BUSINESS YEAR / CORPORATE YEAR

Ano Social / Exercício Social
ano / período contábil = accounting year / period
ano / exercício financeiro (período entre balanços) = financial year [UK]; fiscal year (US)
ano / exercício contábil = accounting year
ano / exercício social = corporate year
exercício / período contábil  =   accounting period, fiscal period
exercício fiscal =  fiscal year, tax year  

BOLETO DE COBRANÇA BANCÁRIA

bank collection slip

NA PESSOA DE

XX, pessoa jurídica a ser citada na pessoa de um dos seus representantes legais = XX, a legal entity to be served on one of its legal representatives

ABAIXO-ASSINADO

The residents will sign a collective petition.

LOCATION / PLACE / SITE

            location: A place where something is or could be located; a site. A tract of land that has been surveyed and marked off.
            place:  An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship. A business establishment or office.  locality, such as a town or city: visited many places. A public square or street with houses in a town.
           site: The place where a structure or group of structures was, is, or is to be located: a good site for the school.  The place or setting of something: a historic site; a job site.

Warehouse vs. Depot

Warehouse:place where goods are stored for a business or organization that is a separate building.
Depot: place where goods are stored for distribution (however not for just a store but for many different places). 

Difference between Stock and Inventory

            While stock deals with products that are sold as part of the business's daily operation, inventory includes sale products and the goods and materials used to produce them.
              For example, the cars, car parts and accessories are sold during normal business practices, but the machines that run diagnostic tests on cars or the car lot itself are not. Inventory takes in account all of the assets a business uses to produce the goods it sells and determines the sale price for the stock. The stock determines the amount of revenue a business generates. The more stock that is sold, the higher the revenues

Difference between Finance / Financial Managers

            The Finance Manager does the general duties relating to the Finance Department, while the Financial Manager deals with the acquisationa and utilization of long and short term funds.

            In today's competitive global environment, financial managers are continually faced with the ability to engage in activities bringing value to the firm and the shareholders. In order to achieve their goals successfully, financial managers need to set strategies to influence the direction and success of the company. Such strategies include internal company

             Finance is the management of money and financial management shows the management of financial activities properly to achieve firm's goal ( wealth maximization). Actually financial management shows the techniques and strategies to determine the needs of the fund, to identify the possible and plausible sources of fund, to collect the necessary fund from the identified sources and to invest the collected fund in different profitable sectors by maintaining the principles of finance to achieve the goal of the business firm.

JET LAG

Fuso horário

Síndrome de/da Mudança de Fuso Horário (síndrome de jet-lag)
(efeitos do) cansaço de viagem
fadiga de vôo
termo sem tradução

HEN PARTY = Despedida de Solteira

A party for a woman who is about to be married.
UK, Ireland:        hen(s) party/hen(s) night/hen(s) do
USA:                   bachelorette party
Canada:              also "stagette"
South Africa:       also girls' night out or kitchen tea [chá de cozinha]
bachelor's party: despedida de solteiro

Olympic [27 Jul-12 Aug] / Paralympic Games [29 Aug–9 Sep]

      Ancient Greeks used wreaths for decoration, as gifts, and to honor athletes and other heroes. Today, winning marathon runners are still crowned with fragrant laurel wreaths, and Olympic champions receive large floral bouquets. 

In addition to a medal, each winner is given a tiny bouquet. Why?

       Back in the day, the Ancient Greeks gave laurels to their Olympians. These bouquets, which have been used since at least the 1984 Winter Games, are the modern-day equivalent. British florist Jane Packer won the contract to make all 4,400 of them. The flowers within – four strains of English rose divided by lines of lavender, rosemary, mint and wheat – are supposed to evoke the British countryside, and they've been wrapped by students from three different schools in the south-east.
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/shortcuts/2012/jul/30/answers-to-vital-olympic-questions)

Origins of some U.S. state and territory names.

