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not lifted all boats

Portuguese translation: ela não beneficiou a todos

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English term or phrase:it has not lifted all boats
Portuguese translation:ela não beneficiou a todos
Entered by: Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa

19:25 Jul 6, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: not lifted all boats
Despite the generally rising tide associated with overall world economic growth, it has not lifted all boats. Most strikingly, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia have benefited least: in both cases, the number of people living on less than $1 per day increased very substantially, as Figure 15.3 shows.
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
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ela não beneficiou a todos
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My two cents. Tudo vai depender de como você decidir traduzir a metáfora.
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4 +1ela não beneficiou a todos
Edimilson Ferreira
4(ela, a maré) não elevou todos os barcos
Marlene Curtis


  

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ela não beneficiou a todos


Language variant: pt(br)

Explanation:
My two cents. Tudo vai depender de como você decidir traduzir a metáfora.

Edimilson Ferreira
Armenia
Local time: 07:54
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(ela, a maré) não elevou todos os barcos


Language variant: Metáfora muito usada em português

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Sindicato Mercosul- [ Translate this page ]A maré alta eleva todos os barcos, ou não? Para alguns, qualquer crescimento beneficia os pobres. Para outros, o aumento do PIB vai demorar muito para ...
www.sindicatomercosul.com.br/noticia02.asp?noticia=18495 - 16k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

SINDLAB- [ Translate this page ]Aug 24, 2007 ... 'É uma falácia dizer que uma maré alta eleva todos os barcos.' Ele citou o crescimento da produtividade nos Estados Unidos de 1920 a 1941 e ...
www.sindlab.org/noticia02.asp?noticia=13763 - 16k


Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 23:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1671
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