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contabilizar

English translation: to hire

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Portuguese term or phrase:contabilizar
English translation:to hire
Entered by: Claudio Mazotti

14:43 Oct 22, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Portuguese term or phrase: contabilizar
nos ultimos anos a empresa contabilizou a cotratacao de 100 funcionarios
Beatrice M
Brazil
Local time: 23:59
to totalize
Explanation:
or just: hired 100 employees.
Selected response from:

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Grading comment
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3to record
Silvia Aquino
3 +3to totalize
Claudio Mazotti
4 +2hired
Douglas Bissell
4to register
Kimberlee Thorne
3to enter
Constantinos Faridis (X)
3report
T o b i a s


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to record


Explanation:
sugestão

Silvia Aquino
Brazil
Local time: 23:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Erik Bry: Accounting is defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as "the art of recording, classifying, and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money, transactions and...
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Erik!
agree  coolbrowne: Perfect. This is the meaning in Portuguese, in this context. Absolutely no need to involve "accounting", in English.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, coolbrowne!
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
18 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Gilmar!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to enter


Explanation:
Intellectual Property question: Legal ability to enter a contract? The legal ability to enter into a contract is known as capacity.
wiki.answers.com/.../Legal_ability_to_enter_a_contract

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 05:59
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 8
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to totalize


Explanation:
or just: hired 100 employees.

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 74
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Verginia Ophof: reported the hiring of 100....
28 mins
  -> tks a lot!
agree  Evans (X): not totalized, but just "hired" is best here, I think
1 hr
  -> tks a lot!
agree  philgoddard: Hired.
2 hrs
  -> tks a lot!
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to register


Explanation:
It's almost synonymous to "record", but it's another option for you.

Kimberlee Thorne
United States
Local time: 20:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hired


Explanation:
=contabilizou a cotratacao de
keep it simple

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 03:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 75

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Evans (X): I totally agree
1 min
  -> thanks, Gilla
disagree  coolbrowne: The original has an element of counting/total, which adds emphasis. Simplification (which may be a good thing, in general) removes said emphasis.
6 hrs
  -> thanks, coolbrowne
agree  Carlos Quandt: I like that
9 hrs
  -> thanks, quandt
agree  T o b i a s: Good to go!
1 day 6 hrs
  -> thanks, Tobias
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
report


Explanation:
Possibility.

Example sentence(s):
  • The company reported hiring 26 people for each of the two contracts, bringing its total jobs to 54 on the government's official count.
  • In September 2001, the company reported hiring about 20 Manitobans and losing between 30 and 35 individuals per week (Bird).

    Reference: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/20...
    Reference: http://www.humanefood.ca/pdf%20links/Negative_Social_Impacts...
T o b i a s
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 62
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