Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Em pé os supervisores e agachados os gerentes.

English translation:

'Back row, supervisors and front row, managers'

Added to glossary by Lars Palmer
Jan 23, 2006 17:41
18 yrs ago
Portuguese term

Nesta foto: em pé os supervisores e agachados os gerentes.

Portuguese to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters vocabulary
Tenho que enviar uma foto do pessoal com quem trabalho para os Estados Unidos e o grupo se posicionou “em pé" e “agachado” como devo traduzir estas palavras?

Proposed translations

+12
50 mins
Portuguese term (edited): Nesta foto: em p� os supervisores e agachados os gerentes.
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'Back row, supervisors and Front row, managers'

From what I recall, pictures (I assume this is a picture)of this kind usually come with this note and nothing else really.
Peer comment(s):

agree Claudio Mazotti : sounds more English to me
10 mins
Obrigado Klausin
agree Rachel Fell : or Standing:...In front:...; crouching and squatting somehow don't sound quite right
15 mins
Thanks Rachel
agree SDAnderson : I agree
46 mins
Thanks SD
agree Edgar Potter : Crouching/squatting not appropriate...Kneeling/sitting are OK, but apparently not the case in this photo...therefore back row/front row best phrasing
1 hr
thanks Edgar
agree Donna Sandin
1 hr
Thanks Donna
agree Fred Neild (X)
2 hrs
THanks Fred
agree Denise DeVries : I wouldn't mention the squatting and crouching
4 hrs
Thanks Denise
agree Cybeles Lehner : Sounds great to me! By the way, what a beautiful-looking dog!!!
5 hrs
Thanks Cybeles. Unfortunately not my dog, though.
agree Beta Cummins : Definetely sounds better.
6 hrs
Thanks Beta
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
11 hrs
Valeu Muriel
agree oxygen4u : :)
17 hrs
Thanks
agree Amilcar
4 days
Thanks Amilcar
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Agradeço a todos. Obrigado pela otima sugestão, Lars."
+4
7 mins
Portuguese term (edited): Nesta foto: em p� os supervisores e agachados os gerentes.

In this picture: standing, the supervisor; and crouching, the managers.

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-01-23 17:49:52 GMT)
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supervisors
Peer comment(s):

agree Camila Oliveira : supervisors..
22 mins
Thank you.
agree Marcelo González : or "squatting"
46 mins
Thank you.
agree Vanesa Varela (X) : the supervisors are on the back row, the managers on the front row
4 hrs
Thank you
agree Paul Dixon : This would be my choice too.
22 hrs
Thank you
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30 mins
Portuguese term (edited): Nesta foto: em p� os supervisores e agachados os gerentes.

In this snapshot: the supervisors are standing and the managers are crouching down low.

Some examples:

Shutterbug: Master Class
They're standing on a small knoll by the beach and I'm crouching down low to ...
The picture was actually made with her standing on the outside edge of a ...
http://shutterbug.com/columns/master_class/0102sb_master/

Destination Elsewhere
On any given day you will find at least three tourists standing beside the ...
crouching down low with camera in hand and shouting out instructions: “Left ...
www.destinationelsewhere.com/articles/article_anna_writing....
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