Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
black eye
Portuguese translation:
Mancha negra
Added to glossary by
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Jan 3, 2008 18:23
16 yrs ago
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English term
Brazil
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Technical Translation Specialist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
black eye
English to Portuguese
Marketing
Advertising / Public Relations
After learning of the theft and informing the Federal Bureau of Investigation, McDonald’s immediately introduced a different promotional game run by another promotional agency so as to make good on its promise to customers and restore its credibility. Apparently, the Simon Marketing employee who ripped off McDonald’s had for several years been stealing winning game tickets from other games. A spokesperson for the Promotion Marketing Association, the trade association for the industry, characterized this debacle as a “black eye” for the promotion marketing industry.
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black eye = um duro golpe?
uma vergonha para o setor de marketing de promoções?
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black eye = um duro golpe?
uma vergonha para o setor de marketing de promoções?
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 5 +3 | Mancha negra |
Arthur Godinho
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| 4 +3 | um duro golpe/um golpe certeiro/uma desmoralização/uma vergona |
Marlene Curtis
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| 4 +2 | olho roxo |
Maria Vasconcelos (X)
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| 3 | olho negro; olho pisado |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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Proposed translations
+3
33 mins
Arthur Godinho
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Portuguese
United States
Always looking forward to new challenges
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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20
Selected
Mancha negra
Apezar que o termo quer dizer "Olho Roxo", neste contexto creio que a melhor opção seria "Uma mancha negra" ...para a promoção da industria de marketing.
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Note added at 42 mins (2008-01-03 19:06:29 GMT) Post-grading
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APESAR (rsrsrs)
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Note added at 42 mins (2008-01-03 19:06:29 GMT) Post-grading
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APESAR (rsrsrs)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
rhandler
6 mins
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Thanks, rhandler. And happy new year!
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Michael and Raimunda Poe
: With the context this works well for both meanings.
1 hr
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Thank-you both
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| agree |
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
: Well,well, I'll be damned if that is not a really good and ingenious compromise! Well done!
2 hrs
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Thanks, Paula
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Acho legal uma mancha negra. Mas é APESAR, com "s", ok?
Bjs e muito obrigada a todos
T."
4 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
92
olho negro; olho pisado
Mike :)
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-01-03 18:29:04 GMT)
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§ black eye olho negro; olho pisado
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-01-03 18:29:04 GMT)
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§ black eye olho negro; olho pisado
+2
13 mins
olho roxo
No sentido de algo que foi um golpe e que deixou uma marca, seria um golpe como sugeriu se não estivesse entre aspas, o que sugere um termo que tem duplo sentido. :)
No Babyon as definições são as seguintes:
black eye
soco no olho
Babylon English-English
black eye
discoloration of the skin around the eye, bruised eye (resulting from a blow, etc.)
Wikipedia English:
Black eye
A black eye is bruising around the eye commonly due to an injury to the face rather than an eye injury. The name is given due to the color of bruising. Most black eye injuries are minor and will heal themselves in about one week. Trauma near the eyebrow or places not directly on the eye may make the eyelid go black.
No Babyon as definições são as seguintes:
black eye
soco no olho
Babylon English-English
black eye
discoloration of the skin around the eye, bruised eye (resulting from a blow, etc.)
Wikipedia English:
Black eye
A black eye is bruising around the eye commonly due to an injury to the face rather than an eye injury. The name is given due to the color of bruising. Most black eye injuries are minor and will heal themselves in about one week. Trauma near the eyebrow or places not directly on the eye may make the eyelid go black.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
: You are right about the double meaning (see note to asker) but the problem is whether putting just that will convey all the meaning. Well done anyway.
10 mins
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Obrigada, Paula.
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Paul Dixon
: Yes, definitely.
1 hr
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Obrigado, Paul.
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| agree |
Michael and Raimunda Poe
: Absolutely! No doubt about it.
2 hrs
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Obrigado a Vocês! Feliz Ano Novo.
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+3
16 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Portuguese
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
424
um duro golpe/um golpe certeiro/uma desmoralização/uma vergona
Minhas sugestões.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
: Um... que tal? [...] descreveu este desastre como um vergonhoso olho negro para a [...] It would be a way of combining the double meaning of the original...
12 mins
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Thanks Paula!
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Paul Dixon
: Yes, definitely the best of all the answers given here, really conveys the meaning intended.
1 hr
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Thanks Paul!
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| agree |
Humberto Ribas
: vergonha
3 hrs
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Discussion
Maybe some else will come up with something good :-)