pushing the envelope

Portuguese translation: superar ou expandir os limites

19:32 Nov 20, 2001

English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
/ stock trading

English term or phrase: pushing the envelope

It looks like "é forçar a barra", ou "é puxar pelas orelhas" - is anyone sure on what exately this expression means?

Mauro Lando KudoZ activity Questions: 80 (4 open) (3 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 1299 Brazil
Local time: 14:18

Portuguese translation:superar ou expandir os limites

Explanation:
Faça uma busca na Internet para chegar no site LINGUIST List 5.40, onde há toda uma explicação sobre a origem deste termo.

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reginaldo alcantara
United States
Local time: 13:18

Grading comment

Prezado Alcantara: vários colegas propuseram a sua solução ou outras parecidas - decidi eleger a sua por ter sido o unico a traduzir corretamente o gerundio inglês por infinitivo em português, ao contrário do que se vê em boa maioría das traduções técnicas no Brasil.
Obrigado!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

superar ou expandir os limites

reginaldo alcantara

4 +1

indo além do limite

Istvan Vajda

expandindo os limites

airmailrpl

Forçando os limites

Deolinda Neves (X)

usando as cartas guardadas

Vivian

Answers

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

indo além do limite

Explanation:
No explanation

Istvan Vajda
Brazil
Local time: 14:18
PRO pts in pair: 7

35 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

superar ou expandir os limites

Explanation:
Faça uma busca na Internet para chegar no site LINGUIST List 5.40, onde há toda uma explicação sobre a origem deste termo.

reginaldo alcantara
United States
Local time: 13:18
PRO pts in pair: 20

Grading comment

2 hrs confidence:

Forçando os limites

Explanation:
Example: Forçando os limites do argumento em favor de .....

Deolinda Neves (X)

14 hrs confidence:

usando as cartas guardadas

Explanation:
expressão por expressão essa é a tradução, nossa até rimou!

Vivian

Vivian
United States
Local time: 13:18
PRO pts in pair: 194

2 days 6 hrs confidence:

expandindo os limites

Explanation:
"pushing the envelope" can mean "expanding the operating limits
of what it is reasonable to expect from a future system." From there it's
only a short step to the popular sense of "expanding the frontiers" in just about any context.
http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/issues/5/5-40.html

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 9465

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