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quarta-feira, 3 de janeiro de 2018

Como digo ir direto ao assunto em Inglês?

targetInicialmente, expressões idiomáticas não se traduz ao pé da letra, como usamos algumas em nossa língua, no Inglês é diferente. Não esqueça que o contexto é importante, por isso, não perca o foco. A expressão Get straight to the point (ir direto ao assunto, não dá arrodeio). Veja alguns exemplos tirado do blog Influx, outra expressão cute to the chase também pode ser empregada. Confira abaixo. 
Podemos usar essa expressão com algumas variações. Veja:
Stop beating around the bush and get straight to the point. (Pare de se enrolar e vá direto ao assunto.)
Let me go straight to the point. I don’t love you anymore. (Deixe-me ir direito ao assunto. Eu não te amo mais.)
I'll come straight to the point. You're fired. (Eu vou direto ao assunto. Você está demitido.)
Percebam que em todas as frases temos o sentido de ir direto ao assunto em sua equivalência, apesar de utilizarmos “go”, “get” e “come”. Todas estas combinações são comuns com “...straight to the point.”
Gostaria de aproveitar a oportunidade e compartilhar mais algumas expressões que possuem um significado parecido.
Cut to the chase
Just cut to the chase, I don’t have all day. (Vá direto ao assunto, não tenho o dia todo.)
Get down to business / Get down to work

Can we just get down to business? I need to go to the bank in a few minutes. (Podemos ir direto ao assunto? Eu preciso ir ao banco daqui alguns minutos.)
Com informações Blog Influx

sexta-feira, 7 de outubro de 2011

Words and Their Stories: Nuts and Bolts


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Every machine is held together by its nuts and bolts.  Without them, the machine would fall apart. That is also true of an organization. Itsnuts and bolts are its basic, necessary elements. They are the parts that make the organization work.
In government, industry, diplomacy -- in most anything -- those who understand the nuts and bolts are the most important. Success depends more on them than on almost anyone else.
In government, the president or prime minister may plan and shape programs and policies. But, it takes much more work to get them approved and to make them successful.
A Chinese worker selects nuts and bolts from old computers
AP
There is a mass of detailed work to be done. The nuts and bolts. This is often put into the hands of specialists. The top leaders are always well-known, but not those who work with the nuts and bolts.
This is equally true in the day-to-day operation of Congress. The majority leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, together with the chairmen of committees, keep the business of Congress moving.
Behind every Senator and Congressman, however, are assistants. These people do all the detailed work to prepare congressmen to vote wisely on each issue.
In diplomacy, the chief ministers are unquestionably important in negotiations. But there are lesser officials who do the basic work and preparations on the different issues to be negotiated.
A recent book tells of a British prime minister who decided to send an ambassador to Washington to learn if details could be worked out for joint action on an issue. The talks in Washington, the minister said, would be "of nut and bolts." He meant, of course, the talks would concern all the necessary elements to make joint action successful.
In a military operation, strategy decisions are important. But much more time is spent on the nuts and bolts -- generally called logistics -- of how to transport and supply an army.  It has been said that Napoleon was successful because he knew the field position of every one of his guns. He gave careful attention to the nuts and bolts of his operations.
The extreme importance of nuts and bolts was expressed by the Elizabethan poet, George Herbert. He wrote:
For want of a nail, the shoe is lost
For want of a shoe, the horse is lost
For want of a horse, the rider is lost.
Benjamin Franklin carried these lines even further. He wrote:
For want of a rider, the battle was lost
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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This VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, was written by Marilyn Christiano. The narrator was Maurice Joyce. I'm Warren Scheer. 

segunda-feira, 18 de julho de 2011

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