política

12:03 Oct 12, 2019
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Survey responses
Portuguese term or phrase: política
I'm translating a ginormous set of employee comments in response to a company survey. Here I want to be sure what "política" is referring to, as it's key to understanding the statement. Does "politicagem" ('politics') refer to the company, or to the national context? Does "política interna" refer to 'internal policy', or 'in-house politics' (as opposed to national politics)?

Eu creio que em geral a XXX tem um grande potencial. Nossa empresa tem um nome forte no mercado e apesar de discordar com muita politicagem (não confundir com **política interna**), creio que nossa gerência pensa fortemente em transformar a XXX no fornecedor número 1 do Brasil.
Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 11:37


Summary of answers provided
4 +4politicagem = office politics
Gilmar Fernandes
4 +1politicking vs. politics
Mario Freitas
4political manouvering (politics with a small "p")
Nick Taylor
4politics (politicizing, politicking)
Katarina Peters


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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
política (in this context)
political manouvering (politics with a small "p")


Explanation:
political manouvering

Nick Taylor
Local time: 19:37
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
politicking vs. politics


Explanation:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/politicking
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/pt/dictionary/english/poli...

Mario Freitas
Brazil
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agree  Luiz Fernando Santos Perina
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Luiz Fernando!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
politics (politicizing, politicking)


Explanation:
= engage in or talk about politics.

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 14:37
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
politicagem = office politics


Explanation:
politicagem = office politics

política interna = internal policy

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Política_de_escritório [politicagem]

Política de escritório é o uso que um faz do seu poder para obter alavancagem sobre a autoridade de outro, e atingir as suas ambições no local de trabalho.

Nos escritórios, os recursos são limitados, o que leva os empregados a competir por eles. Por exemplo, com a abertura de uma vaga para promoção, apresentam-se seis candidatos. Se a selecção tiver por base puramente o mérito, e um dos candidato vê nisso um obstáculo, ele pode usar meios como a coerção ou influência para colocá-lo numa posição mais vantajosa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_politics

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Note added at 10 hrs (2019-10-12 22:35:38 GMT)
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Hi Muriel,

It's there in my suggestion:

politicagem = office politics

política interna = internal policy

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 14:37
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 290
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi Gilmar! What about the second "política"??


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abril Luhan: Agreed! Seems appropriate given the context.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Abril :)

agree  Douglas Bissell: as compared to company policy (politica interna)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Doug :)

agree  Mark Robertson
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Mark :)

agree  Lara Barnett
21 hrs
  -> Thanks Lara :)
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