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Olhar da Sereia

English translation: The Mermaid's Gaze OR What Does the Mermaid See?

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Portuguese term or phrase:Olhar da Sereia
English translation:The Mermaid's Gaze OR What Does the Mermaid See?
Entered by: Renata Costa (X)

02:04 Jul 17, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Portuguese term or phrase: Olhar da Sereia
Título de quadro. O cliente quer que coloque entre parêteses em inglês. Gostaria de sugestões que não fossem tão literais.
obrigada desde sempre.
Renata Costa.
Renata Costa (X)
Brazil
Local time: 16:49
The Mermaid's Gaze OR What Does the Mermaid See?
Explanation:
The first if her look is intent; the second if her look is mystified or quizzical. There are so many options!! It all depends on the actual expression in her eyes.
Selected response from:

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 12:49
Grading comment
I chose the Mermaid's gaze.
Thanx a lot, Muriel.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4The Mermaid's Gaze OR What Does the Mermaid See?
Muriel Vasconcellos
4 +2the mermaid's glance/ glimpse
Claudio Mazotti
5 +1The Mermaid's Spell..The Mermaid Casts her Spell
airmailrpl
5Enchantress
Lumen (X)
3The mermaid's sweet look
António Ribeiro
3Scintillating gaze of a mermaid
amarante dasilva


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the mermaid's glance/ glimpse


Explanation:
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Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: a primeira é muito bonita
7 hrs
  -> tks a lot!
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
7 hrs
  -> tks a lot!
neutral  James Cook: The mermaid's gaze
8 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The mermaid's sweet look


Explanation:
Se for meigo.

António Ribeiro
Local time: 05:49
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
The Mermaid's Gaze OR What Does the Mermaid See?


Explanation:
The first if her look is intent; the second if her look is mystified or quizzical. There are so many options!! It all depends on the actual expression in her eyes.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 12:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
I chose the Mermaid's gaze.
Thanx a lot, Muriel.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Rabel: I like the first one. Since we don't have the picture, better to be neutral. Just now I am listening to Sereia by Lulu Santos
9 mins
  -> Thanks, friend!
agree  jrb: I like the first one, definitely :)
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jessica!
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda: the first one is GOOD!
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Maria Leonor!
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jane! Very kind of you...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Enchantress


Explanation:
Minha sugestão. Definições de enchantress na web em inglês:

a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
a female sorcerer or magician
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

----In traditional fairy tales or fantasy fiction, an enchantment is a magical spell that is attached, on a relatively-permanent basis, to a specific person, object or location, and alters its qualities, generally in a positive way. The most widely-known example is probably the spell that Cinderella's Fairy Godmother uses to turn a pumpkin into a coach. An enchantment with negative characteristics is usually instead referred to as a curse.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchantress

Lumen (X)
Brazil
Local time: 16:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The Mermaid's Spell..The Mermaid Casts her Spell


Explanation:
Olhar da Sereia => The Mermaid's Spell..The Mermaid Casts her Spell

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 16:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jussi Rosti: the first one sounds nice...
2 hrs
  -> thank you
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Scintillating gaze of a mermaid


Explanation:
if her gaze is mesmerizing...

amarante dasilva
Canada
Local time: 15:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Stefan Tobler (X): a brilliant conversation is scintillating, I doubt a gaze is. (ask other native English speakers if you want back up on that)
4 hrs
  -> the Merriam-Webster dictionary describes "Scintillate" as something that 'sparkles' or shines brightly...i don't know that 'conversation' suits it when translated into English...thankyou for the remark, anyways
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