International arbitration has never been hotter and New York is sick of being the sixth most favorite place for companies trying to resolve disputes. London is still the most widely used seat of arbitration. After all, roughly 90% of cross border transactions are negotiated and drafted in English and when companies choose the laws they want to govern their contracts, English law is still the most common. New York has begun working with the New York State Bar to establish an international arbitration center in the city. The bar wants to do away with fragmented arbitration facilities by creating a single location where international arbitrators can meet to decide cases. But while New York is trying to catch up to London, it also has to keep an eye on other venues. Geneva, Paris and Tokyo are slightly more popular for dispute resolut ions. So is Singapore, which has been aggressively promoting itself as a lower-cost, more convenient alternative to other venues with its "International Arbitration Centre," whose tagline is "Where the World Arbitrates."
Source: Migalhas International
1.25.2011
ENJOIN
proibir (por ordem judicial)
for a court to order that someone either do some specific act, stop doing something or be prohibited from doing something; to prohibit, forbid or restrain by an injunction:
"The restraining order enjoins unauthorized dealers from selling counterfeit goods near rock concert venues."
"The company was enjoined from selling its stock"
Source: Translegal
for a court to order that someone either do some specific act, stop doing something or be prohibited from doing something; to prohibit, forbid or restrain by an injunction:
"The restraining order enjoins unauthorized dealers from selling counterfeit goods near rock concert venues."
"The company was enjoined from selling its stock"
Source: Translegal
1.21.2011
FORE AND AFT = PROA E POPA
proa (frente) e popa (atrás) [motor de popa]
double-headed: Warship having SAM systems both fore and aft of central superstructure.
double-headed: Warship having SAM systems both fore and aft of central superstructure.
HAURIR
v.td. - 1 Retirar alguma coisa de dentro de onde estava: Hauriu todo o ouro da mina
2 Consumir ou gastar algo completamente; ESGOTAR: Hauriu toda a bebida que havia na adega
3 Absorver por aspiração ou sucção; SORVER: Hauria o ar puro
4 Colher, recolher: Hauria novas forças para voltar à luta
[F.: Do lat. haurire.]
...recebendo, desde aqueles tempos "que os anos não trazem mais", as contínuas e sólidas lições hauridas, ainda solicitador-acadêmico, quando do inesquecível convívio no escritório dos professores...
Fonte: Aulete e Migalhas
2 Consumir ou gastar algo completamente; ESGOTAR: Hauriu toda a bebida que havia na adega
3 Absorver por aspiração ou sucção; SORVER: Hauria o ar puro
4 Colher, recolher: Hauria novas forças para voltar à luta
[F.: Do lat. haurire.]
...recebendo, desde aqueles tempos "que os anos não trazem mais", as contínuas e sólidas lições hauridas, ainda solicitador-acadêmico, quando do inesquecível convívio no escritório dos professores...
Fonte: Aulete e Migalhas
1.19.2011
Siglas - CND’S ou CNDs?
...2) ...parece integralmente aceitável a lição de Napoleão Mendes de Almeida de que se pluralizam as siglas pelo acréscimo de um s minúsculo às letras já integrantes delas: CEPs, CICs, R.Gs.
3) Desse entendimento também é Arnaldo Niskier, para quem "não há motivos para não marcar o plural das siglas com um s minúsculo".
4) Regina Toledo Damião e Antonio Henriques também partilham do mesmo entendimento, ao lecionaram que, "com respeito ao plural das siglas, aceita-se o uso do s (minúsculo) para efeito de pluralização: PMS, INPMs, MPs".
5) E Edmundo Dantes Nascimento leciona que tal uso de um s minúsculo ao final da sigla "é uma solução gráfica sem aprovação de convenção acerca do assunto, mas que resolve o caso".
6) Ora, a junção do s minúsculo à sigla visa a levá-la ao plural. Isso significa que se deve unir o s sem artifício algum, como é o caso do apóstrofo. Só para exemplificar, ninguém pensaria em dizer o plural de caneta como caneta’s.
Fonte: Gramatigalhas
3) Desse entendimento também é Arnaldo Niskier, para quem "não há motivos para não marcar o plural das siglas com um s minúsculo".
4) Regina Toledo Damião e Antonio Henriques também partilham do mesmo entendimento, ao lecionaram que, "com respeito ao plural das siglas, aceita-se o uso do s (minúsculo) para efeito de pluralização: PMS, INPMs, MPs".
5) E Edmundo Dantes Nascimento leciona que tal uso de um s minúsculo ao final da sigla "é uma solução gráfica sem aprovação de convenção acerca do assunto, mas que resolve o caso".
