com iniciativa

English translation: proactive

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Portuguese term or phrase:com iniciativa
English translation:proactive
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

17:28 Nov 11, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: com iniciativa
Um profissional dinâmico, seguro, com iniciativa, e com capacidade de negociação.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 15:12
proactive
Explanation:
proactive
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 19:12
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6proactive
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
5with initiative
Faye Stewart (Hathaway Green Ltd.) (X)
3 +1self-starter
T o b i a s
3dynamic
Claudio Mazotti


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
proactive


Explanation:
proactive

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 19:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Franco
10 mins
  -> Obrigado!

agree  Catarina Lopes
11 mins
  -> Obrigado!

agree  Silvia Aquino
20 mins
  -> Obrigado!

agree  Paulinho Fonseca
24 mins
  -> Obrigado!

neutral  Pablo Julián Davis: I see these concepts (com iniciativa : proactive) as subtly different.
58 mins
  -> Collins: proactive: tending to initiate change rather than reacting to events

agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
1 hr
  -> Obrigado!

agree  Arlete Moraes
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dynamic


Explanation:
a suggestion...

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 28
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
self-starter


Explanation:
“Most employers want these attributes,” she concedes. “Team player, self-starter, good communicator, etc…” the words themselves aren’t the problem, she says, but the inability to prove that you actually possess said qualities.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2011/09/15/ten-cl...

T o b i a s
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pablo Julián Davis
52 mins
  -> Obrigado
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
with initiative


Explanation:
Another option. This is certainly a term commonly used in this type of context. Someone with initiative or who shows/demonstrates initiative is someone who is able to initiate things independently.

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/initiati...



    Reference: http://thesalesblog.com/blog/2010/01/30/initiative-the-abili...
    Reference: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/initiative.htm
Faye Stewart (Hathaway Green Ltd.) (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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