Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Como podes tu falar dele? Tu não conheces o João
English translation:
How can you talk about him? You don't know João!
Portuguese term
Como podes tu falar dele? Tu não conheces o João
Jul 31, 2008 00:48: Katarina Peters Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
How can you talk about him? You don't know João!
Armenia
Precision and clarity
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
How dare you talk about him? You don't know John at all
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-07-19 11:08:24 GMT)
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Engraçado... Somente agora percebi que traduzi o nome "João" como "John". Claro que normalmente o nome não seria traduzido.
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Fernanda Rocha
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Katja van Hellemond
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Marcelo Gonçalves
1 hr
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María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
: about João....no lo conoces de nada...
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Lucio C P Soluchinsky
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Elisabete Cunha
: Concordo com a frase, mas mantendo João.
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Pois é, cheguei a colocar um comentário mencionando esse fato. Foi sem quere que traduzi também o nome próprio. Obrigado.
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Katia DG
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United States
English degree, copy editing experience
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English, Portuguese to English
How can you say that about him? You don't know João!
Brazil
Computer Engineer expert @ Soft/Hardware
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
How can you speak about him? You don't know João.
Brazil
PT/EN Translator - ABRATES Certified
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
You can't talk about João, you don't even know him!
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet"
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