Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
just about through
Portuguese translation:
está vivendo seus últimos dias
Added to glossary by
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Jun 3, 2008 18:00
16 yrs ago
English term
Brazil
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Technical Translation Specialist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
just about through
English to Portuguese
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
Almost 40 years ago, the eminent economist Charles Kindleberger bluntly asserted that ‘the nation state is just about through as an economic unit’.1 Today, as we saw in Chapter 1, a central claim of the ‘hyper-globalizers’ is that we live in a borderless world where states no longer matter
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 4 +1 | está vivendo seus últimos dias |
Edimilson Ferreira
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| 4 +4 | praticamente extinto |
jack_speak
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| 4 +2 | quase que completamente terminada |
Humberto Ribas
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Proposed translations
+1
6 mins
Edimilson Ferreira
Armenia
Armenia
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Armenia
Precision and clarity
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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84
Selected
está vivendo seus últimos dias
Não é uma tradução muito literal, mas acho que fica bem: "O Estado-nação está vivendo seus últimos dias enquanto unidade econômica"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gratíssima
Bjs
T."
+2
4 mins
Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
fast, accurate, reliable, professional
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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29
quase que completamente terminada
quase que totalmente terminada/acabada/finda
Peer comment(s):
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Marcos de Lima
2 mins
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obrigado
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Isabel Maria Almeida
: concordo
4 mins
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obrigado
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+4
5 mins
jack_speak
Native in English
Works in field
Competent, diligent, thorough, complete.
Native in: English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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20
praticamente extinto
minha sugestao.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Lucy Leite
: Boa opção! Straight to the point!
8 mins
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Obrigado, Lucy.
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| agree |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
17 mins
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Obrigado, Teresa.
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| agree |
reginakersten
32 mins
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Obrigado, regina.
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| agree |
marco lessa (X)
: A1
3 hrs
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Obrigado, Marco.
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