6) Ora, a junção do s minúsculo à sigla visa a levá-la ao plural. Isso significa que se deve unir o s sem artifício algum, como é o caso do apóstrofo. Só para exemplificar, ninguém pensaria em dizer o plural de caneta como caneta’s.
Fonte: Gramatigalhas
CAPITAL LETTERS
Are you ever confused when it comes to capitalizing certain words? For example, when referring to a certain liquor from Scotland, does one drink Scotch or scotch? Is it Brussels sprouts or brussels sprouts? Is it a Homeric effort or just a homeric effort? Inquiring minds want to know!
Authoritative sources vary. The Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary calls for capping Scotch before you drink it, and cites (but does not rule on) a capital B often for the sprouts. However, our standard here at ProofreadNOW.com is the Chicago Manual of Style, and here's a partial list of words they prefer to see in lower case:
morocco leather, brussels sprouts, scotch whisky, french fries, french dressing, frankfurter, brie, india ink, homeric, herculean, pasteurize, manila envelope, arabic numerals, french windows, venetian blinds, quixotic, roman numerals and roman type, dutch oven, and bohemian, among others. Oh - and there's also italic type (named for Italy, don't you know).
Other examples are mixed.
• the Bureau of the Census; census forms; the census of 2010
• the Department of the Interior; the Interior
• the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the bureau (note lowercase); the FBI
• the United States (or US) Supreme Court; the Supreme Court; but the court
• the District Court for Southern California; the district court
• the Circuit Court of Lake County, Family Division (Illinois); family court
• the Chicago City Council; the city council
• administration; the Reagan administration
• federal; the federal government; federal agencies
• nazi tendencies; the Nazi Party; Nazi(s); Nazism
• the African National Congress party (party is not part of the official name); the ANC
• civil service
• the Left; members of the left wing; left-winger; on the left
• the Far Left; the Far Right; the radical Left
• the New York Stock Exchange; the stock exchange
Source: Proofread
Authoritative sources vary. The Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary calls for capping Scotch before you drink it, and cites (but does not rule on) a capital B often for the sprouts. However, our standard here at ProofreadNOW.com is the Chicago Manual of Style, and here's a partial list of words they prefer to see in lower case:
morocco leather, brussels sprouts, scotch whisky, french fries, french dressing, frankfurter, brie, india ink, homeric, herculean, pasteurize, manila envelope, arabic numerals, french windows, venetian blinds, quixotic, roman numerals and roman type, dutch oven, and bohemian, among others. Oh - and there's also italic type (named for Italy, don't you know).
Other examples are mixed.
• the Bureau of the Census; census forms; the census of 2010
• the Department of the Interior; the Interior
• the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the bureau (note lowercase); the FBI
• the United States (or US) Supreme Court; the Supreme Court; but the court
• the District Court for Southern California; the district court
• the Circuit Court of Lake County, Family Division (Illinois); family court
• the Chicago City Council; the city council
• administration; the Reagan administration
• federal; the federal government; federal agencies
• nazi tendencies; the Nazi Party; Nazi(s); Nazism
• the African National Congress party (party is not part of the official name); the ANC
• civil service
• the Left; members of the left wing; left-winger; on the left
• the Far Left; the Far Right; the radical Left
• the New York Stock Exchange; the stock exchange
Source: Proofread
1.18.2011
CRYSTALLIZATION
The act of selling and buying stocks almost instantaneously in order to increase or decrease book value. This is a routine method used by many investors and companies to change book values without changing beneficial ownership.
An example of this occurs when an investor needs to take a capital loss for a particular stock, but still believes the stock will rise. Thus, he/she would crystallize the paper loss by selling the stock and buying it back right away.
Most tax agencies have regulations (such as the wash-sale rule) to prevent taking a capital loss in this fashion.
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/crystallization#ixzz1BPDeLgpA
The directors were asked to confirm that no events had led to the crystallisation of any floating charges.
(a floating charge is a security interest that hovers above the debtor's assets until some event causes the charge to become fixed or crystallized on those assets)
Investopedia Says:An example of this occurs when an investor needs to take a capital loss for a particular stock, but still believes the stock will rise. Thus, he/she would crystallize the paper loss by selling the stock and buying it back right away.
Most tax agencies have regulations (such as the wash-sale rule) to prevent taking a capital loss in this fashion.
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/crystallization#ixzz1BPDeLgpA
FORMAL VS. INFORMAL WRITING
This video is presented by TransLegal - the world leader in Legal English
1.15.2011
"You know you're a freelance translator when...
