Sep 14, 2008 16:13
16 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Brazil
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
o homem existe por sua conta e risco
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
dialogos
O homem existe por sua própria conta e risco, mas no princípio ele é nada.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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10 mins
A man exists by his own reckoning and risks.......
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Suggestion
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Note added at 14 mins (2008-09-14 16:27:45 GMT)
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Take out A man .. place Humans (people) exist by their own reckoning and risks
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Note added at 14 mins (2008-09-14 16:27:45 GMT)
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Take out A man .. place Humans (people) exist by their own reckoning and risks
Note from asker:
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+5
30 mins
Man exists at his own risk
Declined
"Man" in the generic sense . . .
Peer comment(s):
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Adam Prus-Szczepanowski
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Obrigada, Adam
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Fernanda Rocha
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Obrigada, Fernanda
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Maria José Tavares (X)
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Obrigada, Maria José
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Luciana Roppa
3 days 21 hrs
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Obrigada, Luciana
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Jorge Altamirano
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Obrigada, Jorge
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2 hrs
jack_speak
Native in English
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Native in: English 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Man is responsible for himself and for his mistakes
Declined
I think, Beth, for this one, you need to think "outside the box."
I wish I had more of the context.
I wish I had more of the context.
Peer comment(s):
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Richard Jenkins
: I think the other, literal suggestions seem logical but somewhat non-sensical to me. Yours is a good alternative :)
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Thanks Richard. I also couldn't make sense of the other suggestions-- literal, but I can't understand them.
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Donald Scott Alexander
Native in English
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, German to English, and 1 more.
man exists on his own and at his own risk
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just an idiomatic translation of both terms - a simple alternative which sounds fairly natural in English
Peer comment(s):
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wotaes
: I'd leave it at "man exists on his own". "Por sua propria conta e risco" is an expression that is equivalent to English "on one's own".
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1520 days
Man exists for his own regard and risks.
o homem existe por sua conta e risco = man exists for his own regard and risks
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