Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
telefone sem fio
English translation:
Chinese whispers
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-04-26 22:54:13 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Apr 23, 2014 22:31
10 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Portugal
B.S. in Clinical Psychology
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese
telefone sem fio
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Nome de uma brincadeira infantil - http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefone_sem_fio_(brincadeira)
Contexto: "Quando criança brincávamos de telefone sem fio."
Contexto: "Quando criança brincávamos de telefone sem fio."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | Chinese whispers |
Paul Brown
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| 4 +2 | telephone game |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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Proposed translations
+5
3 mins
Paul Brown
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
ES/PT > Native English Translations
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
Chinese whispers
Chinese whispers
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Paulinho Fonseca
1 min
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| agree |
Teresa Freixinho
19 mins
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| agree |
Mario Freitas
: Good memory!
52 mins
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| agree |
Verginia Ophof
1 hr
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| agree |
Claudio Mazotti
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Paul! That's exactly what I was looking for! :)"
+2
6 hrs
Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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66
telephone game
I've never heard of Chinese whispers, but I see that it's in the dictionary. We called it the Telephone Game in the U.S. Maybe we were more PC?
Examples with descriptions:
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/09/your-...
CHICAGO --- **Remember the telephone game** where people take turns whispering a message into the ear of the next person in line? By the time the last person speaks it out loud, the message has radically changed. It’s been altered with each retelling.
http://genealogy.about.com/b/2008/12/22/remember-the-telepho...
**Remember the Telephone Game?**
Most of you probably played it as a child. You would whisper a short sentence into someone's ear, and they would then turn and whisper it to the person seated on their other side. By the time the message had passed through a dozen people it was so different from the original it had everyone giggling hysterically.
Examples with descriptions:
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/09/your-...
CHICAGO --- **Remember the telephone game** where people take turns whispering a message into the ear of the next person in line? By the time the last person speaks it out loud, the message has radically changed. It’s been altered with each retelling.
http://genealogy.about.com/b/2008/12/22/remember-the-telepho...
**Remember the Telephone Game?**
Most of you probably played it as a child. You would whisper a short sentence into someone's ear, and they would then turn and whisper it to the person seated on their other side. By the time the message had passed through a dozen people it was so different from the original it had everyone giggling hysterically.
Note from asker:
| Thank you Muriel, it was very helpful to know the variants/regionalisms. I'll keep it in mind! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Gilmar Fernandes
: US English
7 hrs
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Thanks, Gilmar!
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| agree |
Lais Leite
: American English
1 day 13 hrs
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Thanks, Lais!
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Discussion
This is an excellent example of why it's not usually advisable to use the 5th degree of certainty. It's rare that there's only one possible, perfect answer to any question.