Feb 15, 2015 14:42
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English term
Chile
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Native in: Portuguese 
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peanut butter spread
English to Portuguese
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
Training course
Not achieving standards get in the way of flow…it is a marathon, not a race…can’t “peanut butter spread” across the business.
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Maria Meneses
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
expert in patents; chemical engineer
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese
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viajar na maionese
é óbvio que é uma expressão irónica
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
1 hr
Danik 2014
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
German, English, Spanish to Portuguese!
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: German to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, English to German, and 2 more.
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não dá para tratar de forma homogênea/padronizada
no sentido de não dá para perder os critérios de vista
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-peanut-butter-approach.htm
http://www.waywordradio.org/peanut_buttering_1/
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-peanut-butter-approach.htm
http://www.waywordradio.org/peanut_buttering_1/
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5 mins
Helena Guimarães
Portugal
Portugal
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Portugal
WORDS ARE MAGIC IF YOU CAN MATCH THEM
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Dutch to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, and 2 more.
não se pode facilitar;
esta tradução não poderá ser literal, neste contexto (barrar ou besuntar de manteiga de amendoim) é para amaciar ou facilitar as coisas.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-02-15 19:39:43 GMT)
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Peanut butter is often added to expressions to emphatize smoothly going, easy going, etc.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-02-15 19:39:43 GMT)
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Peanut butter is often added to expressions to emphatize smoothly going, easy going, etc.
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AnaLouro
: acho que é isso mesmo
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Obrigada Ana.
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Ana Ribeiro
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Obrigada Ana :)
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[não] dar mole
Sugestão:
... é uma maratona, não uma corrida ... [você] não pode "dar mole" nesse negócio.
... é uma maratona, não uma corrida ... [você] não pode "dar mole" nesse negócio.
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Vitor Pinteus
Portugal
Portugal
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Works in field
Portugal
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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(tentar) fazer tudo/demasiadas coisas ao mesmo tempo
A expressão "peanut butter spread", no contexto de Gestão, foi cunhada por Brad Garlinghouse, executivo da Yahoo. com o mesmo sentido que "spread too thin", e significa "tentar fazer muitas/demasiadas coisas ao mesmo tempo" (estender/esticar os recursos a demasiadas coisas, acabando por fazê-lo superficialmente e perder o foco naquilo que é realmente relevante).
Penso que é o mesmo sentido deste caso: este "can't peanut butter spread across the business" significa "can't spread too thin across the business", isto é, "não podemos tentar fazer tudo/demasiadas coisas ao mesmo tempo" (ou "não podemos acorrer a tudo e a todo o lado ao mesmo tempo").
Julgo que é por isso que o texto refere também "it is a marathon, not a race".
vd links:
1. ("don't spread yourself thin (like peanut butter on bread) trying to do lots of things"): http://www.quora.com/Phrases/When-someone-says-dont-peanut-b...
2. ("Yahoo Memo: The 'Peanut Butter Manifesto', "We want to do everything and be everything -- to everyone."): http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116379821933826657
3. ("spread too thin" »» "to try to do too many things at the same time, so that you cannot give enough time or attention to any of them"): http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/spread too thin
4. ("spread oneself thin" »» "to carry on so many projects simultaneously that none is done adequately"): http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spread thin
Penso que é o mesmo sentido deste caso: este "can't peanut butter spread across the business" significa "can't spread too thin across the business", isto é, "não podemos tentar fazer tudo/demasiadas coisas ao mesmo tempo" (ou "não podemos acorrer a tudo e a todo o lado ao mesmo tempo").
Julgo que é por isso que o texto refere também "it is a marathon, not a race".
vd links:
1. ("don't spread yourself thin (like peanut butter on bread) trying to do lots of things"): http://www.quora.com/Phrases/When-someone-says-dont-peanut-b...
2. ("Yahoo Memo: The 'Peanut Butter Manifesto', "We want to do everything and be everything -- to everyone."): http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116379821933826657
3. ("spread too thin" »» "to try to do too many things at the same time, so that you cannot give enough time or attention to any of them"): http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/spread too thin
4. ("spread oneself thin" »» "to carry on so many projects simultaneously that none is done adequately"): http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spread thin
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