Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

pessoa de relações próximas

English translation:

close personal acquaintance

Added to glossary by ndengue
Nov 8, 2020 12:48
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Portuguese term

pessoa de relações próximas

Portuguese to English Other Human Resources
This is part of the Code of Ethics of a Company

II. REGRAS DE CONDUTA DOS COLABORADORES

Conflitos de Interesse

Podem constituir situações de conflitos de interesse, as situações abaixo elencadas, ainda que a listagem não seja exaustiva:

o Um colaborador permite que um familiar ou pessoa de relações próximas trabalhe no mesmo departamento que ele trabalha. Todas as relações entre colaboradores devem ser comunicadas;

Proposed translations

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close personal acquaintance

Peer comment(s):

agree Barbara Cochran, MFA
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Dasher : Absolutely correct!!! The question asks for a translation of "pessoa de relações próximas," which refers to the individual themselves, not to their condition of being related or interrelated to someone else, i.e., a relationship.
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close relationship

Example sentence:

o you have any relative or close relationship with another MSOL / Jaguar Mining employee or with any service provider, partner, customer, competitor or with a

Peer comment(s):

agree Tereza Rae
5 mins
Obrigada, Tereza!
agree Clauwolf
35 mins
Obrigada, Cláudio!
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5 hrs

close personal relationship/friendship

This may need restructuring, but something like:

".... forming a close personal relationship (friendship) with a colleague in the same department"
or
"... develops a close personal friendship (relationship) with a work colleague...."

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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-11-08 19:05:35 GMT)
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"The implications of CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS at work can include:
* The effect on the trust and confidence of colleagues in relation to a
conflict of interest, fair treatment, their own ability to discuss issues
openly within a team or with their line manager;
* The perception of service users or the general public in relation to the
professionalism and fairness of the Council and its employees;
* Operational issues affecting the ability to deliver the service effectively;
* Conflicting loyalties and breach of confidentiality."
https://democracy.southend.gov.uk/documents/s2008/15.12.15 -...
Example sentence:

"But the Bank needs to know about CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, with an individual or an organisation, that could be perceived as creating a conflict of interest or unfair advantage so that..."

"It is recognised that a significant proportion of CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS/FRIENDSHIPS are formed at work. "

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8 hrs

persons of close affinity

persons of close affinity

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....Nepotistic tendencies in offices of power indicate conflicts of moral ... appointing persons of close affinity or consanguinity, and the Oklahoma statute contained ...
Peer comment(s):

neutral Mark Robertson : close affinity in the context of your quote means the relationship that exists between a spouse and his/her relations and the other spouse and his/her relations. Blacks Law Dictionary, 6th Ed. p. 59.
1 hr
OK fair enough - thanks Mark
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10 hrs

PCA - person closely associated

- or closely connected, confidant/e or 'crony' in the Spanish sense of an 'enchufe' or French 'piston'.

Confidence level is low that an official term will be accepted as the 'right' answer.
Example sentence:

Person closely associated (PCA) As defined in Article 3(1)(26) of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) (and as corrected by a corrigendum (OJ 2016 L 287/320)), a: Spouse, or a partner considered to be equivalent to a spouse" includes a civil partner. ...

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