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English translation: to do the seemingly impossible

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15:02 Jul 14, 2010

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Portuguese term or phrase: quadratura do círculo

Braga, a mais jovem das cidades portuguesas, consegue a quadratura do círculo: juntar um centro histórico exemplarmente preservado a uma zona moderna e dinâmica...
Wikipedia gives "squaring the circle" for the mathematical problem, but that makes no sense here. I was thinking of "bringing together opposites" but don't like the phrase. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

Douglas Bissell KudoZ activity Questions: 104 (none open) (19 closed without grading) Answers: 1022 Portugal
Local time: 07:08

English translation:to do the seemingly impossible

Explanation:
I think this would fit really well in this context. I had thought of "fit a square peg into a round hole" but I think that may be a bit too much. :o)

Selected response from:

Amy Duncan
Brazil
Local time: 03:08

Grading comment

Thank you, I think your answer "fit" best
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

is managing to square the circle

Gilla Evans

to do the seemingly impossible

Amy Duncan

4 +1

(managed) to accomplish an almost impossible task

Marlene Curtis

3 +1

reconciling the best of both worlds/bringing/tying it all together

Verginia Ophof

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

consegue a quadratura do círculo is managing to square the circle

Explanation:
More or less the same expression is used in English to describe achieving a difficult task.

Gilla Evans
Local time: 07:08
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(managed) to accomplish an almost impossible task

Explanation:
Minha sugestão, quando sabemos ser isto mais literal da Gilla.

Quadratura do círculo: consiste em construir um quadrado com a mesma área de um dado círculo

http://www.educ.fc.ul.pt/icm/icm99/icm43/3_problm.htm

Quadraturas... - [ Translate this page ]
7 dez. 2003 ... O teorema de Lindemann provou então a irracionalidade de , e provou que o problema da quadratura do círculo é impossível pelas regras da ...
www.prof2000.pt/users/amma/af18/t5/ft-3.htm

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Note added at 19 mins (2010-07-14 15:21:51 GMT)
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OR

A VERY DIFFICULT TASK

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Note added at 20 mins (2010-07-14 15:23:03 GMT)
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Correção

MINHA SUGESTÃO, MAS TAMBÉM GOSTEI DA SUGESTÃO DA GILLA.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:08
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 83

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

reconciling the best of both worlds/bringing/tying it all together

Explanation:
my suggestion

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.....If you do not want to use "square the circle"

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 00:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

2 hrs confidence:

to do the seemingly impossible

Explanation:
I think this would fit really well in this context. I had thought of "fit a square peg into a round hole" but I think that may be a bit too much. :o)

Amy Duncan
Brazil
Local time: 03:08
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thank you, I think your answer "fit" best

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