shoot their way out after-wards

Portuguese translation: E depois o ajudaria a escapar/se livrar dessa (enrascada)

13:45 Nov 17, 2020
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: shoot their way out after-wards
Olá a todos.
Estou em dúvida quanto a melhor forma para traduzir essa frase com esse termo.

His friend would probably switch sides and help him * shoot their way out after-wards*, but the others in the protection detail obviously wouldn’t.

Eu traduzi assim, mas acho que não está satisfatório.

Seu amigo provavelmente mudaria de lado e o ajudaria a tira-lo e lá em seguida, mas os outros no destacamento de proteção obviamente não iriam.


Obrigado.
DANIEL SIQUEIRA
Brazil
Local time: 03:03
Portuguese translation:E depois o ajudaria a escapar/se livrar dessa (enrascada)
Explanation:
"To shoot my way out" is a very figurative form that comes from old Westerns.

If you are trapped in a building somewhere, surrounded by bad guys,
you have to shoot your gun many many times, hoping that you will shoot some of the bad guys, and you will be able to find a way to escape out of the building (or situation).

In your context, the figurative one, it means to do something VERY dramatic to extricate yourself from a bad situation."
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Maria Laurino
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Local time: 03:03
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Excelente definição. Obrigada! :)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1depois sair de lá na base da bala
Bruno Pavesi
4tira-lo de lá a bala em seguida
airmailrpl
4E depois o ajudaria a escapar/se livrar dessa (enrascada)
Maria Laurino
4o ajudaria a tirar o melhor proveito
Erlinda Kofazu
4Dar no pé metendo bala pra todo lado logo depois
Felipe Lacerda
4se safar depois
Silvia Tratnik
4e depois sair atirando
Mario Freitas


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tira-lo de lá a bala em seguida


Explanation:
shoot their way out after-wards => tira-lo de lá a bala em seguida

airmailrpl
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E depois o ajudaria a escapar/se livrar dessa (enrascada)


Explanation:
"To shoot my way out" is a very figurative form that comes from old Westerns.

If you are trapped in a building somewhere, surrounded by bad guys,
you have to shoot your gun many many times, hoping that you will shoot some of the bad guys, and you will be able to find a way to escape out of the building (or situation).

In your context, the figurative one, it means to do something VERY dramatic to extricate yourself from a bad situation."

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Maria Laurino
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Excelente definição. Obrigada! :)
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Asker: Olá Maria. Sim, é exatamente isso mesmo.Estou traduzindo um romance policial. a sua definição me pareceu a melhor. Obrigada.


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neutral  Felipe Lacerda: Se eu não me engano, esse trabalho dele é um livro de ação onde o shoot aí não é metafórico, é na pólvora mesmo.
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  -> Bom, não tem o contexto na pergunta. E a sugestão do próprio asker tb não remete a esse contexto. Mas só ele pode dizer do q se trata. ;)
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o ajudaria a tirar o melhor proveito


Explanation:
sugestão

Erlinda Kofazu
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Dar no pé metendo bala pra todo lado logo depois


Explanation:
Ou “cair fora metendo o louco” dependendo do tom.

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-11-17 15:34:39 GMT)
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Só pra embasar o meu ponto de vista sobre a resposta da Maria (de usar ou não balas/tiros):

Você marca com alguém do Tinder. Chegando lá, a pessoa tá de pochete, usa Avanço, fala "topíssimo" e vota no Bolsonaro. Pff. Você programa um alarme no celular, fala que seu patrão te ligou e "shoot your way out" ("casca fora"). Sem balas - tomara - é verdade.

Agora, se for um contexto de ação, onde os personagens vão, por exemplo, fugir de uma prisão, a pólvora come solta sim.

Eu imagino que o trabalho do Daniel seja assim. Caso contrário, a resposta dela é a melhor.

Felipe Lacerda
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se safar depois


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Sugestão

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e depois sair atirando


Explanation:
Para simplificar

Mario Freitas
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depois sair de lá na base da bala


Explanation:
um pouco mais simples, fiquei na dúvida apenas entre "depois" no final ou começo.

Bruno Pavesi
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agree  Claudio Machado Junior
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