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English translation: (We were) ''Born Winners''

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Portuguese term or phrase:	Antes de o sermos já o éramos.
English translation:	(We were) ''Born Winners''
Entered by:	manuel seixo

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10:41 Aug 20, 2009

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Portuguese term or phrase: Antes de o sermos já o éramos.

Is anybody able to suggest a good translation for this slogan?

Fábio Ferreira KudoZ activity Questions: 48 (3 open) (3 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0 Portugal
Local time: 07:08

(We were) ''Born Winners''

Explanation:
Born Winners, just on its own, does it for me as a slogan.

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Note added at 4 days (2009-08-25 00:42:51 GMT) Post-grading
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Obrigado, Fábio.

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manuel seixo
Australia
Local time: 15:38

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

Before we became it, we were it.

Aoife Kennedy

4 +1

We were before we became

Floriana Leary

4 +1

Before being, we already were

Elizabeth Lyons

(We were) ''Born Winners''

manuel seixo

3 +1

we already existed before our existence

Claudia Veloso

We were there before everything/it all OR...

Melissa Mann

Prior to being we had already been

gavea2007

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

4 mins confidence:

We were there before everything/it all OR...

Explanation:
In the beginning, there was [name of company]

Melissa Mann
Brazil
Local time: 03:08
Native speaker of:

English

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

We were before we became

Explanation:
here's my suggestion, hope it helps

Floriana Leary
United States
Local time: 02:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Before we became it, we were it.

Explanation:
This is a tricky one. You might need to get away from the actual words and look at the concept. There might be an aspect of being something wonderful without realising it, but I would need more context.

Aoife Kennedy
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

we already existed before our existence

Explanation:
sugestão

Claudia Veloso
Portugal
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Before being, we already were

Explanation:
I would put it this way, for simplicity - in the sense of a typical, brief tag line.

HTH

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-08-20 15:11:32 GMT)
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In fact, I would go further and suggest this - more concise:

Before being, we have already been

Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

5 hrs confidence:

Prior to being we had already been

Explanation:
Prior to being we had already been

gavea2007
Brazil
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English

1 day2 hrs confidence:

(We were) ''Born Winners''

manuel seixo
Australia
Local time: 15:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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Changes made by editors

Oct 26, 2009 - Changes made by manuel seixo:
Edited KOG entry	manuel seixo's old entry - "Antes de o sermos já o éramos." => "(We were) ''Born Winners''"
Oct 26, 2009 - Changes made by manuel seixo:
Edited KOG entry	manuel seixo's old entry - "Antes de o sermos já o éramos." => "(We were) ''Born Winners''"
Aug 25, 2009 - Changes made by manuel seixo:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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