"A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can."

- Michel de Montaigne

WELLIES: These Boots Were Made For Walking

Wellies: Chiefly British, pl.,-lies. A Wellington boot. Often used in the plural. [galochas]

Nancy Sinatra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLenuBXt2RE

You keep saying you've got something for me.

something you call love, but confess.

You've been messin' where you shouldn't have been a messin'

and now someone else is gettin' all your best.
      These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
      one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'
and you keep losin' when you oughta not bet.
You keep samin' when you oughta be changin'.
Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet.
      These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
      one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
You keep playin' where you shouldn't be playin
and you keep thinkin' that you´ll never get burnt.
Ha!I just found me a brand new box of matches yeah
and what he know you ain't HAD time to learn.
      These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
      one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
Are you ready boots? Start walkin'!

TERÇA-FEIRA GORDA / QUARTA-FEIRA DE CINZAS

Shrove Tuesday (or Fat Tuesday) = Terça Feira Gorda = Mardi Gras

The terms "Mardi Gras", "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season", in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday (Quarta-feira de Cinzas). Mardi gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods (hence,.the Pancake Day, which uses the last supplies in the kitchen) before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday (also referred to as Shrove Tuesday), from the word shrive, meaning "confess." Related popular practices are associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. Popular practices include wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, sports competitions, parades, etc.

PANCAKE DAY

"Get your frying pans at the ready folks, February 21 is Shrove Tuesday and this year's pancake action need not be confined to the kitchen. Pancake races across the city will see everyone from builders to hipsters to MPs and even Time Out journalists tossing their way towards the finish line. Dress up and join in or chomp a bit of batter from the sidelines. And don't worry if your pancakes turn out to be a flop, you can always check out the best places in London to get a pancake. Easy peasy lemon squeezy."
http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2151/how-to-celebrate-pancake-day-2012-in-london

STYLE GUIDE

The first requirement of The Economist is that it should be readily understandable. Clarity of writing usually follows clarity of thought. So think what you want to say, then say it as simply as possible. Keep in mind George Orwell's six elementary rules ("Politics and the English Language", 1946):
1.     Never use a Metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2.     Never use a long word where a short one will do (see Short words).
3.     If it is possible to cut out a word, always cut it out (see Unnecessary words).
4.     Never use the Passive where you can use the active.
5.     Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a Jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6.     Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous (see Iconoclasm).
Read the full Style Guide introduction: The Economist: http://www.economist.com/styleguide/introduction

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device: The End of the Work PC
The number of employees bringing their own devices to work is on the rise. By the end of 2013, approximately 33% of business intelligence will be consumed from a mobile device, which is just remarkable given a couple of years ago the number was zero. One thing seems sure: companies have to make decisions about how they are going to handle employee demands to use their own devices, or risk devices being used on the network without their knowledge.

SOLO LIFE: THE SINGLETONS

Singletons: Esse termo veio para ficar!
"The proliferation of solitary dwellers is the subject of Eric Klinenberg's new book, "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone".
"Kate Bollick's essay "All the Single Ladies" in the Atlantic. It is a first-person account of becoming a singleton. "
"Singleton life seems to be something that every person experiences as a private matter, but in fact it's a major and widely shared part of our social condition. We need to step back and think about how we got here and what it means for us now."
" I lived alone in graduate school and really enjoyed the experience. I enjoyed the freedom to do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it, whether that meant going out late at night or leaving the country on a whim. I enjoyed the solitude. It allowed me to be productive in my work and in my own personal life. I look back on it as a key experience. For me, it was a pivotal point. It was how I grew up. Now that we delay marriage as long as we do, living alone is a vital part of becoming an adult."
"http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2012/02/qa-eric-klinenberg?fsrc=nlw%7Cnewe%7C2-17-2012%7Cnew_on_the_economist

REVIEW >< REVISE

http://www.tradutorprofissional.com/

TIRADAS

[Frases espirituosas ou irônicas]
Hoje é dia de rock, bebê!
Down again? Bad, bad server... no donut for you!
Houston, we have a problem...
The latest: Deita na BR... (mázinha, essa...)

