Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
em face da superveniência de impedimento legal
English translation:
due to legal impediments
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-02-02 16:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jan 30, 2013 16:05
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Portuguese term
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em face da superveniência de impedimento legal
Portuguese to English
Law/Patents
Education / Pedagogy
Here is the whole sentence: A qualquer tempo, em face da superveniência de impedimento legal que o torne formal ou materialmente inexequível
Proposed translations
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Gilmar Fernandes
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
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English
United States
25 + yrs. Business experience PORT- ENG
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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due to legal impediments
em face da superveniencia = literally = given the occurrence of....
but that would sound clumsy in English, even legalese
http://definitions.uslegal.com/i/impediments/
but that would sound clumsy in English, even legalese
http://definitions.uslegal.com/i/impediments/
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Fabian Deckwirth
: Not quite, as superveniência involves some later occurrence of a fact that wasn't there before
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My understanding is that "due to..." covers that....a legal impediment that may occur in the future. I don't get your logic.
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Margarida Ataide
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Thanks itineuropa :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your help!"
16 mins
Fabian Deckwirth
Spain
Spain
Spain
20+ years in law/finance, MBA
Native in: German 
Works in: Portuguese to English, Portuguese to German, English to German, and 2 more.
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if a legal impediment later arises that makes it formally or materially unenforceable
Also here, just change the sentence structure to make it easy for whomever reads your translation.
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Eileen Aguirre
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
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English
Brazil
Native in: English (Variant: Neutral) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
in the event of a legal impediment
in the event of a legal impediment whereby it becomes formally or materially unenforceable
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