…you consider yourself really lucky, because you work at home and have a ten-foot commute.
…you consider yourself really unlucky, because you work at home, so you never get to go home from work.
…coffee is a legitimate business expense.
…you have not actually laid eyes on any of your clients.
…you think of time as an elastic concept that will stretch to cover whatever crazy amount of work you take on.
"...you have four projects due at 6 PM ... fortunately, one is 6 PM Eastern Standard Time, one is 6 PM Berlin time, one is 6 PM Moscow time, and one is 6 PM Tokyo time.
…you would give your right butt cheek for a comfortable office chair.
…you can sleep sitting up and type with your eyes closed— all at the same time.
…your idea of exercise is getting up to refill your coffee mug, and of a good workout is when you forget to take the coffee mug with you the first time so you have to return to get it.
"...you finish chatting with the barista at Starbucks and know that that's going to be the extent of your conversation for the day.
"...a little break from work usually involves dishes or laundry or cat litter.
"...a T-shirt and sweatpants constitute formal business attire; for casual Fridays, you just stay in your pajamas."
"...one word can require hours of research, but despite getting paid just a few cents for that one word, you do the research anyway.
...not only you do know the difference between a participle and a gerund - you actually care."
- How true!
Source: http://www.proz.com/forum/translation_theory_and_practice/177064-slavfile_newsletter%3A_you_know_youre_a_freelance_translator_when.html
…you consider yourself really unlucky, because you work at home, so you never get to go home from work.
…coffee is a legitimate business expense.
…you have not actually laid eyes on any of your clients.
…you think of time as an elastic concept that will stretch to cover whatever crazy amount of work you take on.
"...you have four projects due at 6 PM ... fortunately, one is 6 PM Eastern Standard Time, one is 6 PM Berlin time, one is 6 PM Moscow time, and one is 6 PM Tokyo time.
…you would give your right butt cheek for a comfortable office chair.
…you can sleep sitting up and type with your eyes closed— all at the same time.
…your idea of exercise is getting up to refill your coffee mug, and of a good workout is when you forget to take the coffee mug with you the first time so you have to return to get it.
"...you finish chatting with the barista at Starbucks and know that that's going to be the extent of your conversation for the day.
"...a little break from work usually involves dishes or laundry or cat litter.
"...a T-shirt and sweatpants constitute formal business attire; for casual Fridays, you just stay in your pajamas."
"...one word can require hours of research, but despite getting paid just a few cents for that one word, you do the research anyway.
...not only you do know the difference between a participle and a gerund - you actually care."
- How true!
Source: http://www.proz.com/forum/translation_theory_and_practice/177064-slavfile_newsletter%3A_you_know_youre_a_freelance_translator_when.html
1.14.2011
1.10.2011
COMMUNAL AREAS
áreas comuns: é assim que se chama a área comum do seu prédio.
Fire safety – Don’t get a red card
The Fire Safety Act 2005 places a duty on the council to make sure that all communal areas in blocks of flats are kept completely clear of items that could burn, at all times.
To help us carry out this duty we have introduced a card system.
White: This card lets residents know that we think items in the communal areas belong to them and gives them a chance to move them.
Yellow: This is a reminder to move the items before you pay the price as we will charge them if we have to move the items.
Red: Your last chance. 24 hours left for you to remove them.
Items that cannot be kept in communal areas include:
Pushchairs, Furniture, Bicycles, Motorcycles, Mobility scooters, Plants, Rubbish bags
Fire safety – Don’t get a red card
The Fire Safety Act 2005 places a duty on the council to make sure that all communal areas in blocks of flats are kept completely clear of items that could burn, at all times.
To help us carry out this duty we have introduced a card system.
White: This card lets residents know that we think items in the communal areas belong to them and gives them a chance to move them.
Yellow: This is a reminder to move the items before you pay the price as we will charge them if we have to move the items.
Red: Your last chance. 24 hours left for you to remove them.
Items that cannot be kept in communal areas include:
Pushchairs, Furniture, Bicycles, Motorcycles, Mobility scooters, Plants, Rubbish bags
1.05.2011
ANNUAL MEETING (US) / ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (UK)
(noun) yearly meeting, usually of shareholders (US term) "The shareholders elected the members of the board of directors at the annual meeting."
Synonyms: annual general meeting (AGM): used in the UK
Common phrases:
"The issue will be put before shareholders at the annual meeting."
"The minutes of the annual meeting were reviewed and signed."