Success: identify your objective, plan the future, make it happen!

"Sucesso é uma questão de identificar seu objetivo, planejar seu futuro, depois fazê-lo acontecer".
(ex-presidente francês Charles de Gaulle)
http://www.migalhas.com/mostra_noticia_amanhecidas.aspx?cod=150361

PRÓCER / LIDERANÇA

Prócer (subst): Homem importante de uma nação, classe, partido etc.: "Muito bem sabiam os próceres de Cartago que não viriam encontrar no Ocidente apenas terra batida...”

De Porandubas (Migalhas):

Historinha contada por Carlos Santos, em seu livro Só Rindo 2.
"Auxiliar direto do governador DM, GR apresenta-lhe outro político interiorano:
      - Este é um prócer político do Trairi - define.
Noutra oportunidade, utiliza vocábulo diferente :
      - Governador, este é uma liderança política da região Oeste.
Intrigado com as constantes distinções, mas sem captar a sutileza da separação, o arguto DM interpela GR:
-      "Por que uns são próceres e outros lideranças ?".
Professoral, GR justifica :
      - Governador, prócer só tem pose, liderança é quem tem voto."

PEPPERLAND

Sabe aquela música instrumental linda que toca em um comercial na madrugada? É “Pepperland”, do filme “Yellow Submarine” (Beatles).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFMxX51uKEE&feature=related

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

February 14th, or Valentine's Day, is when lovers and friends pamper each other with  flowers, candy, cards, and jewelry.
Tom Jones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=061cgLtuYeQ

The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Os cinco maiores arrependimentos daqueles que estão para morrer

Uma enfermeira que aconselhou muitas pessoas em seus últimos dias de vida escreveu um livro com os cinco arrependimentos mais comuns das pessoas antes de morrer.
        Bronnie Ware é um enfermeira que passou muitos anos trabalhando com cuidados paliativos, cuidando de pacientes em seus últimos três meses de vida. Em "The Top Five Regrets of the Dying" (Os Cinco Maiores Arrependimentos Daqueles que Estão Para Morrer", ela conta que os pacientes ganharam uma clareza de pensamento incrível no fim de suas vidas e que podemos aprender muito desta sabedoria. "Quando questionados sobre desejos e arrependimentos, alguns temas comuns surgiam repetidamente", disse Bronnie ao jornal britânico "The Guardian". Confira a lista e os comentários da enfermeira:
      1. Eu gostaria de ter tido a coragem de viver a vida que eu quisesse, não a vida que os outros esperavam que eu vivesse - "Esse foi o arrependimento mais comum. Quando as pessoas percebem que a vida delas está quase no fim e olham para trás, é fácil ver quantos sonhos não foram realizados. A maioria das pessoas não realizou nem metade dos seus sonhos e têm de morrer sabendo que isso aconteceu por causa de decisões que tomaram, ou não tomaram. A saúde traz uma liberdade que poucos conseguem perceber, até que eles não a têm mais."
      2. Eu gostaria de não ter trabalhado tanto - "Eu ouvi isso de todo paciente masculino que eu trabalhei. Eles sentiam falta de ter vivido mais a juventude dos filhos e a companhia de seus parceiros. As mulheres também falaram desse arrependimento, mas como a maioria era de uma geração mais antiga, muitas não tiveram uma carreira. Todos os homens com quem eu conversei se arrependeram de passar tanto tempo de suas vidas no ambiente de trabalho."
     3. Eu queria ter tido a coragem de expressar meus sentimentos - "Muitas pessoas suprimiram seus sentimentos para ficar em paz com os outros. Como resultado, eles se acomodaram em uma existência medíocre e nunca se tornaram quem eles realmente eram capazes de ser. Muitos desenvolveram doenças relacionadas à amargura e ressentimento que eles carregavam."
     4. Eu gostaria de ter ficado em contato com os meus amigos - "Frequentemente eles não percebiam as vantagens de ter velhos amigos até eles chegarem em suas últimas semanas de vida e não era sempre possível rastrear essas pessoas. Muitos ficaram tão envolvidos em suas próprias vidas que eles deixaram amizades de ouro se perderem ao longo dos anos. Tiveram muito arrependimentos profundos sobre não ter dedicado tempo e esforço às amizades. Todo mundo sente falta dos amigos quando está morrendo."
     5. Eu gostaria de ter me permitido ser mais feliz - "Esse é um arrependimento surpreendentemente comum. Muitos só percebem isso no fim da vida que a felicidade é uma escolha. As pessoas ficam presas em antigos hábitos e padrões. O famoso 'conforto' com as coisas que são familiares O medo da mudança fez com que ele fingissem para os outros e para si mesmos que eles estavam contentes quando, no fundo, eles ansiavam por rir de verdade e aproveitar as coisas bobas em suas vidas de novo."
Fonte: folha.com/no1046241

