sem o peso e as amarras do passado

English translation: A new start, without the weight and encumbrance of the past

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Portuguese term or phrase:sem o peso e as amarras do passado
English translation:A new start, without the weight and encumbrance of the past
Entered by: Nick Taylor

17:29 Nov 13, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Government / Politics
Portuguese term or phrase: sem o peso e as amarras do passado
um recomeço sem o peso e as amarras do passado.
Nicole L. R.
Ireland
Local time: 08:26
A new start, without the weight and encumbrance of the past
Explanation:
A new start, without the weight and encumbrance of the past
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 08:26
Grading comment
Thank you :)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1without the weight and the bindings of the past
Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
5 +1A new start, without the weight and encumbrance of the past
Nick Taylor
4not weighed down by baggage from the past
Denise DeVries
4 -1without the weight and the fetters of the past
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
without the weight and the fetters of the past


Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  JOHN PENNEY (X): The "fetters" of the past!! Oh dear! Why not just say "unencumbered by the past"?
4 days
  -> Say oh dear to the almost 2000 hits on Google Books http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&tbo=1&q="fetters of t... They could all have used unencumbered by the past, no?
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
without the weight and the bindings of the past


Explanation:
:)

Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
Brazil
Local time: 04:26
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
A new start, without the weight and encumbrance of the past


Explanation:
A new start, without the weight and encumbrance of the past

Nick Taylor
Local time: 08:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Thank you :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: or 'baggage'
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, baggage is good
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
not weighed down by baggage from the past


Explanation:
idiomatic


    Reference: http://www.kon.org/leadership/baggage_past.html
Denise DeVries
United States
Local time: 03:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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