Portuguese term
Brazil
Subtitling & Translations ENG/FRENCH/SPA
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 4 more.
não fala nada com nada
Obrigado, pessoal.
Proposed translations
Brazil
Marketing and Telecom Specialist
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese, and 1 more.
Bolsonaro/Dilma say things that no one understands
United States
Translator/Chemist/Engineer (BSc/MSc)
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Italian to Portuguese
Talk nonsense/rubbish
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Note added at 39 mins (2020-05-23 00:07:45 GMT)
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/amp/english/talk-nonsens...
“ talk nonsense. to say things that are not reasonable or have no meaning: Is it just me or was she talking nonsense in the meeting?”
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
says things that amount to nothing
Canada
English/Portuguese translator
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 1 more.
(they) don't make sense (in English)
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Mario Freitas
: Sim, querida, tudo bem apesar de tudo. Só estou há dois meses sem ver minhas filhas, que foram pro interior ficar a salvo com a mãe. Espero que isso acabe logo. E você?
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Obrigada, Mario! Espero que você esteja bem.
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Brazil
Audiovisual Translator
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese, Portuguese to English
spew nonsense
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
when it comes to English,
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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-05-23 03:42:28 GMT)
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the kindest way of rendering this is to say they're inarticulate
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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-05-23 03:47:06 GMT)
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inarticulate = unable to express one's ideas or feelings clearly or easily
this doesn't imply criticism, just linguistic shortfall
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judging by your context, which emphasises English, I think this is the idea...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-05-23 04:13:48 GMT)
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anyway we yet again have the translator's quandary of knowing how to interpret and render the source text
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and that's part of the skill...
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Ana Rita Santiago
: The idea is that they can't speak English, so inarticulate is the best way to say that without being rude.
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Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Bolsonaro/Dilma are all rhetoric and no substance!
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David Hollywood
: now this gets to the point but misses the "when speaking English" component...
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David, (other than a univerasl "political" truism, I assumed this was a figurative twist- "Lei para inglês ver "
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Translations by lawyers for lawyers
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English
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