"We will hold the annual meeting on May 15, 2010."
"Please state whether you intend to attend the annual meeting."
Related phrases:
special meeting (US) - any general meeting of the company other than an annual meeting
extraordinary general meeting (UK) - any general meeting of the company other than an annual general meeting
Common mistake:
One sometimes hears "annual meeting of shareholders". However, the use of the phrase "of shareholders" is unnecessary. [vivendis & aprendendis!]
Synonyms: annual general meeting (AGM): used in the UK
Common phrases:
"The issue will be put before shareholders at the annual meeting."
"The minutes of the annual meeting were reviewed and signed."
"We will hold the annual meeting on May 15, 2010."
"Please state whether you intend to attend the annual meeting."
Related phrases:
special meeting (US) - any general meeting of the company other than an annual meeting
extraordinary general meeting (UK) - any general meeting of the company other than an annual general meeting
Common mistake:
One sometimes hears "annual meeting of shareholders". However, the use of the phrase "of shareholders" is unnecessary. [vivendis & aprendendis!]
1.03.2011
12.29.2010
THEFT = LARCENY, BURGLARY AND ROBBERY
Theft and larceny are synonymous and require only the simple taking of almost anything of value with the intent to keep it. (Thief)
Burglary is an illegal entry into a building together with a taking.
Robbery is a forcible taking from a person, usually with the threat of violence. (Robber)
Source: Translegal
Burglary is an illegal entry into a building together with a taking.
Robbery is a forcible taking from a person, usually with the threat of violence. (Robber)
Source: Translegal
12.22.2010
HAPPY XMAS TO YOU ALL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGCfMyGwrfs&feature=fvsr
(Thirty years ago, on December 8, 1980, I was in NYC and, while strolling around, I saw a crowd in front of the Dakota...)
But today is a Happy Day! My daughter arrived safely! Thanks, God!
Happy Christmas, by John Lennon
xxxx(Happy Christmas, Yoko)
xxxx(Happy Christmas, Julian)
And so this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so Happy Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
xxxxA very Merry Christmas
xxxxAnd a Happy New Year
xxxxLet's hope it's a good one
xxxxWithout any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
The rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so Happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
xxxxA very Merry Christmas
xxxxAnd a Happy New Year
xxxxLet's hope it's a good one
xxxxWithout any fear
...the war is over ...
...if you want it...
...the war is over...
...now...
(Thirty years ago, on December 8, 1980, I was in NYC and, while strolling around, I saw a crowd in front of the Dakota...)
But today is a Happy Day! My daughter arrived safely! Thanks, God!
Happy Christmas, by John Lennon
xxxx(Happy Christmas, Yoko)
xxxx(Happy Christmas, Julian)
And so this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so Happy Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
xxxxA very Merry Christmas
xxxxAnd a Happy New Year
xxxxLet's hope it's a good one
xxxxWithout any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
The rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so Happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
xxxxA very Merry Christmas
xxxxAnd a Happy New Year
xxxxLet's hope it's a good one
xxxxWithout any fear
...the war is over ...
...if you want it...
...the war is over...
...now...
12.20.2010
WHITE CHRISTMAS
My daughter is grounded at Heathrow.
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WHITE CHRISTMAS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HrAy5xqzOs
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
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Please, snow, stop! It's enough!
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WHITE CHRISTMAS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HrAy5xqzOs
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
-----------------------------------------------------
Please, snow, stop! It's enough!
12.14.2010
INTER ALIA / INTER ALIOS
The term inter alia (meaning “among other things”) [entre outras coisas) is one of the few Latin phrases that is still widely used, both in legal and non-legal writing.
When referring to people, the phrase inter alios, which means “among other people”[entre outros], should be used.
Source: Translegal
When referring to people, the phrase inter alios, which means “among other people”[entre outros], should be used.
Source: Translegal
11.30.2010
JUDGMENT
The judgment of a court is simply the decision of the court on a particular matter or case, but the spelling of judgment is not so simple. In fact spelling it with two "E"s can set off some readers, including professors and judges ...
Source: Translegal
Source: Translegal
11.19.2010
ATTORNEY / BARRISTER / LAWYER / SOLICITOR
In practice, legal jurisdictions exercise their right to determine who is recognized as being a lawyer; as a result, the meaning of the term "lawyer" may vary from place to place.[4]
In Australia the word "lawyer" is used to refer to both barristers and solicitors (whether in private practice or practising as corporate in-house counsel).