California      fictional Queen Califia
Carolinas:     Charles I of England (Carolinus in Latin)
Florida:          flowery land
Georgia:        King George II of Great Britain;
Guam:           Guahan is a native-language word for 'we have' or 'a place that has'
Iowa:             Ioway people
Oklahoma:    red people
Puerto Rico: rich port
Utah:             people of the mountains
Vermont:       green mountains
Wyoming:     at the big river flat

NÃO TEM PREÇO

PÃO DE QUEIJO - CHEESE ROLLS or PUFFS or BUNS or BREAD?

July 12: ORANGEMEN’S DAY

People in Northern Ireland annually celebrate Orangemen's Day to commemorate the Battle of Boyne, which occurred on Ireland’s east coast in 1690. It is a bank holiday on or after July 12 and often features marches. This day is known as "Orangemen's Day", "Orange Day", "the Glorious Twelfth" or just "the Twelfth".
What do people do?
In many towns in Northern Ireland, marches or walks are held by organizations with a Protestant orientation. The marching season lasts from April until August but the Glorious Twelfth (of July), or Orangemen's Day, is particularly important. Many marches are organized by Lodges of the Orange Order and are accompanied by a marching band.
         Participants in the walks, or marches, often wear dark suits, although they may remove their jackets if it is hot. Traditionally, they also wore black bowler hats and white gloves, although these are not as common now. The participants also wear collarettes. This type of collarette is made from a long thin piece of cloth, which is draped around the neck of the wearer and joined to form a “V” shape at the front. Many collarettes are made from orange cloth, although there may be other colors. The collarettes bear the number of the lodge that the wearer belongs to and a range of badges showing the person’s positions in or degrees from the lodge.
        Many lodges carry at least one flag during the marches. This is normally the Union Flag, sometimes known as the Union Jack, although some carry Scottish, Ulster or Orange Order flags. Many lodges also carry one or more banners. These display the name and number of the lodge on one side. The other side often displays images of William of Orange, deceased lodge members, local landmarks or the bible with a crown.

NOME COMERCIAL / NOME FANTASIA / TÍTULO DO ESTABELECIMENTO

AKA (Also Known As, vulgo)
Trade / Commercial / Assumed / Fictitious Name
Fanciful Trademark/Mark
USA:                           DBA, dba, d/b/a – doing business as
Oregon:                     assumed business name
WA:                            trade name
Other U.S. States:   trade style; fictitious business name
Canada:                     o/a – operating as
UK, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa:  t/a – trading as
Japão:                        yago (屋号^?)

Do what you know well

“It is clear to me, and it is increasingly clear to clients, that no one is a "Jack of all trades." The ability of prospects to evaluate the service before committing to purchase, understand what they need, and crucially know what good looks like, will mean that many so called full service providers will fail, because they just can't do it all.
[...]
It's time to recognise the advantages of specialisation. Gone are the days when a generalist was seen as having an advantage. If you can be known as a specialist in one or two areas that are highly attractive to customers, then you are on the right track. But you have to be able to deliver, because clients now have all the information they need to make a judgment.”
by Chris Crossland

Surf and turf (US/UK) = Beef and Reef (Australia) meal = Mar e Terra (Brasil)

       ”Surf and turf” is a restaurant term referring to an entree which includes a portion of meat and a portion of seafood. Some people sneer at the concept, arguing that a surf and turf meal is simply a showy extravagance, since it usually incorporates expensive ingredients and can be the most expensive thing on the menu. Steak houses and mid-range restaurants, especially along the American coastline, frequently offer this main course, usually indicating that it is a surf and turf plate on the menu.
      The term appears to have originated along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. The “surf” in the title clearly refers to seafood, usually lobster or another crustacean. “Turf” is any type of grass-fed land animal, but usually refers specifically to beef in the form of steak. In the late 1960s, restaurants along both coasts were using the term, often in advertisements designed to highlight the range of offerings at the restaurant. In Australia, the dish is better known as “beef and reef.”

