Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Ajuda em provérbio - Lot more on our plates
Portuguese translation:
Muito mais a fazer / Muito mais a ser feito
Added to glossary by
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Sep 10, 2010 19:03
13 yrs ago
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English term
Brazil
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Technical Translation Specialist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
Ajuda em provérbio - Lot more on our plates
English to Portuguese
Tech/Engineering
Human Resources
There’s a lot more on our plates now than in years past
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Existe alguma versão consagrada desse provérbio em português?
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Existe alguma versão consagrada desse provérbio em português?
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 4 +3 | Muito mais a fazer / Muito mais a ser feito |
Marlene Curtis
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| 4 +1 | jánão ando (andamos) com as mãos a abanar |
Douglas Bissell
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| 4 | estar de mãos cheia (s) |
amarante dasilva
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References
| a lot on one's plate |
Carlos Quandt
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Proposed translations
+3
3 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Specializes in field
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
684
Selected
Muito mais a fazer / Muito mais a ser feito
É como eu traduzo.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gratíssima
Bjs
T."
+1
35 mins
Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Portugal
Native in English
Portugal
Business Language Solutions Pt>Eng
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
4
jánão ando (andamos) com as mãos a abanar
This sounds more idiomatic, like the original
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
: Diria: Já não ficamos de mãos a abanar...
12 mins
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Yeah, you may well be right there, "ficar" instead of andar, thanks for the heads up
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2 days 3 hrs
amarante dasilva
Canada
Canada
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Canada
competent
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
estar de mãos cheia (s)
to be very busy....
Reference comments
26 mins
Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
Marketing, technical, scientific, Ph.D.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
16
Reference:
a lot on one's plate
I've got a lot on my plate: I have a lot of things to do; I'm really busy
Informal A schedule of matters to be dealt with: had a lot on my plate at work after vacation.
Have a great deal (or too much) to cope with, as in What with the new baby and the new house, they have a lot on their plate, or I can't take that on now; I've got too much on my plate already.
Informal A schedule of matters to be dealt with: had a lot on my plate at work after vacation.
Have a great deal (or too much) to cope with, as in What with the new baby and the new house, they have a lot on their plate, or I can't take that on now; I've got too much on my plate already.
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