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saiu tolhiço

English translation: if it didn't come out (irreparably) flawed...

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Portuguese term or phrase:se é que não saiu tolhiço
English translation:if it didn't come out (irreparably) flawed...
Entered by: Katarina Peters

19:47 Nov 5, 2018
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / In The Preface To A Novel
Portuguese term or phrase: saiu tolhiço
Context:

Escrevi o romance em quinze dias, os mais atormentados de minha vida. Tão horrorizada tenho deles memória, que nunca mais abrirei o Amor de Perdição, nem lhe passarei a lima sobre os defeitos nas edições futuras, se é que nã saiu tolhiço incorrigivel da primeira.

Muita Obrigada,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 23:47
if it didn't come out (irreparably) flawed...
Explanation:
... the first time.
(my version)
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Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 23:47
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2if it didn't come out so terrible
Gilmar Fernandes
4 +2if it didn't come out (irreparably) flawed...
Katarina Peters


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
if it didn't come out so terrible


Explanation:
tolhiço = defective, bad, terrible

https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/tolhi...

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 23:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
27 mins
  -> Thanks Patricia :)
agree  Margarida Ataide
42 mins
  -> Obrigado, Margarida :)
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
if it didn't come out (irreparably) flawed...


Explanation:
... the first time.
(my version)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 23:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 76

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oliver Simões: I withdrew my answer in favor of yours.
35 mins
  -> Thank you Oliveira, but you didn't have to withdraw yours... every answer/opinion counts. The choice is up to the asker :)
agree  Alcinda Marinho
18 hrs
  -> Thank you, Alcinda.
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