Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to miss the forest for the trees
Portuguese translation:
...podem perder completamente a noção das coisas.
English term
Brazil
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Technical Translation Specialist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
to miss the forest for the trees
Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Experienced, Reliable & Perfectionist
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
...podem perder completamente a noção das coisas.
United States
A network of professional translators
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) , English (Variants: US, Canadian, British, UK)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 8 more.
o apressado come cru
Espero que ajude.
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Note added at 2002-02-10 22:11:19 (GMT)
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Ah... também já ouvi o seguinte: \"não consegue encontrar uma árvore em uma floresta.\"
Brazil
40 years of high-quality translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese
Olhar para as árvores e não enxergar a floresta.
Call me now!! You'll be thrilled!!
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, US South, British, UK) , Portuguese (Variants: European/Portugal, Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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