Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
a ser o caso
English translation:
this being the case
Added to glossary by
peterinmadrid
Mar 2, 2007 19:51
17 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Portugal
Contracts, Accounts and Aviation
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, French to English
a ser o caso
Portuguese to English
Law/Patents
Law: Contract(s)
Contract
A Segunda Contraente fica obrigada a substituir ou corrigir a componente ou equipamento do Piloto onde tenha sido detectada qualquer erro no prazo máximo de 48 horas, após o que a Primeira Contraente se pronunciará sobre as correcções ou substituições efectuadas e, a ser o caso, o período de ensaios será reiniciado.
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4 mins
Paula Delgado
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
18 years keeping clients
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
being this the case
Being this the case
This mutual interaction can only be found in those fields of science where theory and experiment are at comparable levels, being this the case in many of ...
www.qf.ub.es/b1/fhl/restext.html
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Being this the case, they lead jurors to believe that the convicted person(s) will not be in a controlled environment for long and may be quickly filtered ...
home4.inet.tele.dk/lepan/lene/nanon/nanon8.htm
Being this the case, America has been doomed from the very beginning. Any course of action America takes has been adopted by big business -- big ...
home4.inet.tele.dk/lepan/lene/nanon/nanon7.htm
It can't be in this case, this time I can't agree with Thais, in portuguese a ser o caso doesn't mean this.
This mutual interaction can only be found in those fields of science where theory and experiment are at comparable levels, being this the case in many of ...
www.qf.ub.es/b1/fhl/restext.html
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-03-02 19:58:36 GMT)
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Being this the case, they lead jurors to believe that the convicted person(s) will not be in a controlled environment for long and may be quickly filtered ...
home4.inet.tele.dk/lepan/lene/nanon/nanon8.htm
Being this the case, America has been doomed from the very beginning. Any course of action America takes has been adopted by big business -- big ...
home4.inet.tele.dk/lepan/lene/nanon/nanon7.htm
It can't be in this case, this time I can't agree with Thais, in portuguese a ser o caso doesn't mean this.
Peer comment(s):
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lexical
: Agree with your interpretation but it should be "This being the case". Note that your examples are from Danish, not English, websites.
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Thanks, there are other examples in google from american, british and other international websites :-)
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R. Alex Jenkins
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Thanks, Richard
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
: I agree with lexical, both on "this being the case" and also about the origin of the examples provided.
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Cristina Santos
1 day 45 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Paula."
+1
4 mins
Thais Maria Lips
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Works in field
United States
Translations Decoder LLC
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
in this case
none
+1
4 hrs
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Works in field
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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173
if it is the case..if applicable..This being the case
a ser o caso=> ...if it is the case..if applicable..This being the case
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Results 1 - 30 of about 296 for "being this the case ".
Results 1 - 30 of about 774,000 for "This being the case ".
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-03-03 00:51:55 GMT)
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Results 1 - 30 of about 296 for "being this the case ".
Results 1 - 30 of about 774,000 for "This being the case ".
6 hrs
should this be the case ...
Another idiomatic option, look:
Complaints procedure for the web
However, should this be the case, the complainant can request that the Registrar refers the matter to another senior member of the University, appointed by ...
www.york.ac.uk/coord/docs/complaint.htm
Disclosure under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 ...
Should this be the case they will be advised at the earliest opportunity. 8) How will reports be investigated? Back to top ...
www.ljmu.ac.uk/corporate/68197.htm
Whistleblowing Code of Practice
... is needed at a disciplinary or court hearing. Should this be the case, the matter will be discussed with the whistleblower at the earliest opportunity. ...
www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/charter/whistleblowing/
MISR: Mission: Data Processing & Product Distribution
... be determined in advance, and the Coordinator will request justification from the requester before a final decision is made, should this be the case. ...
www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/data/localmode.html
Complaints procedure for the web
However, should this be the case, the complainant can request that the Registrar refers the matter to another senior member of the University, appointed by ...
www.york.ac.uk/coord/docs/complaint.htm
Disclosure under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 ...
Should this be the case they will be advised at the earliest opportunity. 8) How will reports be investigated? Back to top ...
www.ljmu.ac.uk/corporate/68197.htm
Whistleblowing Code of Practice
... is needed at a disciplinary or court hearing. Should this be the case, the matter will be discussed with the whistleblower at the earliest opportunity. ...
www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/charter/whistleblowing/
MISR: Mission: Data Processing & Product Distribution
... be determined in advance, and the Coordinator will request justification from the requester before a final decision is made, should this be the case. ...
www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/data/localmode.html
8 hrs
Phillip Berryman
Native in English
Works in field
An author's (6 books) care for language.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
if applicable
Consider whether this might not do. Our job is not to make the English sentence a phrase by phrase translation but to render the sense of the original in idiomatic English.
+1
18 hrs
in such a case
I would make it simpler ;
and in such a case
and in such a case
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