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Portuguese translation: Mancha negra

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English term or phrase:	black eye
Portuguese translation:	Mancha negra
Entered by:	Teresa Felix de Sousa

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18:23 Jan 3, 2008

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Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations

English term or phrase: black eye

After learning of the theft and informing the Federal Bureau of Investigation, McDonald’s immediately introduced a different promotional game run by another promotional agency so as to make good on its promise to customers and restore its credibility. Apparently, the Simon Marketing employee who ripped off McDonald’s had for several years been stealing winning game tickets from other games. A spokesperson for the Promotion Marketing Association, the trade association for the industry, characterized this debacle as a “black eye” for the promotion marketing industry.
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black eye = um duro golpe?
uma vergonha para o setor de marketing de promoções?

Teresa Felix de Sousa KudoZ activity Questions: 7784 (12 open) (1 without valid answers) (32 closed without grading) Answers: 892
Local time: 13:58

Mancha negra

Explanation:
Apezar que o termo quer dizer "Olho Roxo", neste contexto creio que a melhor opção seria "Uma mancha negra" ...para a promoção da industria de marketing.

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Note added at 42 mins (2008-01-03 19:06:29 GMT) Post-grading
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APESAR (rsrsrs)

Selected response from:

Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 12:58

Grading comment

Acho legal uma mancha negra. Mas é APESAR, com "s", ok?
Bjs e muito obrigada a todos
T.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

Mancha negra

Arthur Godinho

4 +3

um duro golpe/um golpe certeiro/uma desmoralização/uma vergona

Marlene Curtis

4 +2

olho roxo

Maria Vasconcelos

olho negro; olho pisado

Michael Powers (PhD)

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

4 mins confidence:

olho negro; olho pisado

Explanation:
Mike :)

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-01-03 18:29:04 GMT)
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§ black eye olho negro; olho pisado

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 12:58
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 92

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

olho roxo

Explanation:
No sentido de algo que foi um golpe e que deixou uma marca, seria um golpe como sugeriu se não estivesse entre aspas, o que sugere um termo que tem duplo sentido. :)

No Babyon as definições são as seguintes:

black eye
soco no olho

Babylon English-English

black eye
discoloration of the skin around the eye, bruised eye (resulting from a blow, etc.)

Wikipedia English:

Black eye
A black eye is bruising around the eye commonly due to an injury to the face rather than an eye injury. The name is given due to the color of bruising. Most black eye injuries are minor and will heal themselves in about one week. Trauma near the eyebrow or places not directly on the eye may make the eyelid go black.

Maria Vasconcelos
Brazil
Local time: 13:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

um duro golpe/um golpe certeiro/uma desmoralização/uma vergona

Explanation:
Minhas sugestões.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 12:58
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 388

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Mancha negra

Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 12:58
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

Acho legal uma mancha negra. Mas é APESAR, com "s", ok?
Bjs e muito obrigada a todos
T.

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