Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
fast forward
Portuguese translation:
para encurtar a história; indo direto ao ponto
English term
fast forward
Sep 11, 2018 22:08: Oliver Simões changed "Language pair" from "English to Portuguese" to "Portuguese to English"
Sep 11, 2018 22:12: Matheus Chaud changed "Language pair" from "Portuguese to English" to "English to Portuguese"
Sep 17, 2018 15:40: Matheus Chaud changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/912091">Cintia Galbo's</a> old entry - "fast forward"" to ""Para encurtar a história ""
Sep 17, 2018 15:43: Matheus Chaud changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial"
Proposed translations
Brazil
IT Specialist • M.A. in Linguistics
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
Para encurtar a história
Para encurtar a história, ela saiu da empresa...
| Obrigada, Matheus! |
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Obrigado, Teresa!
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Paulo Gasques
1 hr
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Obrigado, Paulo!
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Mario Freitas
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2 hrs
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Obrigado, Mário!
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Eunice Brandão
2 hrs
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Obrigado, Eunice!
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Margarida Ataide
3 hrs
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Obrigado, Margarida!
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Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
3 hrs
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Obrigado, Teresa!
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Douglas Bissell
15 hrs
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Obrigado, Douglas!
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Portugal
The right voice for your business
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
avançando para o momento
"Avançando para o momento em que ela saiu da empresa: o chefe..."
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Ana Vozone
: Acho que é esta a interpretação mais "fiel"... ;)
12 hrs
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Obrigada, Ana!
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Indo direto ao ponto,
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Clauwolf
11 mins
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Obrigado!
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Mario Freitas
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1 hr
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Obrigado!
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Eunice Brandão
2 hrs
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Obrigado!
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Margarida Ataide
3 hrs
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Obrigado!
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Oliver Simões
: Boa sugestão.
3 hrs
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Obrigado!
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Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
3 hrs
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Obrigado!
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Verginia Ophof
3 hrs
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Obrigado!
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José Patrício
: À letra 'Num avanço rápido' ; Sem mais aquelas ( without warning,)
10 hrs
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Obrigado!
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
13 hrs
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Obrigado!
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Brazil
Brazilian lawyer - 40+ years in Brazil
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British, UK, Irish, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand) , Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, Mozambican, Angolan, European/Portugal) 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
adiantando até o momento
2. To think ahead to a later time or stage in a sequence of events.
To fast-forward is to move forward through a recording at a speed faster than that at which it would usually be played.
| Muito obrigada, Martin! |
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
sem perder tempo
| Obrigada, Teresa! |
Australia
Our target is having zero errors in all
Native in: English , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Tendo um flash dela ja fora da compania,
O flash nao deixou os noivos verem as bolas pretas.
Discussion
Eventualmente: Ao saber que X ia abandonar a empresa, o seu chefe....
Penso que a resposta da Alcinda é a que mais se aproxima desta interpretação.
fast forward: (usually followed by to) to direct one's attention towards a particular time or event, ignoring intervening material: fast-forward to the summer of 2008. http://www.wordreference.com/definition/fast-forward
to make a long story short: used to indicate that you are providing just the basic facts rather than giving a lengthy explanation for something. https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/phrases/to-make-a-lon...
get (straight) to the point: talk about the most important problem, matter, etc. immediately rather than have a general conversation first: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get to the point