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two things a) the differences are in fact rare and not significant (if you know how to read the language)

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I don’t know if this is the correct way to say this in english

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Well, it's known that in Brazil many words are adapted (or realy are) from the english, like that one could probably be, and I believe that way you can more easily understand what it's referring to, but there are
some reasons not to use it, namely a) there's a clear translation, so there's no reason not to translate it, b) the whole translation is supposed to be read by any kind of people, including doctors and children that only know it's mother language and c) the whole translation must be absolutely formal, direct to the point, and in absolute conformity with the grammar (I must also add that our translation is checked by a certified and experienced portuguese teacher apart from the team, so I can honestly tell you that our translation would certainly fit on any iso-certification rules )

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We have it as "ficheiro" and you changed it to "arquivo" (archive). Well, obviously "ficheiro" is the most correct way to translate "file".

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but the reason not to use it is that "palavra passe" is more accurate to the situation, "senha" is not so catchy for first-time users and less experienced users on computres, not to mention that other portuguese software’s use "palavra passe" so we decided to keep the uniformity on this one.

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After talking to some brazillian friends, the only actual difference to their way of speaking by looking to our translation is just the "c"s which is, in their own words, "irrelevant".

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Originally posted by xBellox

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two things a) the differences are in fact rare and not significant (if you know how to read the language)

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Are you really a translator??? This is a kind of afirmation that none translator should say. The differences are NOT rare neither not significant.

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Originally posted by xBellox

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I don’t know if this is the correct way to say this in english

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Ok, now you have answered me the previous question

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Originally posted by xBellox
Man, you REALLY don´t known NOTHING about Portuguese from Brazil. Many words in Brazil are in English and is in OFFICIALS dictionaries like "DICIONÁRIO HOUAISS DA LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA" and "Melhoramentos". One of those words is, peharps, "status".

So don´t try to tell us, how we should to translate our own language.

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Originally posted by xBellox

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After talking to some brazillian friends, the only actual difference to their way of speaking by looking to our translation is just the "c"s which is, in their own words, "irrelevant".

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I´m certainly not your friend, but the "c"´s aren´t relevant to understand, but is the same to say that we don´t need to translate for eg "no" because everybody understand it.

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from what I've seen by comparing the two translations (the one from Heyder and the official portuguese one), the differences _are_ very rare.

So either he did simply copy most of it, or either there is not real difference between the written langauges (note that there is a difference between a written language and a spoken language)

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About dictionnaries: they aren't the holy grale! They contain many mistakes too

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i hate that "ficheiro" and 'c' too

just cant look it

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Originally posted by xBellox

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Cara, eu hoje não estou muito bem humorado e dei o azar de ler as asneiras que um dos administradores deste forum escreveu pra mim no trecho que foi simplesmente MOVIDO do meu thread. Assim, minha resposta foi curta e grossa.

Sabe, eu já estou de saco cheio de alguns babacas deste forum. Vou simplesmente postar minhas traduções e pronto. No máximo, responderei aos brasileiros que postarem pra mim. Ficaria grato se você pudesse me ajudar na tarefa de tradução (pense como e sugira). Outra coisa, vou falar português apenas por aqui. Você viu o que esses bundões fizeram? Além de fechar meu thread com argumentos mentirosos, moveram-no para o lixo. Pra mim chega. Eu não tenho saco de papai noel...

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Originally posted by xBellox
Another question, if those lanaguages are soo similar (and they aren´t), why don´t use the most spoked, most used language as the primary?

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It isn't only about what is spoken the most.

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