Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
serious money
Portuguese translation:
É muito dinheiro!
Added to glossary by
Ann Lee (X)
Jan 4, 2011 08:40
13 yrs ago
English term
serious money
English to Portuguese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Serious money. So in context, $50 blackjack wasn't a lot of money. But when I sat down at that table, $50 sure seemed like an awful lot of money. I said to myself, "What am I doing betting $50? This is nuts." But he was the customer and Larry and I wanted to make him happy. Well, in half an hour I was down about $500 playing warm-up. I said, "Eh, this is not good . . . I'm not having fun here. I've had it with this warm-up stuff. Let's go try this baccarat thing."
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
Proposed translations
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É muito dinheiro!
Se eu entendi o contexto direito, essa parece ser uma boa opção
Tudo isso?! mas é muito dinheiro.
É muito dinheiro para destino incerto
Tudo isso?! mas é muito dinheiro.
É muito dinheiro para destino incerto
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
2 mins
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Grata!
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agree |
Leonor Machado
4 hrs
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Grata!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "obrigada"
1 hr
dinheiro de verdade
outra sugestão
+1
7 hrs
grana alta
Essa mantém o tom do texto.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
: I think this is the best because it is perfectly in keeping with the original.
3 days 1 hr
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9 hrs
dinheiro a sério
dinheiro a sério - straight translation
11 hrs
Uma soma/quantia respeitável.
Para manter o tom coloquial.
1 day 5 hrs
dinheiro graúdo
Somente uma opção a mais.
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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2011-01-05 14:25:26 GMT)
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Ou de forma ainda mais coloquial: uma boa grana.
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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2011-01-05 14:25:26 GMT)
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Ou de forma ainda mais coloquial: uma boa grana.
Discussion
serious money and ''a serious amount of money'' have different connotations. I am aware of what it means from both points of view and in relation to Nick's posted link. I am not disputing that you could be right. what I am disputing is that there is a degree of ambiguity in this phrase as well as in the entire text; above all one must look at what comes before the sentences, before the full stop.
"Serious money. So in context, $50 blackjack wasn't a lot of money...'' asks
What context are we talking about? That is, what are we comparing the $50 blackjack with? Is this ''serious money'' because he/she shouldn't gamble money that was to buy food for the wife and kids, pay rent, taxes or even pay the undertaker?... We do not know this.
Sorry if these are no better that the examples I gave before but let me just finish by saying that serious money is spent in serious gambling by serious people!...
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