The New Online Craze/Fad/Meme/Trend

‘Bradying’ Replaces ‘Tebowing’ as New Stupid Sheep-like Thing to Do /
The Poor Man’s Tebowing (Tebowing dos Pobres/Desvalidos/Derrotados)
       No comments...

Happily ever after...

E foram felizes para sempre...
      Love You! Now, the Difficult Stuff  - ‘Happily ever after’ is a Hollywood concept, marriage experts remind engaged couples. Asking some hard questions before the wedding can avoid some problems after it. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/fashion/weddings/love-you-now-the-difficult-stuff.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y]
      Questions to Ask Before You Marry  - When asking difficult questions before marrying, couples should adopt a tone conducive to an open dialogue, experts advise. And do not ask them all at once. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/fashion/weddings/questions-to-ask-before-you-marry.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1329091372-Ljs4skclfVDptMlBjMAeAg]

CONVICTION

The judgment of a jury or judge that a person is guilty of a crime as charged. The state of being found or proved guilty: evidence that led to the suspect's conviction.  Condenação
The act or process of convincing. The state of being convinced. Synonym: certainty. A fixed or strong belief. Synonym: opinion // Certeza, opinião, convencimento

"Whatever Happened to First Class?

AS a longtime veteran of the coach cabin and all the horrors therein — the battles for overhead space, the wheelie-bag traffic jams, the knee-numbing legroom — one can only imagine my thrill when I boarded a recent American Airlines flight from San Jose, Calif., to Dallas. There I was, after all, in the first row. My seat was wide, the armrest was enormous, and the guys behind me were talking, businessman-style, about real estate and golf, bankruptcies and bogies. This was the high life, I figured, a conviction [certeza] that only intensified when the flight attendant approached with a silver tray and addressed me — unprompted — as “Mr. McKinley.” Then ...
           ... But while avoiding the epic security lines — reserved for those suspicious economy-class types — is certainly a perk, the first-class treatment apparently doesn’t always get you past the velvet rope. Holding a first-class ticket does not guarantee access to terminal clubs, something I discovered at Newark Liberty International Airport, where my $759.70 ticket — one way — wasn’t enough to get me into the United lounge, despite the fact that I was wearing my best (and only) suit." 
[Read the full article: [http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/travel/whatever-happened-to-first-class.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Ftravel%2Findex.jsonp]

THAT'S IT!

-        Por que vocês, europeus, gostam tanto de vir para o Brasil, apesar de saber que aqui o turista sofrerá com as condições do país?
-        Exatamente por isso mesmo – depois de ver a infraestrutura tão precária do Brasil, voltamos felizes porque a Europa não está tão mal assim...

