congresso

English translation: congressional (investigation commission)

13:12 Apr 1, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Government / Politics
Portuguese term or phrase: congresso
Uma comissão de investigação do Congresso comprovou o envolvimento de vários deputados..
In country with parliamentary system, the name of one of the major political party being Congress, how does one Translate Congresso from a text in Brazilian Portuguese in to english, since it may be confused easily with the name of a party! Help.
kuchu
Local time: 01:02
English translation:congressional (investigation commission)
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Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 20:32
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4 +5congressional (investigation commission)
Douglas Bissell
4 +3Congress
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
congressional (investigation commission)


Explanation:
HIH

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis: Boa solução para que não haja confusão com o nome do partido...
2 mins
  -> thanks, Marlene

agree  Claudio Mazotti
4 mins
  -> thanks, Claudio

agree  Ricardo Lay
11 mins
  -> thanks, Richard

agree  Lais Leite: congressional investigation commission (primeiro)/ Congress (de Congress Party) - mto bem sugerido
19 mins
  -> Thanks, Lais

agree  Ivan Rocha, CT
1 hr
  -> thanks, Ivan

agree  MedTrans&More
1 hr
  -> thanks for the vote

disagree  veratek: I disagree with commission (from a USA English standpoint)
1 day 6 hrs
  -> In that case, since you are not disagreeing with the main point, A 'neutral' would have been rather more elegant, my good sir. What would you have prefered instead of 'commission"? committee, perhaps?

neutral  Mark Robertson: Douglas how do surmise that veratek is XY rather than XX?
1 day 9 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Congress


Explanation:
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 21:32
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  coolbrowne: É muito simples. Não há necessidade de ser tão cuidadoso. Improvável confundir com o "Congress Party" indiano.
7 mins
  -> Obrigado!

agree  veratek: I agree - and with coolbrowne too - because by keeping the capitalized C, we also maintain the meaning that it's (most likely) the national congress it refers to
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Obrigado!

agree  Marilia Bittencourt
3 days 1 hr
  -> Obrigado!
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