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praise can even make a whale dance

Portuguese translation: ninguém resiste a um elogio

16:31 Mar 27, 2023
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English term or phrase: praise can even make a whale dance
Olá!
Por favor, alguém teria uma sugestão melhor que "um elogio faz milagres"?
O contexto se refere a um treinamento de como vendedores devem abordar os clientes num primeiro contato.
Muito obrigada.
Luciana Yury Mino
Brazil
Local time: 19:05
Portuguese translation:ninguém resiste a um elogio
Explanation:
sugestão
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Marisa Averbuch
Brazil
Local time: 19:05
Grading comment
Obrigada a todos!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9ninguém resiste a um elogio
Marisa Averbuch
5Ninguém resiste a um elogio
Jefferson Pereira
4Quem quer rir, tem que fazer rir.
Antonio Santos
4um elogio pode motivar até o mais difícil comprador
ferreirac
3 +1um elogio pode mesmo fazer uma grande diferença
expressisverbis
4Um elogio conquista até o mais difícil dos clientes
Flávia Tróglio
3um elogio pode ir (bem/muito) mais longe do que imaginamos/pode mudar tudo
Ana Vozone
Summary of reference entries provided
origem coreana
O G V

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
um elogio pode ir (bem/muito) mais longe do que imaginamos/pode mudar tudo


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Ana Vozone
Local time: 23:05
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Quem quer rir, tem que fazer rir.


Explanation:
Sugestão

Antonio Santos
Brazil
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
ninguém resiste a um elogio


Explanation:
sugestão

Marisa Averbuch
Brazil
Local time: 19:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Obrigada a todos!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Fernandes
5 mins
  -> Obrigada, Daniel!
agree  Jefferson Pereira
8 mins
  -> Obrigada, Jefferson!
agree  Mario Freitas:
41 mins
  -> Obrigada, Mario!
agree  Felipe Tomasi
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Felipe!
agree  Murilo Bento
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Murilo!
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Paulinho!
agree  José Patrício: No one is immune to flattery. - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/21/untranslatable...
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada, José!
agree  Murillo Mathias
17 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Murilo!
agree  Renata Tinelli
19 days
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
um elogio pode motivar até o mais difícil comprador


Explanation:
Sugestão.

ferreirac
Brazil
Local time: 19:05
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Ninguém resiste a um elogio


Explanation:
Segundo um quiz do The Guardian, esse é um ditado coreano (que disseram de difícil tradução ser), e o significado é o que estou postando. A depender do caso, recomendo até que traduza literalmente este ditado, e que cite a referência ao país de origem.


    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/21/untranslatable-world-idioms-quiz-man-booker-international#:~:text=The%20South%20Korean%20sayin
Jefferson Pereira
Brazil
Local time: 19:05
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
um elogio pode mesmo fazer uma grande diferença


Explanation:
Mais uma sugestão com base nas referências:

https://www.taletree.app/insights-blog/what-makes-a-whale-da...

A importância do elogio no mundo corporativo

Um elogio bem colocado tem o poder de gerar aquele esforço a mais do funcionário e fazer a diferença na entrega dos resultados.

https://pt.linkedin.com/pulse/o-poder-do-elogio-helio-machad...

expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 23:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  O G V: grande como uma baleia, risos... boa!!!
10 hrs
  -> Obrigada, OGV!
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Um elogio conquista até o mais difícil dos clientes


Explanation:
Um elogio pode conquistar até o mais difícil dos clientes.
Um elogio ajuda a conquistar até o mais difícil dos clientes.

Flávia Tróglio
Brazil
Local time: 19:05
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Reference comments


24 mins
Reference: origem coreana

Reference information:
Olá Luciana,
achei sua proposta excelente
"um elogio faz milagres"


The Power of Praise in the teachings of Mother

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which means that praise can even make a whale dance. Praise is the secret to building trust between people and boosting their drive to work.

Buy my 2013 resolutions - The Korea Times

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25 dic 2012 — Our old saying goes, "Praise can even make a whale dance." This signifies the power of praising. The whole process starts with you becoming ...

The South Korean saying "칭찬받은 고래도 춤춘다" translates as “even a whale will dance if you compliment it”. What does it mean? No one is immune to flattery. It's hard to resist a good dance session.21 may 2018

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What Makes a Whale Dance? — Tale Tree Inc. - taletree.app

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15 ene 2023 — If they do, in fact, dance, it could very well be due to compliments. The reason I think this is so, is due to the social function of the ...

Emily Rand on Twitter: ""They say compliments can even ...

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18 jul 2015 — "They say compliments can even make the whales dance." is this a Korean saying, or is Ssumday just using random analogies? 3:27 PM · Jul 18, ...

Learn Korean Phrases Archives - Page 3 of 3 - Beeline Korean

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'You are Pretty' in Korean: How to Say You are Pretty in Korean. There is a famous Korean quote saying that "Praise shall make even a whale dance".

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