SPECIAL LAW

           A special law, sometimes called a “private law” or a “local law,” refers to a law that applies only to a specific group of people or an organization. In this way it is different from general law, which applies to everyone under the jurisdiction of the elected body that made the law. For example, the crime of murder is a general law. A special law can be drafted to address concerns or needs of a particular locality within a larger region or a specific institution or government entity.
           The uses of special law are many and varied. Special laws often involve important issues dealing with social institutions. They can be enacted to fund or replenish pensions for government employees such as police, firefighters, and educators. They are often used to authorize emergency money for hospitals or highway departments that was not in their original budgets.
           They are also important in the areas of industry regulation and environmental issues. They made add additional burdens to a specific industry or give incentives for doing things that will have a positive impact on the environment or general public health. With ever-increasing populations and expansion, municipal annexations are also a subject of special law.
           Many jurisdictions do not allow the use of special law where an existing general law could apply. Some states severely restrict the use of special law in their constitutions. In general, these provisions were originally drafted to make sure that the legislature did not pass too many laws or devote too much time to local issues instead of those affecting a large region or the entire state. Some legislatures attempt to balance these concerns by allowing the use of special laws only in areas of medium to large populations.
           With the many laws now in existence, it can sometimes be difficult to decide whether a special law is really necessary in a particular case, which is when it can be helpful to look at the historical reasons for limiting special laws. One of the fears about special laws was that powerful people, including those who made the law, could use it for selfish ends. Another was that they could be used to oppress classes of people who were held in disfavor. If a special law serves a real need, it is meant to hold off some social harm or address a specific social ill; there is no concern about selfish interests. If the law’s intent is to promote the public good in some way that a general law cannot, then it is usually considered necessary.
Source:  http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-special-law.htm

WORK HARD AT WORK WORTH DOING

American President Theodore Roosevelt once said:
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

FARTHER v. FURTHER

Farther refers to actual distance; further refers to figurative distance and means "to a greater degree" or "to a greater extent."
·  The drive from the airport was farther (in actual distance) than we expected.
·  Let's plan to discuss the tournament proposal further (to a greater extent).
·  You can hike farther than I because you are in better shape.
·  We shall go no further with this argument.

AFTER HOURS

After hours: depois do horário normal de expediente.

After hours (ou after market) é o período de negociação que funciona fora do horário regular do pregão. A Bovespa, p.ex., atualmente, tem o seu after market entre 18h45/19h30, enquanto o pregão normal se encerra às 18 horas.

At a loss [No prejuízo?] - On February 8th the company announced its first ever set of public quarterly results, covering the last three months of 2011. Instead of making a profit, as had been widely expected, it revealed a $XX loss. The news sent its shares tumbling in after-hours trading and was a timely reminder of the risks associated with its business model, which is heavily dependent on aggressive spending on marketing and sales.

Nota: O título do filme “After Hours”, que poderia até ser traduzido como “Pela Noite Afora” / “Madrugada”, etc. foi traduzido como “Depois de Horas”. É o que dá escolher tradutor pelo menor preço...

OVERHAUL / REMODEL / REFORM

Brazil seeks investors to overhaul airports
Right now many of its airports are barely up to the task of handling rapidly growing domestic air traffic, but Brazil has begun a process of inviting in private investors and granting concessions to renovate and manage airports across the country. Infraero, a government corporation that runs many Brazilian airports, will maintain a 49 percent stake in the joint ventures formed with investors.

SoMoClo

Integração de 3 funções na empresa: recursos sociais, móveis e de nuvem funcionando como uma única construção, não três, criando o termo "SoMoClo" (do inglês Social, Mobile and Cloud). Com o SOMoClo, a nuvem é o núcleo do sistema, a mobilidade é a borda e o social é a conexão entre as funções [Cloud is the core, mobile its edge, and social the connections).

