Dec 4, 2021 15:33
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English term
United States
Software, IT, Education, Sciences
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
skills - competências, habilidades, capacidades
English to Portuguese
Other
Education / Pedagogy
I have had to translate the word 'skills' a few times lately. I have two questions:
- for a person's skills, such as the ability to work on a certain field, or to solve a problem, which one do you prefer?
- is there a difference between the choice for Portuguese-PT and Portuguese-BR?
Thanks in advance.
Dirce
- for a person's skills, such as the ability to work on a certain field, or to solve a problem, which one do you prefer?
- is there a difference between the choice for Portuguese-PT and Portuguese-BR?
Thanks in advance.
Dirce
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 5 +4 | competência |
Valeria Gauz
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| 5 | Skills= a habilidade para fazer algo - Ability= capacidade de fazer algo |
Carlos Nascimento
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| 4 | habilidades |
Carlos Moura
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Proposed translations
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Valeria Gauz
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
Interpreter, translator
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
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competência
Considerando que a pessoa precisa ser capaz de resolver um problema, "competência" me parece ser mais apropriado, pois habilidade e até capacidade talvez não sejam suficientes.
Example sentence:
The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
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ulissescarvalho
2 hrs
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Obrigada!
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Nick Taylor
: yeh! competências :-)
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Obrigada!
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Susane Schmieg
: Sim, a competência é um conjunto de conheimentos (teoria), habilidades (colocar a teoria em prática) e atitudes (mobilização emocional para aplicar os conhecimentos e habilidaddes)
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Obrigada! Ótima explicação.
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Simone Taylor
16 hrs
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Obrigada!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Obrigada a todos. Pessoalmente, vou preferir usar competência tanto para PT como para BR."
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Carlos Moura
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
20 years in automotive industry
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese
habilidades
You need to consider the context, especially if the difference between “soft” and “hard” skills is clear.
Soft skill is more used to behavior/relationship; hard skill is more used to technical/professional.
The meaning for these 3 words is closer (especially “habilidade” and “competência”):
https://aulete.com.br/habilidade
https://aulete.com.br/competência
https://aulete.com.br/capacidade
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Soft skill is more used to behavior/relationship; hard skill is more used to technical/professional.
The meaning for these 3 words is closer (especially “habilidade” and “competência”):
https://aulete.com.br/habilidade
https://aulete.com.br/competência
https://aulete.com.br/capacidade
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160 days
Carlos Nascimento
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Brazil
Literary texts, Linguistic, Geopolitics
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese
Skills= a habilidade para fazer algo - Ability= capacidade de fazer algo
Traduzir skills e ability é um pouco difícil devido ao problema terminológico que enfretamos com a língua portuguesa.
Mas observe este exemplo:
O Macmillan Dictionary define "Skill": "the ability to do something well, usually as a result of experience and training".
O Macmillan Dictionary define "Ability": "the fact of being able to do something".
Portanto, podemos concluir que Skill=habilidade e Ability=capacidade.
Mas observe este exemplo:
O Macmillan Dictionary define "Skill": "the ability to do something well, usually as a result of experience and training".
O Macmillan Dictionary define "Ability": "the fact of being able to do something".
Portanto, podemos concluir que Skill=habilidade e Ability=capacidade.
Reference:
http://https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/skill
http://https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/ability_1
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