In Canada, the word "lawyer" only refers to individuals who have been called to the bar or have qualified as civil law notaries in the province of Quebec. Common law lawyers in Canada may also be known as "barristers and solicitors", but should not be referred to as "attorneys", since that term has a different meaning in Canadian usage. However, in Quebec, civil law advocates (or avocats in French) often call themselves "attorney" and sometimes "barrister and solicitor".
In England and Wales, "lawyer" is used loosely to refer to a broad variety of law-trained persons. It includes practitioners such as barristers, solicitors, legal executives and licensed conveyancers; and people who are involved with the law but do not practise it on behalf of individual clients, such as judges, court clerks, and drafters of legislation.
In India, the term "lawyer" is often colloquially used, but the official term is "advocate" as prescribed under the Advocates Act, 1961.[5]
In Scotland, the word "lawyer" refers to a more specific group of legally trained people. It specifically includes advocates and solicitors. In a generic sense, it may also include judges and law-trained support staff.
In the United States, the term generally refers to attorneys who may practice law; it is never used to refer to patent agents[6] or paralegals.[7]
Other nations tend to have comparable terms for the analogous concept.
Source: Answers.com
In Australia the word "lawyer" is used to refer to both barristers and solicitors (whether in private practice or practising as corporate in-house counsel).
In Canada, the word "lawyer" only refers to individuals who have been called to the bar or have qualified as civil law notaries in the province of Quebec. Common law lawyers in Canada may also be known as "barristers and solicitors", but should not be referred to as "attorneys", since that term has a different meaning in Canadian usage. However, in Quebec, civil law advocates (or avocats in French) often call themselves "attorney" and sometimes "barrister and solicitor".
In England and Wales, "lawyer" is used loosely to refer to a broad variety of law-trained persons. It includes practitioners such as barristers, solicitors, legal executives and licensed conveyancers; and people who are involved with the law but do not practise it on behalf of individual clients, such as judges, court clerks, and drafters of legislation.
In India, the term "lawyer" is often colloquially used, but the official term is "advocate" as prescribed under the Advocates Act, 1961.[5]
In Scotland, the word "lawyer" refers to a more specific group of legally trained people. It specifically includes advocates and solicitors. In a generic sense, it may also include judges and law-trained support staff.
In the United States, the term generally refers to attorneys who may practice law; it is never used to refer to patent agents[6] or paralegals.[7]
Other nations tend to have comparable terms for the analogous concept.
Source: Answers.com
11.09.2010
MAINSTREAM
n. The prevailing current of thought, influence, or activity:
"You need not accept the nominee's ideology, only be able to locate it in the American mainstream" (Charles Krauthammer).
adj. Representing the prevalent attitudes, values, and practices of a society or group: mainstream morality.
tr.v., -streamed, -stream·ing, -streams.
1.To integrate (a student with special needs) into regular school classes.
E.g.: We have already taken a number of proactive measures to mainstream disability equality
2.To incorporate into a prevailing group.
mainstreamer : n.
Source: Answers.com
"You need not accept the nominee's ideology, only be able to locate it in the American mainstream" (Charles Krauthammer).
adj. Representing the prevalent attitudes, values, and practices of a society or group: mainstream morality.
tr.v., -streamed, -stream·ing, -streams.
1.To integrate (a student with special needs) into regular school classes.
E.g.: We have already taken a number of proactive measures to mainstream disability equality
2.To incorporate into a prevailing group.
mainstreamer : n.
Source: Answers.com
11.07.2010
CARTA A UM JOVEM ESCRITOR
(também aplicável, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, a quem deseja ser tradutor)
Por: LEYLA PERRONE-MOISÉS
Prezadíssimo(a) candidato(a) a escritor(a),
Você me pergunta se seu texto é bom. Pergunta-o a mim, depois de o ter perguntado a outras pessoas. Manda-o a periódicos, compara-o com outros textos e inquieta-se quando suas tentativas são recusadas por um ou outro editor. Pois bem: usando da licença que me deu de aconselhá-lo(a), envio-lhe algumas instruções. Você está preocupado(a) com o valor de seu texto e isso é atualmente incerto. O "bom" ficou muito relativo.
Não há senão um caminho. Investigue o motivo que o manda escrever; examine se estende suas raízes pelos recantos mais profundos de sua alma; confesse a si mesmo: morrerá, se não for editado? Desistirá, se jamais ganhar algum prêmio? Isto, acima de tudo: pergunte a si mesmo na hora mais tranquila de sua noite: "Serei convidado para uma Flip?" Escave dentro de si uma resposta profunda. Se for afirmativa, se puder contestar àquelas perguntas severas por um forte e simples "sim", então construa a sua vida de acordo com aquelas necessidades. Sua vida, até em sua hora mais indiferente e anódina, deverá tornar-se o sinal e o testemunho de tal pressão: seu visual deverá indicá-lo.
