Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
live through a lot of drilling
Portuguese translation:
ser submetido a obturações sem fim; passar a vida fazendo obturações
Added to glossary by
Matheus Chaud
Oct 17, 2017 01:56
6 yrs ago
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English term
Brazil
IT Specialist • M.A. in Linguistics
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
you\'d live through a lot of drilling
English to Portuguese
Medical
Medical: Dentistry
Na verdade é um material sobre gerenciamento. Aqui, o autor fala da importância de procurar a verdadeira causa de um problema, e não resolver apenas os "sintomas".
Projects often get caught up in the symptom of a problem.
If your cavities were only treated as a symptom, you'd live through a lot of drilling.
Como traduziriam?
Grato!
Projects often get caught up in the symptom of a problem.
If your cavities were only treated as a symptom, you'd live through a lot of drilling.
Como traduziriam?
Grato!
Proposed translations
+3
4 hrs
Ana Vozone
Native in Portuguese
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
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seria submetido a obturações sem fim
Se não for devidamente tratada a origem das cáries, terá de submeter-se a tratamentos que nunca chegarão ao fim.
Peer comment(s):
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Vítor Cortes
40 mins
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Obrigada, Vitor!
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Oliver Simões
2 hrs
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Obrigada, Oliveira!
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Isadora Veiga
4 hrs
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Obrigada, Isadora!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Obrigado a todos pela ajuda, em especial à Ana!"
50 mins
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
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Portuguese
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
será necessária uma profunda obturação
Sugestão, se você quiser manter a metáfora 'odontológica'
8 hrs
Jane Rezende
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Nothing less than high quality.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
viveria de obturações /viveria à base de obturações / passaria a vida fazendo obturações
sugestão
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Note added at 12 horas (2017-10-17 13:57:53 GMT)
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correção: "a base de" (sem crase).... Sorry....
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Note added at 12 horas (2017-10-17 13:57:53 GMT)
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correção: "a base de" (sem crase).... Sorry....
Discussion
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