Estado

English translation: central government/the Government

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Portuguese term or phrase:	Estado
English translation:	central government/the Government
Entered by:	Lilian Magalhães

21:56 Apr 2, 2018

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Taxation & Customs / bitcoin

Portuguese term or phrase: Estado

Muito do apelo das referidas moedas virtuais se deve ao fato de seus adeptos terem enxergado na tecnologia um recurso alternativo à utilização do dinheiro tradicional, que sofre influência e manipulação pelo Estado.

Coloca-se em maiúscula no inglês?

Lilian Magalhães KudoZ activity Questions: 5558 (7 open) (103 closed without grading) Answers: 42 Brazil
Local time: 13:58

central government

Explanation:
The UK has a central government, certainly responsible for currency intervention, manipulation and all the rest!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_government

No capitals btw

Selected response from:

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 17:58

Grading comment

thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

State (capitalized)

Mario Freitas

5 +1

central government

Richard Purdom

national government

Gilmar Fernandes

state

T o b i a s

Discussion entries: 11

Gilmar Fernandes

United States

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2zFFlKzi_8

19:11 Apr 6, 2018

Friday afternoon samba music to start the weekend :)

Mario Freitas

Brazil

17:40 Apr 6, 2018

I'll only believe it when I see the voting sheet without his name. Until then, it's a big question mark. It's still Brazil.

Gilmar Fernandes

United States

Nick,

12:26 Apr 6, 2018

I was the first to propose a term with the word government....where's my "agree" ?
ha...ha......BTW, talking about bastards in govt. Brazil is finally going to send the biggest corruption leader of them all to prison.....yeah....it's about time!!

Nick Taylor

Well well who'da thunk it!

10:59 Apr 6, 2018

http://uk.businessinsider.com/neil-coyle-mp-theresa-mays-bre...

Nick Taylor

..."by the Government"

10:57 Apr 6, 2018

https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/parliament-governme...

Lilian Magalhães

Brazil

ASKER

country

12:36 Apr 3, 2018

Ah, o texto é para a Inglaterra, não EUA

Lilian Magalhães

Brazil

ASKER

State

12:34 Apr 3, 2018

hi guys, in the contexto, "Estado" refers to the national centralized government, nothing else. just FYI

Mario Freitas

Brazil

Yes, sir

00:57 Apr 3, 2018

I'm not suggesting the use of State in the USA in this sense, Gilmar. I just said "national government" is an incomplete solution, for the reasons I mentioned.

Gilmar Fernandes

United States

@Mario

23:31 Apr 2, 2018

Like I said, Lillian will have to check where her translation is going. If for the United States, I strongly recommend another term other than State. I grew up in New York and lived there for over 35 years (yes, I'm an old guy:) and hardly ever heard State with the connotation of country/government. It's a term used internationally for sure, but in the U.S. it would be ambiguous, confusing because it automatically conjures up state as in NY, California, etc. Just my suggestion....

Mario Freitas

Brazil

@ Gilmar

23:16 Apr 2, 2018

But the State encompasses more than the national government, too. All authorities of all powers, including state and county/municipal governments, and police and other enforcement agencies, as well as instrumentalities, are all included in the concept of State when the issue has to do with "interference" or intervention by the State. So national government may be an incomplete solution.

Gilmar Fernandes

United States

22:51 Apr 2, 2018

State in the U.S. is not used with this connotation of country as it's used in Europe and other countries. In the U.S. state (whether or not capitalized) refers mostly to individual states (NY, California,etc.) Yes, I know "Member-State" is widely used internationally.....so one has to check the target audience (U.S. or Europe).

Answers

33 mins confidence:

national government

Explanation:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/02/07/the-first-...

It is the first time a national government has used the bitcoin blockchain to secure and validate official actions, signifying a vote of confidence for a technology still somewhat tainted by an early association with illicit activity.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 12:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English
PRO pts in category: 68

39 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

State (capitalized)

Explanation:
Assim como em PT, State com letra maiúscula refere-se à União, aos poderes nacionais, ao Estado.

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 92

20 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

central government

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 17:58
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

thanks

3 days 19 hrs confidence:

state

Explanation:
Not capitalized in English.

e.g.,

https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2003/31644.htm

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Note added at 3 days 19 hrs (2018-04-06 17:26:57 GMT)
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[U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual]
[Chapter 3 - Capitalization Rules]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]

Names of countries, domains, and administrative divisions
3.19. The official designations of countries, national domains, and
their principal administrative divisions are capitalized only
if used as part of proper names, as proper names, or as proper
adjectives. (See Chapter 17, Principal Foreign Countries
table.)

United States: the Republic; the Nation; the Union; the
Government; also Federal, Federal Government; but
republic (when not referring specifi cally to one such
entity); republican (in general sense); a nation devoted
to peace
New York State: the State, a State (a definite political
subdivision of fi rst rank); State of Veracruz; Balkan
States; six States of Australia; State rights; but state
(referring to a federal government, the body politic);
foreign states; church and state; statehood; state's
evidence
Territory (Canada): Yukon, Northwest Territories; the
Territory(ies), Territorial; but territory of American
Samoa, Guam, Virgin Islands
Dominion of Canada: the Dominion; but dominion (in general
sense)
Ontario Province, Province of Ontario: the Province,
Provincial; but province, provincial (in general sense)

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Note added at 3 days 19 hrs (2018-04-06 17:33:59 GMT)
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UK style:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/style-book/by-letter/

state: lower case except when part of a title (State President, Council of State, but state-owned).

T o b i a s
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 13

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