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O empresário usa "laranjas".

English translation: figurehead

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Portuguese term or phrase:laranjas
English translation:figurehead
Entered by: Rafa Lombardino

14:40 Oct 18, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Finanças
Portuguese term or phrase: O empresário usa "laranjas".
O empresário usa "laranjas" nos seus atos corruptos.
Beth Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 20:01
figurehead
Explanation:
a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
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Rafa Lombardino
United States
Local time: 16:01
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Marcelo:

Grata.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3straw men
Marcelo Gonçalves
4 +1figurehead
Rafa Lombardino
3sham companies
T o b i a s
Summary of reference entries provided
straw man
Kathryn Litherland

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
figurehead


Explanation:
a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/figurehead
Rafa Lombardino
United States
Local time: 16:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Marcelo:

Grata.
Notes to answerer
Asker: 4


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laís Dalsoquio (X)
58 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
straw men


Explanation:
No meu glossário: http://www.proz.com/?sp=gloss/term&id=10236086


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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-10-18 16:53:35 GMT)
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...straw man n. 1) a person to whom title to property or a business interest is transferred for the sole purpose of concealing the true owner and/or the business machinations of the parties. Thus, the straw man has no real interest or participation but is merely a passive stand-in for a real participant who secretly controls activities. Sometimes a straw man is involved when the actual owner is not permitted to act, such as a person with a criminal record holding a liquor license. 2) an argument which is intended to distract the other side from the real issues or waste the opponent's time and effort, sometimes called a "red herring" (for the belief that drawing a fish across a trail will mislead hunting dogs).
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/strawman



Marcelo Gonçalves
Brazil
Local time: 20:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amy Duncan (X)
43 mins
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agree  Gilmar Fernandes
1 hr
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agree  Claudio Mazotti: já tive de traduzir essa expressão recentemente e foi ela mesma q usei
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3635 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
laranjas
sham companies


Explanation:
or 'shell companies'

In Canada — as in many other countries where anonymous shell companies are being established, including the United States — private corporations and trusts are not required to disclose the “beneficial owner” or person who “owns, controls, or exercises ultimate effective control over [the] legal entity, arrangement, or property,” the report explains.
https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/canada-lax-laws-mone...


T o b i a s
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Reference comments


49 mins
Reference: straw man

Reference information:
This definition seems appropriate:

http://www.proz.com/?sp=gloss/term&id=10236086

Kathryn Litherland
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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