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uma guerra que não pretende ter fim

English translation: a war not meant to end

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Portuguese term or phrase:uma guerra que não pretende ter fim
English translation:a war not meant to end
Entered by: Mario Freitas

15:35 Jul 21, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Portuguese term or phrase: uma guerra que não pretende ter fim
Hi everyone! I'm translating this academic abstract and struggling with this phrase. I know what it means but it doesn't seem right to say the war itself has no intention of coming to an end. I'm sure there's a simple solution I can't think of, can anyone help? Thanks.


4. A outra história da guerra às drogas: Contribuições da Oitava Tese de Walter Benjamin

O artigo resgata as contribuições de Walter Benjamin sobre o conceito de História para encontrar uma nova chave hermenêutica que possibilite ver a guerra às drogas a partir da perspectiva dos oprimidos. Demonstra os discursos oficiais em torno da legitimação da criminalização das drogas calcados na ideia de segurança pública e defesa social, ao invés do foco na saúde pública. Convoca novas leituras do fenômeno para apresentar a política criminal de drogas como uma continuidade do Estado de Exceção, possibilitando encontrar novas propostas políticas de superação deste paradigma. O artigo encaminha, por fim, a compreensão do fenômeno como ***uma guerra que não pretende ter fim***, e que se sustenta justamente por seus efeitos não declarados de controle social.
Palavras-chave: Guerra às drogas; Estado de Exceção; Walter Benjamin.
Lindsay Spratt
France
Local time: 00:26
a war not meant to end
Explanation:
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 19:26
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Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3a war not meant to end
Mario Freitas
4 +3a war with no forseeable end
Nick Taylor
4 +1a war they hope will never end
Richard Purdom
3a self-perpetuating struggle (against the inevitable)
Douglas Bissell


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a war they hope will never end


Explanation:
I think he meant something different, that the state didn't want the war to be resolved

http://thebackbencher.co.uk/walter-benjamin-unlikely-source-...

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 23:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Georgia Morg (X)
1 day 23 hrs
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a war not meant to end


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 19:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Purdom
30 mins
  -> Thanks, Richard!
agree  Rafael Mantovani
10 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Rafael!
agree  Georgia Morg (X)
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Thank you, Georgia!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a self-perpetuating struggle (against the inevitable)


Explanation:
I put 'medium' as my confidence level as there must be a multitude of ways to translate this idea, banging one's head on the communal Wall of drug policing etc. I do not see it as a 'war', which would imply rules of war, Geneva convention et al. A 'struggle', on the other hand, is for survival. Well that's my feeling-sofficle input for today. All the best all round

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 23:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a war with no forseeable end


Explanation:
a war with no forseeable end

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Note added at 18 hrs (2015-07-22 10:04:40 GMT)
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With no "forseeable end" implying that there are interests not to see it come to a conclusion (like all wars)

Nick Taylor
Local time: 23:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
30 mins
  -> Thanks Teresa
agree  airmailrpl
30 mins
  -> Thanks Air
agree  Irene Berlin
2 hrs
  -> thanks Irene
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