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English to Portuguese: Reinventing Organizations General field: Bus/Financial Detailed field: Management
Source text - English THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL
Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher and scientist, proclaimed in
a treatise written in 350 BC that women have fewer teeth than men.1
Today we know this is nonsense. But for almost 2,000 years, it was
accepted wisdom in the Western World. Then one day, someone had the
most revolutionary of ideas: let’s count!
The scientific method―formulating a hypothesis and then testing
it―is so deeply ingrained in our thinking that we find it hard to
conceive that intelligent people would blindly trust authority and not
put assumptions to the test. We could be forgiven for thinking that,
perhaps, people simply weren’t that smart back then! But before we
judge them too harshly, let’s ask ourselves: could future generations be
similarly amused about us? Could we, too, be prisoners of a simplistic
way of understanding the world?
There is reason to believe we might be. As an example, let me ask
you a simple question: How many brains does a human being have? I
imagine your answer is “one” (or, if you suspected a trick question, it
might be “two,” the often-referred-to right and left brains). Our current
knowledge is that we have three: there is of course the massive brain in
our head; then there is a small brain in our heart, and another in our gut.
The last two are comparatively much smaller, but they are fully autonomous nervous systems nevertheless.
Translation - Portuguese O SURGIMENTO DE UM NOVO MODELO ORGANIZACIONAL
Aristóteles, o grande filósofo e cientista grego, proclamou num tratado escrito em 350 a.C. que as mulheres teriam menos dentes do que os homens.1 Hoje sabemos que isso é uma tolice. Mas por quase dois mil anos ela foi aceita como verdade no mundo ocidental. Até que um dia, então, alguém teve a mais revolucionária das ideias: vamos contar!
O método científico – formular uma hipótese e depois testá-la – está tão profundamente arraigado em nosso pensamento que achamos difícil conceber que as pessoas inteligentes confiem cegamente numa autoridade e não coloquem as suposições em teste. Poderíamos ser perdoados por pensar que, talvez, as pessoas simplesmente não fossem tão inteligentes naquela época. Mas, antes de julgá-las com muita dureza, vamos nos perguntar: as gerações futuras também se divertirão ao pensar sobre nós? Poderíamos também ser reféns de uma maneira simplista de entender o mundo?
Há motivos para acreditar que possamos ser. Por exemplo, deixe-me fazer uma pergunta simples: quantos cérebros possui um ser humano? Imagino que sua resposta seja “um” (ou, caso você suspeite de que esta é uma pergunta capciosa, poderia ser “dois”, os cérebros direito e esquerdo). Nosso conhecimento atual é de que temos três: há, naturalmente, o grande cérebro em nossa cabeça; há também um pequeno cérebro em nosso coração e outro em nosso intestino. Os dois últimos são comparativamente muito menores, mas mesmo assim são sistemas nervosos totalmente autônomos
Portuguese to English: manual Técnico General field: Tech/Engineering Detailed field: Other
Source text - Portuguese
COMO AJUSTAR O HORÁRIO
1. PUXE A COROA PARA O PRIMEIRO ESTÁGIO (1ª POSIÇÃO DA COROA).
2. GIRE-A NO SENTIDO HORÁRIO ATÉ O HORÁRIO DESEJADO.
3. EFETUADOS OS AJUSTES, RETORNE A COROA À POSIÇÃO NORMAL.
RELÓGIOS ANÁLOGOS COM CALENDÁRIO COMO AJUSTAR O HORÁRIO:
1. PUXE A COROA PARA O SEGUNDO ESTÁGIO (2ª POSIÇÃO DA COROA).
2. GIRE-A NO SENTIDO HORÁRIO ATÉ QUE OCORRA A MUDANÇA DO CALENDÁRIO, ISTO INDICARÁ QUE AS HORAS ESTÃO EM 00:00 (MEIA-NOITE). AS PRÓXIMAS 12 HORAS REPRESENTAM A PARTE DA MANHÃ (AM), PORTANTO, PARA AJUSTAR O SEU RELÓGIO PARA O PERÍODO DA TARDE, A COROA DEVERÁ COM-PLETAR MAIS UM CÍRCULO, PASSANDO PELAS 12:00 (PM) HORAS NOVAMENTE PARA AJUSTAR O HORÁRIO DESEJADO.
Translation - English
HOW TO SET THE TIME
1. PULL OUT THE CROWN TO THE FIRST CLICK (CROWN 1st POSITION).
2. TURN IT CLOCKWISE UNTIL THE DESIRED TIME.
3. AFTER THE SETTING HAS BEEN MADE PUSH THE CROWN BACK TO NORMAL POSITION.
ANALOG WATCHES WITH CALENDAR:
HOW TO SET THE DATE
1. PULL OUT THE CROWN TO THE SECOND CLICK (CROWN 2ND POSITION).
2.TURN IT CLOCKWISE UNTIL THE CALENDAR CHANGE OCCURS, THIS WILL INDICATE THAT THE HOURS ARE AT 00:00 (MIDNIGHT). THE NEXT 12 HOURS REPRESENTS THE MORNING PERIOD (AM), THEREFORE , TO SET YOUR WATCH FOR THE AFTERNOON PERIOD, THE CROWN SHOULD COMPLETE ONE MORE CIRCLE, PASSING BY 12:00 (PM) HOURS AGAIN TO ADJUST THE DESIRED TIME
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I work from English and German into Brazilian Portuguese, delivering linguistically and culturally adapted content with precision, consistency, and on-schedule delivery.
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• B.A. in English and Portuguese – with Executive Secretarial emphasis – PUC-SP (Brazil) • Postgraduate degree in Executive Consulting – Universidade Ítalo Brasileira – São Paulo • Postgraduate degree in Business Management – Senac-SP – São Paulo • Postgraduate degree in Translation (English–Portuguese) – Universidade Estácio de Sá – São Paulo
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Sworn Public Translator (English–Portuguese) – JUCESP (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) – Cambridge University
• Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) – Oxford University
• Professional Certificate in English–Portuguese Translation – Brasillis
• Legal English for Translators and Interpreters – Descomplicando o Inglês Jurídico
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Portuguese (Brazilian) – Native
English – Fluent
German – Advanced
Studied 7 years at Goethe-Institut São Paulo and 3 years at Teuto-Institut São Paulo.
Also worked 14 years at Volkswagen do Brasil, gaining extensive bilingual corporate experience.
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TEDx Talks – Subtitling and video translation
Translators Without Borders (TWB) – Pro bono humanitarian translation
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