Aproxime-se, então, dos meios literários. Participe de bate-papos em livrarias, cafés e bares. Inscreva-se em todas as festas literárias, do Oiapoque ao Chuí. Evite as formas já consagradas, pois dá muito trabalho produzir algo pessoal num domínio em que sobram tradições boas, algumas brilhantes. Eis por que não deve ler os escritores do passado. Em vez disso, faça um curso de escrita criativa, para aprender alguns truques. Esqueça a gramática, ela está em desuso.
Fuja dos motivos gerais para aqueles que sua própria existência cotidiana lhe oferece: relate suas mágoas e seus desejos, seus pensamentos passageiros, suas manias, e sobretudo sua sexualidade. Se a própria existência cotidiana lhe parecer pobre, não a acuse. Acuse a si mesmo, diga consigo que não é suficientemente escritor para extrair suas riquezas. Ambientes pobres, mesquinhos ou mesmo sórdidos podem ser matéria de textos fortes e engajados.
Mesmo que se encontrasse numa prisão, cujas paredes impedissem todos os ruídos do mundo de chegar aos seus ouvidos, não lhe ficaria sempre a internet, esta esplêndida e régia riqueza, esse tesouro de relacionamentos? Pois bem: coloque seu melhor retrato no Facebook, mantenha um blog e não se esqueça de compor textos de até 140 toques para o Twitter.
Se você ainda acredita no livro de papel e nenhuma editora quiser publicá-lo, faça-o você mesmo. Com um bom equipamento, qualquer um, hoje em dia, pode fabricar livros em casa. Quando o livro estiver pronto, envie-o aos jurados dos prêmios com uma dedicatória adulativa. Contrate um agente literário. Se ele for eficiente, você será traduzido para o servo-croata antes mesmo de ser lido em português. Caso nada disso der certo, aceite o destino e carregue-o com o seu peso: assuma-se como escritor(a) maldito(a). Mude então o visual: mais escuro e descabelado.
Mas talvez se dê o caso de, após essa descida em si mesmo e em seu âmago solitário, você ter de renunciar a ser escritor(a). Mesmo assim, seus esforços não terão sido inúteis. Sua vida, a partir desse momento, há de encontrar caminhos próprios. Que eles o(a) levem à fama e a uma boa remuneração, é o que lhe desejo, muito mais do que lhe posso exprimir.
Com todo o devotamento e toda a simpatia,
Um(a) crítico(a) literário(a)
Por: LEYLA PERRONE-MOISÉS
Prezadíssimo(a) candidato(a) a escritor(a),
Você me pergunta se seu texto é bom. Pergunta-o a mim, depois de o ter perguntado a outras pessoas. Manda-o a periódicos, compara-o com outros textos e inquieta-se quando suas tentativas são recusadas por um ou outro editor. Pois bem: usando da licença que me deu de aconselhá-lo(a), envio-lhe algumas instruções. Você está preocupado(a) com o valor de seu texto e isso é atualmente incerto. O "bom" ficou muito relativo.
Não há senão um caminho. Investigue o motivo que o manda escrever; examine se estende suas raízes pelos recantos mais profundos de sua alma; confesse a si mesmo: morrerá, se não for editado? Desistirá, se jamais ganhar algum prêmio? Isto, acima de tudo: pergunte a si mesmo na hora mais tranquila de sua noite: "Serei convidado para uma Flip?" Escave dentro de si uma resposta profunda. Se for afirmativa, se puder contestar àquelas perguntas severas por um forte e simples "sim", então construa a sua vida de acordo com aquelas necessidades. Sua vida, até em sua hora mais indiferente e anódina, deverá tornar-se o sinal e o testemunho de tal pressão: seu visual deverá indicá-lo.
Aproxime-se, então, dos meios literários. Participe de bate-papos em livrarias, cafés e bares. Inscreva-se em todas as festas literárias, do Oiapoque ao Chuí. Evite as formas já consagradas, pois dá muito trabalho produzir algo pessoal num domínio em que sobram tradições boas, algumas brilhantes. Eis por que não deve ler os escritores do passado. Em vez disso, faça um curso de escrita criativa, para aprender alguns truques. Esqueça a gramática, ela está em desuso.
