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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / company policy statement - Brazil | | Portuguese term or phrase: alivia essa | Section in statement about government inspection visit. If inspectors take some step, such as arresting another employee,
não tente convencê-los do contrário com argumentos frágeis como “eu não soube” ou pedidos do tipo “alivia essa, por favor”
Is it a cultural reference? Any help appreciated. Delivery in a few hours. |
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| | let it slide | Explanation:
let somebody/something slide
"to not do anything about someone or something She misbehaved a bit when she got here, and I let her slide because she was in a strange city."
I think that this is what is meant, in this context.
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Note added at 19 mins (2011-11-18 14:19:06 GMT)
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Examples:
"I guarantee the reason they didn't call it is because they didn't see it. No inspector would let it slide"
http://www.diychatroom.com/f18/leaving-unused-box-knockout-o...
http://wiktionary.academic.ru/43338/let_something_slide
An alternative would be 'turn a blind eye':
.. but every now and then the local police would turn a blind eye when it came to Greg and ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0738713503...
"I could let it slide, ... Turning a blind eye to the situation would be like tearing off one more little piece of that paper. Worse yet, inaction would ..."
"natural deference and an inferiority complex as big as his middle-age spread, local sheriff Freddy Heflin (Stallone) has let things slide, turning a blind eye to ..."
http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/69687/copland.html |
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Nina_PT
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9 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 let it slide
Explanation:
let somebody/something slide
"to not do anything about someone or something She misbehaved a bit when she got here, and I let her slide because she was in a strange city."
I think that this is what is meant, in this context.
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Note added at 19 mins (2011-11-18 14:19:06 GMT)
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Examples:
"I guarantee the reason they didn't call it is because they didn't see it. No inspector would let it slide"
http://www.diychatroom.com/f18/leaving-unused-box-knockout-o...
http://wiktionary.academic.ru/43338/let_something_slide
An alternative would be 'turn a blind eye':
.. but every now and then the local police would turn a blind eye when it came to Greg and ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0738713503...
"I could let it slide, ... Turning a blind eye to the situation would be like tearing off one more little piece of that paper. Worse yet, inaction would ..."
"natural deference and an inferiority complex as big as his middle-age spread, local sheriff Freddy Heflin (Stallone) has let things slide, turning a blind eye to ..."
http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/69687/copland.html
| Nina_PT
Local time: 06:06
Native speaker of:  Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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The translation workplace 