PARA INGLÊS VER

just for effect = for the sake of apperance = just to show to the British

BOUNCER = SECURITY

Bounce: Slang. To expel by force.
Bouncer: Slang. A person employed to expel disorderly persons from a public place, especially a bar. SEGURANÇA DE CASA NOTURNA = LEÃO DE CHÁCARA
       “Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope” - A chronicle of the lives of bouncers – the burly boys who guard both sides of the door in nightclubs across America. The documentary takes an inside look at the mindset of these frequently ridiculed, but always feared enforcers of the night and examines whether they are skilled experts in security, hired to anticipate trouble, or just hired thugs meant to intimidate.

CIBRIDISMO / CYBRIDISM

http://olhardigital.uol.com.br/jovem/digital_news/noticias/voce-ja-ouviu-falar-so-cibridismo
“...assunto que será tendência para os próximos anos: o cibridismo. O termo conceitua um movimento que está se intensificando a cada ano, a união do mundo virtual e digital. Segundo a especialista, todos nós estamos nos tornando ciber híbridos, ou seja, permanecemos on e off ao mesmo tempo, passeando entre os mundos.”

http://culturadigital.br/artedocibridismo

The reesearch “The Art of Cybridism”, sponsored by National Arts Foundation (Funarte), now have a version for English speakers. The goal of the study was to understand part of the art and technology scenario in Brazil, interviewing artists resident in three states of the country: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. At total, 11 artists discussed their production and gave their opinions about the current context Brazil is dealing when discussing new media art.

SINGLETONS = CELIBATÁRIOS [?]

Você tem uma sugestão melhor? Email me!
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/living-alone-means-being-social.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
One’s A Crowd
       MORE people live alone than at any other time in history. In prosperous American cities — Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and Minneapolis — 40 percent or more of all households contain a single occupant. In Manhattan and in Washington, nearly one in two households are occupied by a single person.
      By international standards, these numbers are surprising — surprisingly low. In Paris, the city of lovers, more than half of all households contain single people, and in socialist Stockholm, the rate tops 60 percent.
...
      Living alone comports [combina] with modern values. It promotes freedom, personal control and self-realization — all prized aspects of contemporary life.
      It is less feared, too, for the crucial reason that living alone no longer suggests an isolated or less-social life. After interviewing more than 300 singletons (my term for people who live alone) during nearly a decade of research, I’ve concluded that living alone seems to encourage more, not less, social interaction.
      Paradoxically, our species, so long defined by groups and by the nuclear family, has been able to embark on this experiment in solo living because global societies have become so interdependent. Dynamic markets, flourishing cities and open communications systems make modern autonomy more appealing; they give us the capacity to live alone but to engage with others when and how we want to and on our own terms.
      In fact, living alone can make it easier to be social, because single people have more free time, absent family obligations, to engage in social activities.
      Compared with their married counterparts, single people are more likely to spend time with friends and neighbors, go to restaurants and attend art classes and lectures.
...
      New communications technologies make living alone a social experience, so being home alone does not feel involuntary or like solitary confinement. The person alone at home can digitally navigate through a world of people, information and ideas. Internet use does not seem to cut people off from real friendships and connections.
      In my interviews, older single people expressed a clear preference for living alone, which allowed them to retain their feelings of independence and integrity, and a clear aversion to moving in with friends or family or into a nursing home.
      According to research by the Rutgers sociologist Deborah Carr, at 18 months after the death of a spouse, only one in four elderly men and one in six elderly women say they are interested in remarrying; one in three men and one in seven women are interested in dating someday; and only one in four men and one in 11 women are interested in dating immediately.
      Most older widows, widowers and divorced people remake their lives as single people. A century ago, nearly 70 percent of elderly American widows lived with a child; today — thanks to Social Security, private pensions and wealth generated in the market — just 20 percent do. According to the U.C.L.A. economist Kathleen McGarry: “When they have more income and they have a choice of how to live, they choose to live alone. They buy their independence.”
...
      All signs suggest that living alone will become even more common in the future, at every stage of adulthood and in every place where people can afford a place of their own.

FAMÍLIA FELIZ

YES, I CAN!

I diasssabmled, claened, adn erassmebled hte ykebroad mysfel.