colunista social

English translation: social columnist

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Portuguese term or phrase:colunista social
English translation:social columnist
Entered by: Arlete Moraes

09:06 Jul 19, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Portuguese term or phrase: colunista social
Aparece numa carta de referência de um jornalista.

X atuou como colunista social do jornal (nome do jornal)

Se possível, inglês britânico, por favor. Obrigada!
Arlete Moraes
Local time: 06:29
social columnist - gossip columnist
Explanation:
Sug.

- Chicago Tribunes New Social Columnist Lucinda Hahn to Be the Toast of The Town from PR Newswire in Business provided free by Find Articles.
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4PRN/is_2003_Nov_14/ai_n27678352 - 39k -

- What used to be called a gossip columnist is now titled social columnist. Social columnists, according to the people who invented the term, ...
smartmoneyconnection.com/social-columnist - 19k -
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Marcos Antonio
Local time: 02:29
Grading comment
Obrigada!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4social columnist - gossip columnist
Marcos Antonio
4 +3society columnist
Elvira Alves Barry
5gossip columnist
jeremy coligan


  

Answers


31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
social columnist - gossip columnist


Explanation:
Sug.

- Chicago Tribunes New Social Columnist Lucinda Hahn to Be the Toast of The Town from PR Newswire in Business provided free by Find Articles.
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4PRN/is_2003_Nov_14/ai_n27678352 - 39k -

- What used to be called a gossip columnist is now titled social columnist. Social columnists, according to the people who invented the term, ...
smartmoneyconnection.com/social-columnist - 19k -

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 02:29
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Flávia

agree  Carlos Quandt
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Quandt

agree  airmailrpl: -
1 day 1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Airmailrpl

agree  Catarina Aleixo: so long as the paper is a tabloid, or a women's magazine or something like that
1 day 22 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
society columnist


Explanation:
Seems to be used both in US and UK. Examples:

http://www.shequality.org/Celebrating Major British Annivers...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4D81338F...



Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amy Duncan (X): Yes, unless the newspaper is of the "yellow journalism" type
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Amy

agree  Katarina Peters
9 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Katarina

agree  Catarina Aleixo: agree, provided we are not talking about tabloid "gossip columnists" depends on teh type of paper
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Catarina
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
gossip columnist


Explanation:
British English would be this

jeremy coligan
Brazil
Local time: 02:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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