Fuja dos motivos gerais para aqueles que sua própria existência cotidiana lhe oferece: relate suas mágoas e seus desejos, seus pensamentos passageiros, suas manias, e sobretudo sua sexualidade. Se a própria existência cotidiana lhe parecer pobre, não a acuse. Acuse a si mesmo, diga consigo que não é suficientemente escritor para extrair suas riquezas. Ambientes pobres, mesquinhos ou mesmo sórdidos podem ser matéria de textos fortes e engajados.
Mesmo que se encontrasse numa prisão, cujas paredes impedissem todos os ruídos do mundo de chegar aos seus ouvidos, não lhe ficaria sempre a internet, esta esplêndida e régia riqueza, esse tesouro de relacionamentos? Pois bem: coloque seu melhor retrato no Facebook, mantenha um blog e não se esqueça de compor textos de até 140 toques para o Twitter.
Se você ainda acredita no livro de papel e nenhuma editora quiser publicá-lo, faça-o você mesmo. Com um bom equipamento, qualquer um, hoje em dia, pode fabricar livros em casa. Quando o livro estiver pronto, envie-o aos jurados dos prêmios com uma dedicatória adulativa. Contrate um agente literário. Se ele for eficiente, você será traduzido para o servo-croata antes mesmo de ser lido em português. Caso nada disso der certo, aceite o destino e carregue-o com o seu peso: assuma-se como escritor(a) maldito(a). Mude então o visual: mais escuro e descabelado.
Mas talvez se dê o caso de, após essa descida em si mesmo e em seu âmago solitário, você ter de renunciar a ser escritor(a). Mesmo assim, seus esforços não terão sido inúteis. Sua vida, a partir desse momento, há de encontrar caminhos próprios. Que eles o(a) levem à fama e a uma boa remuneração, é o que lhe desejo, muito mais do que lhe posso exprimir.
Com todo o devotamento e toda a simpatia,
Um(a) crítico(a) literário(a)
10.26.2010
DAMAGE VS. DAMAGES
Damage: injury or harm to property or a person.
Damages: monetary compensation awarded by a court for the harm or injury that has been suffered by...
Damages: monetary compensation awarded by a court for the harm or injury that has been suffered by...
10.22.2010
AFAIK / ASAP / FYI / TIA
Há muitos, muitos e muitos anos atrás, nas multinacionais americanas havia uma listinha de meia dúzia de siglas que eram usadas por todos. Hoje a lista cresceu tanto que às vezes nem dá mais para acompanhar. A propósito:
AFAIK = As far as I know
ASAP = as soon as possible
FYI = For your infomation
TIA = Thanks in advance
N.B.: Na medida em que me lembrar de outras vou acrescentar aqui.
AFAIK = As far as I know
ASAP = as soon as possible
FYI = For your infomation
TIA = Thanks in advance
N.B.: Na medida em que me lembrar de outras vou acrescentar aqui.
10.21.2010
QUANGOS / QUANGOCRACY
O noticiário de hoje da BBC destaca os cortes nos orçamentos do Reino Unido, entre os quais:
"Administration costs to be cut by £400m with 24 quangos axed. The Train to Gain programme to be axed. University funding to be cut and reform of student tuition fees building on Browne review. ..."
quango = A quasi non-governmental organization is one created and funded by government, and, therefore, held to account for its expenditure, but given operational independence. The term was invented by Alan Pifer, President of the Carnegie Corporation, to describe such organizations which were appearing in the United States. Subsequently, political scientists, observing the closeness to government of some quangos in their operations, have preferred the term to mean quasi-governmental rather than non-governmental. In the United Kingdom the term has been applied to many forms of arms-length public provision showing a great diversity of purpose, including the BBC, the Welsh Development Agency, and the Commission for Racial Equality. Concern has recently been expressed at the tendency for power to flow from elected public bodies to unelected quangos, derisively dubbed ‘quangocracy’ by some.
Source: BBC, Answers.com
Do site "Migalhas": A administração pública inglesa sempre foi caracterizada pela autonomia de seus órgãos, denominados de Quasi Autonomous non Governamental Organizations (QUANGOS). No entanto, o projeto de lei "Public Bodies Bill", considerado uma violação à Constituição segundo célebres advogados, está prestes a ser debatido no Parlamento Inglês.
[The Public Bodies Bill - The bonfire of the quangos is one thing, but violating the constitution is quite another. What do plans to sell off 150,000 hectares of England's precious woodland, the ability of people from small islands in the Caribbean to represent themselves in Whitehall, and the future of legal aid funding have in common? The answer is they are all public bodies axed in the so-called "bonfire of the quangos" – the Public Bodies Bill which is about to be debated in parliament."
