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à medida que

English translation: while / at the same time as

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Portuguese term or phrase:à medida que
English translation:while / at the same time as
Entered by: Carolina B (X)

05:18 May 24, 2002
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / TV
Portuguese term or phrase: à medida que
A TV choca à medida que seduz e seduz à medida que choca

Gostaria de sugestões para a parte destacada pois estou me perguntando se a melhor forma de dizer é realmente usando o "as"... queria algo que indicasse a simultaneidade das duas coisas (seduzir e chocar) mas que ao mesmo tempo desse a idéia de algo gradual.

Alguma sugestão?
Ah! Podem ser bem criativos, ok? :-)
Carolina B (X)
Local time: 11:58
while / at the same time as
Explanation:
Tv shocks us while it seduces us and seduces while it shocks.

or (mais criativo)

While seducing us, TV shocks us, and as it shocks us, so does it seduce.
Selected response from:

Theodore Fink
Local time: 10:58
Grading comment
Thanks, Ted! Adorei a 2º opção!
:-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2while / at the same time as
Theodore Fink
4as far as
Rodolfo Beneyto
4even while / to the extent that
Susan Santak (X)


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
while / at the same time as


Explanation:
Tv shocks us while it seduces us and seduces while it shocks.

or (mais criativo)

While seducing us, TV shocks us, and as it shocks us, so does it seduce.

Theodore Fink
Local time: 10:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Ted! Adorei a 2º opção!
:-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SLavor: very good!
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, SL.
agree  Laerte da Silva
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Laerte
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
as far as


Explanation:
TV shocks as far as it seduces and seduces as far as it shocks

Rodolfo Beneyto
Portugal
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
even while / to the extent that


Explanation:
A slightly different reading, but I think it expresses the idea pretty well:

TV shocks us even while it seduces us, and seduces us to the extent that it shocks.

Susan Santak (X)
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