions work very well - "that is my warning" and "that is my wake up call".

It's a slightly less threatening way to say that he warned about the fact: o "Fica aí" and the absence of the subject "Eu" make it less imposing, IMO.

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Note added at 12 mins (2017-03-22 19:53:01 GMT)
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(as if he wanted to "soften" the statement)

Selected response from:

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 05:34

Grading comment

Thank you for your help :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

Well, I did my part warning you

Matheus Chaud

I think it's worth mentioning OR Just saying

Jennifer Byers

Just for the record...

Nick Taylor

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11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Fica aí meu alerta

Well, I did my part warning you

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 05:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 36

Grading comment

Thank you for your help :)

40 mins confidence:

I think it's worth mentioning OR Just saying

Explanation:
I think it is VERY much a case of "Just saying..." as people use it today. But if you want to keep it more formal and convey some sort of warning on the customer's part, I would go with the first option.

Jennifer Byers
Local time: 05:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

1 hr confidence:

Just for the record...

Explanation:
Just for the record

Nick Taylor
Local time: 09:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

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