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English translation: with much difficulty

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Portuguese term or phrase:	No sacrificio
English translation:	with much difficulty
Entered by:	Marlene Curtis

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19:50 Mar 8, 2010

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Portuguese term or phrase: No sacrificio

This is part of an answer to a survey as follows:
Q: If you chose, “I don’t read the updates by our COO,” why?

A: Leio ***no sacrificio*** para me manter atualizado sobre as mudanças que estão ocorrendo, pois há uma dinâmica muito grande na ABC.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Mariela

Mariela Diaz-Butler KudoZ activity Questions: 75 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 185 United States
Local time: 07:09

with much difficulty

Explanation:
Com dificuldade, só para se manter atualizado, talvez por falta de tempo ou porque as atualizações não são interessantes.

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Note added at 27 mins (2010-03-08 20:18:27 GMT)
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Yes, "no sacrifício" is slang and it literally means that reading the updates was a painful exercise and was done out of obligation.

Selected response from:

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:09

Grading comment

Thank you all
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

with much difficulty

Marlene Curtis

4 +1

[I] go out of my way/make the effort/make a special effort [to read them]

Muriel Vasconcellos

at the cost of

Verginia Ophof

persistently/arduously

Edward Nelson

I don't go out on a limb/take risks

David Hollywood

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

11 mins confidence:

I don't go out on a limb/take risks

Explanation:
maybe ...

David Hollywood
Local time: 08:09
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

16 mins confidence:

at the cost of

Explanation:
at the cost of keeping myself updated......

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

with much difficulty

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:09
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 75

Grading comment

Thank you all

Notes to answerer

Asker: I do think you're on the ball on this one. Thoughout the entire survey time seems to be a major constraint for this person.

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

[leio] no sacrificio [I] go out of my way/make the effort/make a special effort [to read them]

Explanation:
In this context, I understand the response to have a positive meaning: the responder makes a special effort to read them because they are important and the effort pays off.

646,000 refs for "I go out of my way to read":

**I go out of my way to read the calories on the food we buy**, to make sure we get the most bang for our buck (luckily our hotel tonight is not 300 ft. from an ...
www.ultrascopic.com/longhaul/category/illinois

Feb 15, 2010 ... no idea what they make decisions on for the public unless I go out of my way to read local notice boards which are out of date usually, ...
socyberty.com/.../should-parish-town-district-and-county-council-meetings-be-videoed/

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Note added at 14 hrs (2010-03-09 10:08:13 GMT)
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I didn't mean to suggest that the expression itself is positive; only that it's being done for a positive reason - a sacrifice is being made because it pays off.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 04:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 2450

Notes to answerer

Asker: I can see your point Muriel, but in truth, this person's answers to the rest of the survey does convey he/she is somewhat annoyed at having to do so, because it takes away time from other things. They all seem to complain from being overworked and understaffed

1 day1 hr confidence:

persistently/arduously

Explanation:
I would say persistently/arduously because in this context, I think the person is referring a continuous and arduous action.

Edward Nelson
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Mar 15, 2010 - Changes made by Marlene Curtis:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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