Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
keeping the lights on
Portuguese translation:
(menos tempo) em atividades rotineiras
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Cintia Galbo
May 31, 2015 21:12
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English term
keeping the lights on
English to Portuguese
Other
Computers (general)
Business, General
Greater business innovation as IT staff spend less time “keeping the lights on” and more time on
innovation projects including mobile and analytics.
By enabling cost and time efficiencies, the new system helps customers better allocate budget
and staff resources. Customers are better able to focus IT on business enablement and
innovation. They dedicate less staff time to keeping the lights on even as they improve their
service levels. The survey found that companies that used to spend 78% of time and budget keeping
the lights on now spend only 46%. Looked at in another way, IT staff spend on business
enablement increased by more than 300% from 8% to 35%. These organizations
increased the percentage of their IT budget spent on new initiatives by 97%. This type of
increase aligns very well with 3rd Platform priorities.
innovation projects including mobile and analytics.
By enabling cost and time efficiencies, the new system helps customers better allocate budget
and staff resources. Customers are better able to focus IT on business enablement and
innovation. They dedicate less staff time to keeping the lights on even as they improve their
service levels. The survey found that companies that used to spend 78% of time and budget keeping
the lights on now spend only 46%. Looked at in another way, IT staff spend on business
enablement increased by more than 300% from 8% to 35%. These organizations
increased the percentage of their IT budget spent on new initiatives by 97%. This type of
increase aligns very well with 3rd Platform priorities.
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Proposed translations
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(menos tempo) em atividades rotineiras
Sugestão.
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Obrigada, creio que seja uma boa sugestão."
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Diego Perez
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
Highly specialized video game translator
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
"reciclando"
Apenas uma sugestão. O texto quer dizer que a inovação passa menos tempo mantendo o que já existe, e mais tempo lançando novas ideias.
Como foram usadas aspas no texto original, quis colocar uma metáfora semelhante.
Como foram usadas aspas no texto original, quis colocar uma metáfora semelhante.
7 mins
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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141
mantendo-se ocupados / procurando o que fazer para não ficar à toa
Sugestão
+1
13 mins
Katarina Peters
Canada
Canada
Native in English
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.
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24
"mantendo o status quo"
ou: mantendo a rotina
Peer comment(s):
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Danik 2014
: "mantendo a rotina"http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/cwdn/2013/08/why-keep-th...
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Obrigada, Danik
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15 mins
Beatriz Baker Méio
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
United States
Scientific translator, Ph.D. in Biology
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
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8
(perder menos tempo) com tarefas mundanas
sugestão, inspirada por este artigo:
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/cwdn/2013/08/why-keep-th...
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/cwdn/2013/08/why-keep-th...
1 hr
Suany Lima
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
United States
I love my work!
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
"a espera de algo"
"a espera de algo"
+1
19 hrs
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
&
Portuguese
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.
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132
gerando receita para pagar o aluguel
keeping the lights on -> gerando receita para pagar o aluguel
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Note added at 2 days18 mins (2015-06-02 21:30:41 GMT)
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data shrinks - Tradução em português – Linguee
www.linguee.pt/ingles-portugues/traducao/data shrinks.html
... [pt] português <-> [ee] estónio, [pt] português <-> [mt] maltês, Mais idiomas ... maintain day-to-day business operations (keeping the lights on)
Keep The Lights On
Verb
(1). A way for members of a steady, but weak business unit to justify their continued existence to the rest of the firm.
http://www.cheesycorporatelingo.com/dictionary/keep-the-ligh...
more than half your time and resources are spent, not on innovative projects, but on "keep the lights on" activities whose sole purpose is to prevent existing systems from breaking down.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2486278/it-management/h...
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Note added at 2 days18 mins (2015-06-02 21:30:41 GMT)
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data shrinks - Tradução em português – Linguee
www.linguee.pt/ingles-portugues/traducao/data shrinks.html
... [pt] português <-> [ee] estónio, [pt] português <-> [mt] maltês, Mais idiomas ... maintain day-to-day business operations (keeping the lights on)
Keep The Lights On
Verb
(1). A way for members of a steady, but weak business unit to justify their continued existence to the rest of the firm.
http://www.cheesycorporatelingo.com/dictionary/keep-the-ligh...
more than half your time and resources are spent, not on innovative projects, but on "keep the lights on" activities whose sole purpose is to prevent existing systems from breaking down.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2486278/it-management/h...
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