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English translation: surprise maneuvers

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Portuguese term or phrase:	GOLPE DE SURPRESA
English translation:	surprise maneuvers
Entered by:	Irene B

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23:37 Aug 29, 2011

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Portuguese term or phrase: GOLPE DE SURPRESA

Prezados Colegas,

Gostaria de saber a melhor maneira de traduzir, do português para o inglês, a expressão GOLPE DE SURPRESA no seguinte contexto:

"A parte deve agir sem subterfúgios, sem GOLPES DE SURPRESA, sem táticas protelatórias, sem artimanhas."

Desde já agradeço sua valiosíssima ajuda!!

Irene B KudoZ activity Questions: 312 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 1
Local time: 03:17

surprise maneuvers

Explanation:
Sugestão...

Selected response from:

Luizman
Brazil
Local time: 03:17

Grading comment

Agree! Na verdade, todas as respostas são boas, se pudesse dava a pontuação para todos. Agradeço ao Luizman e a todos os que ofereceram suas valiosas contribuições.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

surprise maneuvers

Luizman

4 +1

surprise attacks

Lyandra

without springing any surprises

Gilla Evans

3 +1

without any surprise tactics/strategies

David Hollywood

Discussion entries: 1

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

without any surprise tactics/strategies

Explanation:
couple of ideas ...

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Note added at 5 mins (2011-08-29 23:42:51 GMT)
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rendering the source text in context of course ...

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Note added at 10 mins (2011-08-29 23:47:29 GMT)
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or: surprise moves

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Note added at 24 mins (2011-08-30 00:01:42 GMT)
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and how about "unexpected" as an alternative to "surprise"?

David Hollywood
Local time: 03:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi David, eu também havia pensado nessa possibilidade, it seems we are in tune... :0))

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

surprise maneuvers

Explanation:
Sugestão...

Example sentence(s):

Patent Fight Pending: Nokia and Qualcomm have sued each other a lot, which makes us happy. Yesterday, both made surprise maneuvers to gain leverage in high-stakes negotiations...

Reference: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/04/06/its-a-good-friday-for-in...

Luizman
Brazil
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Agree! Na verdade, todas as respostas são boas, se pudesse dava a pontuação para todos. Agradeço ao Luizman e a todos os que ofereceram suas valiosas contribuições.

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

surprise attacks

Explanation:
Just going with the literal interpretation here.

Lyandra
United States
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of:

English

8 hrs confidence:

SEM GOLPES DE SURPRESA without springing any surprises

Explanation:
Just another option which I think might fit well here. It is an idiomatic expression that carries the suddenness of "golpes", and also has the advantage of adding variety to the list by using a verb.

Gilla Evans
Local time: 07:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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