Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Queimando o filme
English translation:
damage their image
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Portuguese term
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Queimando o filme
Texto:
O nível das perguntas que você posta no ProZ demonstram para toda a comunidade, que envolve inúmeros clientes também, se o seu nível nos idiomas com que trabalha é bom ou insuficiente. Os usuários devem tomar o cuidado de não postar várias perguntas de nível básico, quase infantil, pois assim certamente estariam *** queimando seu filme *** em um comunidade que poderia gerar diversos trabalhos e ampliar seu portfolio.
Proposed translations
Portugal
Business Language Solutions Pt>Eng
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
damage their image
| Good one, Doug. It's the most accurate so far, considering the damages of the mentioned practice. |
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Silvia Aquino
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Spiridon
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Ana Vozone
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Thanks Ana
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Claudio Mazotti
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thanks Claudio
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Gilmar Fernandes
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Brazil
I've been working with English for 25 y
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Brazil
game loc | tourism | hotels
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
make you look bad
As outras são
salt one's game
cramp one's style!
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Tem ainda: "make a fool of yourself". Acho que também ficaria boa neste contexto.
Look bad
Você está queimando o meu filme !! Sai fora !!
Or
Ele queimou o filme dele depois que ficou bêbado e vomitou na frente de todas as pessoas
It applies to either be made to look bad or to do something to oneself that makes a bad or embarrassing impression
to add a synonymous phrase in context, you can say that ' vocês vão passar uma vergonha - or you'll make fool's of yourselves" to get the same point across
Ele queimou o filme dele depois que ficou bêbado e vomitou na frente de todas as pessoas
Brazil
Very quick turnarounds, consultant
Native in: English , Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English to Portuguese
burn bridges
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Eunice Brandão
: Concordo com a Judith. Morei 20 anos nos Estados Unidos e via muito o uso desse termo pra o nosso famoso 'queimar o filme'
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Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
shooting yourself in the foot
| lol, I didn't know that existed in English too. It's the same in PT. Good one. |
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Richard Purdom
: or 'shooting yourself in the head' if you're talking about Brexit.
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Cheers mate! Brexit schmexit! I've just "read" the SUN, which my son gave me from the plane as a laugh, and to be honest it no more than the "english" deserve as they are so concerned with their own belly buttons :-)
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tarnish your reputation
If something tarnishes your reputation or image, it makes people have a worse opinion of you than they did before
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/t...
doing so may tarnish ones reputation
Linguist and Voiceover Art.
Native in: English (Variant: British) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, and 13 more.
Ruining themselves/their chances or bringing ruin on their own
I hope it helps!
Discussion
"doing yourself a disservice"
But what difference does it make if it's Pro or Non-Pro? Please vote non-Pro if you wish, and you can also suggest to other people you're in contact with to do the same. It really doesn't matter.
P.S. I think 'doing yourself a disservice' is the best answer so far. Some are better than others, IMO.
Also "uma comunidade", which I only noticed now.