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English to Portuguese: World cup oracle animals General field: Other Detailed field: Journalism
Source text - English World cup oracle animals
Do you remember Paul, the Octopus? He was the star of the 2010 World Cup, being able to guess the winner of Germany's matches. He also guessed the winner of the final. His career started with Euro 2008, and saw him go on to correctly predict 11 out of 13 matches. He used to choose between two boxes containing food with the national flags of each team involved in every match. Unfortunately, he died in the end of 2010.
Paul was not alone. Even Harry the Crocodile guessed the 2010 World Cup winner. Moreover, he was able to predict two consecutive Australian Federal Election results. Nevertheless, he never had the appeal of the German octopus. Neither did Mani do better, a Singapore parrot who guessed all the quarters and semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup, because he failed to guess who would have succeeded between Spain and the Netherlands in the final.
Since Paul’s untimely departure, there has been great competition over who will take his crown. During Euro 2012, there were three animals playing this game: Citta, an Indian elephant living in a zoo in Krakow, Poland; Fred, the Ukrainian ferret who can be followed on Twitter; and Funtik, the Ukrainian soothsayer hog able to correctly predict 2 out of 3 matches.
Who will take the place of Paul the Octopus during the next World Cup? Will it be the parrot blessed by Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Square, now a star of the Italian national public broadcaster? Or will it be Nelly, the German elephant who has correctly predicted 30 out of 33 match results to date? And of course, do not underestimate the psychic powers of the panda cub supported by Chinese state media.
The Italian parrot named Amore (Italian for love) will give his prediction by choosing the flag of the winning team on a miniature football field. Nelly prefers to predict winners by kicking a ball into either one of the nets with the flags of the competing countries placed before them. Instead, the panda cub will guess the outcome of matches by picking food from boxes marked with flags during the group matches and by climbing a tree flying a flag in the knockout rounds.
Do you have a pet? Would he or she be able to do better? How? Let them give it a shot!
Translation - Portuguese Oráculos da Copa do Mundo
Você lembra do Paul, o Polvo? Ele foi a estrela da Copa do Mundo de 2010, adivinhando a seleção vencedora dos jogos contra a Alemanha. Ele também adivinhou o vencedor da final. Sua carreira começou na Eurocopa de 2008 onde as pessoas o viram acertar 11 dos 13 jogos. Em suas previsões, ele escolhia a seleção vencedora de uma partida através de duas caixas, cada uma contendo comida e uma das bandeiras das seleções que disputariam aquela partida. Infelizmente, ele morreu no final de 2010.
Mas Paul não estava sozinho. Até mesmo o crocodilo Harry previu corretamente o campeão da Copa do Mundo de 2010. Além de dois resultados consecutivos das eleições legislativas australianas. No entanto, Harry nunca teve o mesmo carisma do polvo alemão. Nem Mani, o papagaio de Singapura que acertou os vencedores das quartas e semifinais do Mundial de 2010, fez melhor, já que errou a previsão do vencedor entre Espanha e Holanda na final.
Desde a morte de Paul, tem havido uma grande concorrência para ver quem assumirá o seu lugar nas previsões. Durante a Eurocopa de 2012, três animais participaram das previsões: Citta, um elefante indiano que vive num zoológico em Cracóvia na Polônia. Fred, o furão ucraniano que pode ser seguido no Twitter. E Funtik, o porco profeta ucraniano que consegue prever corretamente duas a cada três partidas.
Quem ocupará o lugar de Paul, o Polvo, no próximo Mundial de Futebol? Será o papagaio abençoado pelo Papa Francisco na Praça de São Pedro, agora uma estrela da emissora pública de TV italiana? Ou será Nelly, o elefante alemão que previu corretamente 30 de 33 partidas até agora? E, claro, não subestimemos os poderes psíquicos do filhote de panda apoiado pela mídia estatal chinesa.
O papagaio italiano chamado Amore ("amor" em italiano) fará suas previsões escolhendo a bandeira da equipe vencedora numa miniatura de campo de futebol. Nelly prefere prever os vencedores chutando uma bola em um dos gols com a bandeira de um dos times adversários no fundo. Por sua vez, durante a fase de grupo, o pequeno panda adivinhará o resultado dos jogos pegando comida em uma das caixas marcadas com uma das bandeiras das seleções adversárias e, nas eliminatórias, escalando uma árvore com uma das bandeiras.
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• Freelancer translator since 2004.
• Several translation jobs in the French-Portuguese and English-Portuguese pairs on IT, automobile, business and general fields.
• CAT MemoQ and Wordfast skills
• Office software
• Not sworn
• Brief experience as French teacher
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• Brazilian Portuguese (native)
• French (fluent) – exchange student 1990-1991
• English (intermediate)
• Spanish (basic)
Keywords: Portuguese, French, English, Localization, Translation, CAT, Memoq, IT, General
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