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comunista de carteirinha, diga-se de passagem

English translation: a card-carrying communist, indcidentally

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Portuguese term or phrase:comunista de carteirinha, diga-se de passagem
English translation:a card-carrying communist, indcidentally
Entered by: Rachel Fell

15:16 May 16, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Article on an artist
Portuguese term or phrase: comunista de carteirinha, diga-se de passagem
Drawing a blank on how to phrase this neatly. It's from an essay on Brazilian artist Marcelo Cidade. Thanks for your help!


A imagem apropriada por Marcelo Cidade na instalação ...e agora, José? (2012), que ocupa um lugar central na exposição Quase nada, sumariza de certa forma a conturbada e contraditória história política do país no século passado. Temos ali, numa mesma campanha, JK, o presidente “bossa-nova” cuja imagem ficou estreitamente associada ao Brasil moderno, tipificado pela arquitetura de Niemeyer (***comunista de carteirinha, diga-se de passagem***); Vargas, um dos políticos mais controversos de nossa história, ditador e “pai dos pobres” e, finalmente, um militar que, embora fosse pessoalmente contrário à deposição de João Goulart, surge neste contexto como uma figura um tanto sinistra que antecipa os desastrosos trinta anos da ditadura militar que estava prestes a ser instaurada.
Lindsay Spratt
France
Local time: 21:34
a card-carrying communist, indcidentally
Explanation:


The English-language phrase came into vogue in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s as a pejorative term for a sympathizer of Communism or particular Communist states, who was nonetheless not a "card-carrying member" of a Communist party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_traveler

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McCarthy started the entire debate by caliming at a public meeting that he had a list of 137 'card-carrying Communist Party members' working in the State Department, which he waved at the shocked crowd ( This later turned out to be his laundry list.);

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=card carrying...

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Wilkerson used two different colors to identify two different levels of participation in Communism. "Red" indicated that the individual was a card-carrying communist. "Pink" meant that an individual simply had communist sympathies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:34
Grading comment
Thanks, Rachel!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +9a card-carrying communist, indcidentally
Rachel Fell
4 +2by the way a comunist militant/member of the communist party
rir
4 +1it shouldn't pass unnoticed that he was a dedicated communist
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
3 +2a loyal member of the Communist party, by the way
Linda Robins da Silva
4by the way, a card holder communist
telefpro
3 +1(a staunch communist incidentally)
Jack Martin


Discussion entries: 3





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
it shouldn't pass unnoticed that he was a dedicated communist


Explanation:
De carteirinha
1 Bras. Totalmente identificado com algo (partido, clube, atividade etc.), a que se é fiel, ou dedicado etc.: Ela é sambista de carteirinha.

http://aulete.uol.com.br/site.php?mdl=aulete_digital&op=load...


Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Tavares
46 mins
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
a card-carrying communist, indcidentally


Explanation:


The English-language phrase came into vogue in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s as a pejorative term for a sympathizer of Communism or particular Communist states, who was nonetheless not a "card-carrying member" of a Communist party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_traveler

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Note added at 11 mins (2012-05-16 15:27:40 GMT)
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McCarthy started the entire debate by caliming at a public meeting that he had a list of 137 'card-carrying Communist Party members' working in the State Department, which he waved at the shocked crowd ( This later turned out to be his laundry list.);

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=card carrying...

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-05-16 15:29:47 GMT)
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Wilkerson used two different colors to identify two different levels of participation in Communism. "Red" indicated that the individual was a card-carrying communist. "Pink" meant that an individual simply had communist sympathies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Rachel!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Rachel! 'Incidentally' was the word I was looking for.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  telefpro
4 mins
  -> Thank you telefpro :-)
agree  Mark Robertson: apart from the typo
14 mins
  -> Thank you Mark - yes, quite!
agree  Lumen (X): Absolutely!
27 mins
  -> Thank you Lumen :-)
agree  Diane Grosklaus Whitty
32 mins
  -> Thank you Diane :-)
agree  Ivan Rocha, CT
1 hr
  -> Thank you Ivan:-)
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
2 hrs
  -> Thank you S and G:-)
agree  Georgia Morg (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Georgia:-)
agree  Marlene Curtis
3 hrs
  -> Thank you Marlene :-)
agree  airmailrpl: -
15 hrs
  -> Thank you airmailpl :-)
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
by the way, a card holder communist


Explanation:
I hope it helps

telefpro
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
by the way a comunist militant/member of the communist party


Explanation:
http://g1.globo.com/platb/geneton/tag/jose-saramago/
http://revistatrip.uol.com.br/170/negras/05.htm
http://www.pcdob.org.br/texto.php?id_texto_fixo=69&id_secao=...
http://www.pcdob.org.br/noticia.php?id_noticia=122177&id_sec...

rir
United States
Local time: 15:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RitaMackay: Ou ainda "a communist Party member"
33 mins
agree  Daniel Tavares
47 mins
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a loyal member of the Communist party, by the way


Explanation:
appropriately conveys the idea required

Linda Robins da Silva
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Tavares
1 hr
agree  Lais Leite
3 hrs
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(a staunch communist incidentally)


Explanation:
another option..

he is often referred elsewhere as a staunch communist.. the incidentally part could be changed to a number of similar expressions I guess...

A History of Brazil | Catedral de Brasilia | Event view
www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=532025Niemeyer, a staunch communist and atheist, most likely made the Catedral look nothing like a usual cathedral for this very reason; it was a representation of him ...

Oscar and Mickey Clash at Brasília's 50th Birthday Bash
www.moon.com/.../oscar-and-mickey-clash-brasilias-50th-birt... Apr 2010 – Oscar Niemeyer attended the opening festivities and 50 years later, at the ... A staunch, lifelong Communist, Niemeyer was more than a little ...


Jack Martin
Brazil
Local time: 16:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  T o b i a s
22 mins
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