"Administration costs to be cut by £400m with 24 quangos axed. The Train to Gain programme to be axed. University funding to be cut and reform of student tuition fees building on Browne review. ..."
quango = A quasi non-governmental organization is one created and funded by government, and, therefore, held to account for its expenditure, but given operational independence. The term was invented by Alan Pifer, President of the Carnegie Corporation, to describe such organizations which were appearing in the United States. Subsequently, political scientists, observing the closeness to government of some quangos in their operations, have preferred the term to mean quasi-governmental rather than non-governmental. In the United Kingdom the term has been applied to many forms of arms-length public provision showing a great diversity of purpose, including the BBC, the Welsh Development Agency, and the Commission for Racial Equality. Concern has recently been expressed at the tendency for power to flow from elected public bodies to unelected quangos, derisively dubbed ‘quangocracy’ by some.
Source: BBC, Answers.com
Do site "Migalhas": A administração pública inglesa sempre foi caracterizada pela autonomia de seus órgãos, denominados de Quasi Autonomous non Governamental Organizations (QUANGOS). No entanto, o projeto de lei "Public Bodies Bill", considerado uma violação à Constituição segundo célebres advogados, está prestes a ser debatido no Parlamento Inglês.
[The Public Bodies Bill - The bonfire of the quangos is one thing, but violating the constitution is quite another. What do plans to sell off 150,000 hectares of England's precious woodland, the ability of people from small islands in the Caribbean to represent themselves in Whitehall, and the future of legal aid funding have in common? The answer is they are all public bodies axed in the so-called "bonfire of the quangos" – the Public Bodies Bill which is about to be debated in parliament."
10.12.2010
IT'S SWEET TO BE S1NGLE. GO1NG SO10! LESS 1S MORE! THE POWER OF ONE! "SINGLE" DOES NOT MEAN "SO1O"
Calma! Não estou defendendo nenhuma bandeira. Isso aí em cima é a propaganda de um avião turboélice "single engine" que estou traduzindo!
CERISIER ROSE ET POMMIER BLANC
(Jacques Larue / Louiguy)
André Claveau - 1950 / Petula Clark - 1964 / Patrick Zabé - 1976
Quand nous jouions à la marelle
Cerisier rose et pommier blanc
J'ai cru mourir d'amour pour elle
En l'embrassant
Avec ses airs de demoiselle
Cerisier rose et pommier blanc
Elle avait attiré vers elle
Mon coeur d'enfant
La branche d'un cerisier
De son jardin caressait
La branche d'un vieux pommier
Qui dans le mien fleurissait
De voir leurs noeuds enlacés
Comme un bouquet de printemps
Nous vint alors la pensée
D'en faire autant
Et c'est ainsi qu'aux fleurs nouvelles
Cerisier rose et pommier blanc
On fait un soir la courte échelle
À nos quinze ans
Non, non ne dites pas qu'à son âge
Vous n'étiez pas si volage
Non, non quand deux lèvres vous attirent
J'en sais peu qui peuvent dire non
Quand nous jouions à la marelle
Cerisier rose et pommier blanc
J'ai cru mourir d'amour pour elle
En l'embrassant
Mais un beau jour les demoiselles
Frimousse rose et voile blanc
Se font conduire à la chapelle
Par leur galant
Ah quel bonheur pour chacun
Le cerisier tout fleuri
Et le pommier n'en font qu'un
Nous sommes femme et mari
De voir les fruits de l'été
Naître des fleurs du printemps
L'amour nous a chuchoté
D'en faire autant
Si cette histoire est éternelle
Pour en savoir le dénouement
Apprenez-en la ritournelle
Tout simplement
Et dans deux ans
Deux bébés roses faisant la ronde gentiment
Vous chanteront
Cerisier rose et pommier blanc
LICENCE VS. LICENSE
The spelling of “license” leads to some confusion because the spelling of
the noun is different in British and American English. The noun describing an
official document that grants you permission to own, do or use something is
spelled “licence” in the UK and “license” in the US. However, the verb is
spelled "license" in both countries.
Source: LexMail
10.11.2010
9.16.2010
JOHN GRISHAM
principalmente sobre o mundo dos escritórios de advocacia - sempre aprendo termos jurídicos novos. Já li "The Firm", "The Juror" e tenho esperando na minha estante: "The Associate" [quero reler], "The Partner", "The Broker" e "Theodore Boone".
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