ficar na geladeira

English translation: to be shelved

15:00 Mar 20, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Portuguese term or phrase: ficar na geladeira
"mesmo com um elenco de primeira, o filme ficou na geladeira por anos..."

Existe alguma expressão semelhante em inglês? Eu pensei em "take a raincheck", mas confesso que não gostei...
Obrigada.
Magda Marques
Brazil
Local time: 11:25
English translation:to be shelved
Explanation:
Longman Dictionary of American English

to shelve = verb [transitive] to decide not to continue with a plan, although you might continue with it later:
• The project has been shelved due to lack of funding.

A Wrinkle in Time DVD Review 8 Nov 2004 ... which may frankly have you scratching your head as to why the film was shelved for years and given a timeslot when few would see it. ...
www.ultimatedisney.com/awrinkleintime.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

Halle Berry Mega 12 Aug 2005 ... The film was shelved for years by a nervous Miramax in the wake of the real-life Columbine high school massacre, but Lion's Gate Films ...
numberonestars.com/halleberry/ - Similar pages

project was shelved for years until the Atari teams figured out a way to break out from the confines of the single-screen game displays of the time. ...
www.videotopia.com/opinion1.htm




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esta é a expressão utilizada pela indústria cinematográfica:

Shelved - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the film industry, a film is considered shelved if it is not released for public ... After one test screening, the film was shelved and forgotten. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelved

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Bentevi
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great! just what I was looking for. Thank you very much.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4to be shelved
Bentevi
4 +4fell into oblivion
Clauwolf
4 +3was put on the back burner
Elvira Alves Barry
4was kept on ice
Anna Black (X)
4to be held back
Paul Dixon
2 +1was sidelined..
Phillippa May Bennett


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
fell into oblivion


Explanation:
:) É o "caiu no esquecimento", serve neste caso

Clauwolf
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
2 mins
  -> obrigado

agree  Arthur Godinho
8 mins
  -> obrigado

agree  Beta Cummins
47 mins
  -> obrigado

agree  Claudio Mazotti: nice...
3 hrs
  -> thanks
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
was sidelined..


Explanation:
Only a thought... but perhaps not quite what you want.. I'll keep thinking!

Phillippa May Bennett
Portugal
Local time: 14:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Paul Dixon: A possibility, but not sure if it can be used for films. I know it used in sports contexts. Example: " Ronaldo 'Phenomenon' was sidelined for over a year with his knee injury".
3 hrs
  -> Yes - I agree with you.. maybe simply " was forgotten for years". Thanks though for your comments!

agree  cattelles
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Camila.
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
was kept on ice


Explanation:
This is a common expression, and happens to match your fridge original! It means that it was not thrown away, just kept (unchanged and unused) until needed later...

Anna Black (X)
Portugal
Local time: 14:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Bentevi: Despite the similarity, "on ice" implies a state of "abeyance or readiness" which "ficar na geladeira" does not.
43 mins
  -> Thanks for the interesting comment. My view is that in this case, surely the part "...por anos" implies that it was kept in readiness for some years, and then reinstated?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
was put on the back burner


Explanation:
My suggestion.

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exemplo:

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/back burner.htm...

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 14:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amy Duncan (X)
1 hr

agree  rhandler
4 hrs

neutral  Phillippa May Bennett: Not sure here, I initially thought of this too, but I think it refers more to postponing activities, for example of a to do list, maybe things you're not too enthusiastic about... just an idea :-)
19 hrs

agree  María Diehn: This is close to the metaphore within the source text.
3 days 7 hrs
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
to be shelved


Explanation:
Longman Dictionary of American English

to shelve = verb [transitive] to decide not to continue with a plan, although you might continue with it later:
• The project has been shelved due to lack of funding.

A Wrinkle in Time DVD Review 8 Nov 2004 ... which may frankly have you scratching your head as to why the film was shelved for years and given a timeslot when few would see it. ...
www.ultimatedisney.com/awrinkleintime.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

Halle Berry Mega 12 Aug 2005 ... The film was shelved for years by a nervous Miramax in the wake of the real-life Columbine high school massacre, but Lion's Gate Films ...
numberonestars.com/halleberry/ - Similar pages

project was shelved for years until the Atari teams figured out a way to break out from the confines of the single-screen game displays of the time. ...
www.videotopia.com/opinion1.htm




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esta é a expressão utilizada pela indústria cinematográfica:

Shelved - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the film industry, a film is considered shelved if it is not released for public ... After one test screening, the film was shelved and forgotten. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelved

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Google Advanced Search
Web Results 1 - 10 of about 568,000 English and Portuguese pages for film was shelved. (0.38 seconds)


Example sentence(s):
  • When the producers did not approve the initial script, the movie was shelved for years. When it was revised, Lino Brocka took over the project with Sharon ...
  • Top Ten - Top 10 Banned Films of the 20th Century - Top 10 - Top ... Notable for bringing sex to the Western genre, Howard Hughes’ The Outlaw was shelved for years before finally receiving approval by the Hollywood Production ...

    Reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343390/trivia
    Reference: http://www.alternativereel.com/includes/top-ten/display_revi...
Bentevi
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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great! just what I was looking for. Thank you very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sormane Gomes
3 hrs
  -> thanks, Sormane.

agree  Carla Queiro (X)
3 hrs
  -> thanks, Carla.

agree  Phillippa May Bennett: I like this one - think it might work well :-)
21 hrs
  -> thanks, Phillippa.

agree  María Diehn: This is close to the metaphore within the source text.
3 days 8 hrs
  -> thanks, María.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to be held back


Explanation:
An option.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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