Dietitian vs Nutritionist

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Dietitian_vs_Nutritionist
        nutricionista  (Brazil) = dietitian (EUA)
        nutrólogo = "nutritionist"; "medical nutritionist" (nutrição clínica)
When trying to choose between a nutritionist and a dietitian, know that there are important differences in their qualifications, scope of expertise and legal status as practitioners.

The Little Prince

"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."

BUQUITÚ

Continuando o post abaixo: outro dia um cliente pediu a versão de uma apresentação em PowerPoint para o inglês com palavras bem “Plain English” porque ele tinha certeza que o nível de inglês da audiência, formada por brasileiros e cidadãos de várias outras nacionalidades, não ia além do “Book Two”.   O inverso também é verdadeiro: na tradução de manuais técnicos para o português, é preciso considerar que o manual será consultado pelo pessoal de manutenção e, portanto, o texto precisa ser simples e claro.

Double words - is is, had had, that that – are they correct?

Quando o texto requer uma palavra repetida acabo reescrevendo a frase porque, como muitos dos meus clientes tem um conhecimento  limitado do idioma, iriam certamente achar que era um erro e possivelmente eliminar a palavra repetida.
                    Exemplos de construções corretas:
had had
      If I had had the opportunities that you had I wouldn't have done what you did.
      She would have traveled around the world if she had had more money.
      We had had that car for ten years before it broke down
is is
      There is nothing between them and trying to imply there is is simply wishful thinking.
      Exactly how long a stadia is is unknown.
      Everything that is, is because other things are.
that that
      I know that that is not easy to understand.
      That that should be me is unbelievable.
      What you have to accept is that that talk exists in the community.
      I'm glad and sad that that's over.
      I know that that school is that famous because of its rules.

STANCE / STAND

stance: (n): The attitude or position of a standing person or animal, especially the position assumed by an athlete preparatory to action. Mental posture; point of view: "It has also toughened its stance toward foreign investors"
stand (n): A position or opinion one is prepared to uphold: must take a stand on environmental issues

Novilíngua da Diplomacia Ambiental no G20

CBDR = principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities
G-77 = Grupo dos 130 países pobres e emergentes; inclui Brasil e China
JUSCANZ =Japão, Estados Unidos, Canada, New Zealand
LDC = países mais pobres
MOI = meios de implementação
ODA = assistência oficial ao desenvolvimento (Nações em ascensão passam de recebedoras a prestadoras de ODA
ODS = Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável
PNUMA = Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente
SCP =padrões sustentáveis de produção e consumo
agreed ad ref = acordado por todos
economia verde = correto: “economia verde no contexto do desenvolvimento sustentável e da erradicação da pobreza”
“Assim, o Juscanz afirma ao G-77 que não quer saber de dar dinheiro para o MOI porque afinal já contribui com ODA, que vai quase toda para os LDCs. O G-77, por sua vez, alega as CBDR e reclama dos SCP.”

FATHER'S DAY IN THE UK

Beverage coaster

A coaster, drink coaster, beverage coaster, drink mat, dripmat, or beermat [bolacha], is an article used to rest beverages upon. The main purpose is to protect the surface of a table or any other surface where users might place their beverage.

KEEP CALM AND...

blog on
call me
code on
cook on
do it yourself
enjoy
marry on
muddle on
relax
run
say it plainly
waltz on

COLLUSION, COLLUDE

Top XX banks accused of colluding on ATM fees
The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges Bank of XX, YYY and ZZZ worked with XXCredit Card to artificially set high rates on ATM transactions. They were able to collude successfully for some time to increase their profits.
An agreement among firms over production and price is called collusion, and the group of firms acting in unison is called a cartel.
collusion = conivência
collude = atuar em conluio
em conluio = in collusion with

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee - 2 - 5 June

                Celebrations and Events:

Marking 60 years of The Queen's reign, the Diamond Jubilee celebrations will centre around an extended weekend on 2, 3, 4 and 5 June.

http://www.thediamondjubilee.org/
Comemore com um sanduíche real de pepino!

"We tend to get what we  expect." ( Norman Vincent Peale)