não fala nada com nada

English translation: Bolsonaro/Dilma say things that no one understands

23:28 May 22, 2020
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Medical: Health Care
Portuguese term or phrase: não fala nada com nada
O bolsonaro/Dilma não falam nada com nada em inglês.

Obrigado, pessoal.
Bruno Dutra
Brazil
Local time: 20:21
English translation:Bolsonaro/Dilma say things that no one understands
Explanation:
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Matheus Pessotti
Brazil
Local time: 20:21
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obrigado
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1(they) don't make sense (in English)
Tereza Rae
4 +1when it comes to English,
David Hollywood
5Bolsonaro/Dilma are all rhetoric and no substance!
Nick Taylor
5talk a lot but say nothing
Mark Robertson
4Bolsonaro/Dilma say things that no one understands
Matheus Pessotti
4Talk nonsense/rubbish
Isadora Vital
4spew nonsense
Anderson Calixto
3says things that amount to nothing
Barbara Cochran, MFA


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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Bolsonaro/Dilma say things that no one understands


Explanation:
Suggestion

Matheus Pessotti
Brazil
Local time: 20:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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obrigado
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Talk nonsense/rubbish


Explanation:
Sugestão.

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/amp/english/talk-nonsens...

“ talk nonsense. to say things that are not reasonable or have no meaning: Is it just me or was she talking nonsense in the meeting?”

Isadora Vital
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
says things that amount to nothing


Explanation:
Devoid of any significance or importance.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 19:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(they) don't make sense (in English)


Explanation:
short & sweet

Tereza Rae
Canada
Local time: 19:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Freitas: Sim, querida, tudo bem apesar de tudo. Só estou há dois meses sem ver minhas filhas, que foram pro interior ficar a salvo com a mãe. Espero que isso acabe logo. E você?
1 day 23 mins
  -> Obrigada, Mario! Espero que você esteja bem.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
spew nonsense


Explanation:
suggestion

Anderson Calixto
Brazil
Local time: 20:21
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
when it comes to English,


Explanation:
Bolsonaro/Dilma are clueless/talk nonsense/are inarticulate

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-05-23 03:42:28 GMT)
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the kindest way of rendering this is to say they're inarticulate

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-05-23 03:47:06 GMT)
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inarticulate = unable to express one's ideas or feelings clearly or easily

this doesn't imply criticism, just linguistic shortfall

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-05-23 03:49:16 GMT)
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judging by your context, which emphasises English, I think this is the idea...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-05-23 04:13:48 GMT)
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anyway we yet again have the translator's quandary of knowing how to interpret and render the source text

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and that's part of the skill...

David Hollywood
Local time: 20:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Rita Santiago: The idea is that they can't speak English, so inarticulate is the best way to say that without being rude.
2 days 9 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Bolsonaro/Dilma are all rhetoric and no substance!


Explanation:
Bolsonaro/Dilma are all rhetoric and no substance!

Nick Taylor
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 21

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Hollywood: now this gets to the point but misses the "when speaking English" component...
2 hrs
  -> David, (other than a univerasl "political" truism, I assumed this was a figurative twist- "Lei para inglês ver "
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
talk a lot but say nothing


Explanation:
works too

Mark Robertson
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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