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com eles

English translation: com essa pessoa

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Portuguese term or phrase:com eles
English translation:com essa pessoa
Entered by: Claudio Mazotti

15:41 Jul 31, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources
Portuguese term or phrase: com eles
First of all I apologize as this is not exactly a term question.

This is from an HR questionnaire that I am back-translating. My question is this:

Can the 'singular they' be used in Portuguese like this, or should the text read "com ele/ela" or something else?

Complete sentence:
"Se alguém no trabalho se zanga comigo, eu fico igualmente zangado com eles."

Thank you in advance!
Tim Friese
United States
Local time: 17:06
com essa pessoa
Explanation:
Acho melhor o uso desta opção.
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Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5com essa pessoa
Claudio Mazotti
5 +2not necessary
Chiara Costa


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
com essa pessoa


Explanation:
Acho melhor o uso desta opção.

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 31
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you! I'll leave this open and see what others think.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida: Eu também!
4 mins
  -> obrigado!
agree  Jessica Guimaraes: Também usaria essa opção.
22 mins
  -> obrigado!
agree  Paulinho Fonseca: Sim, mesma opção
2 hrs
  -> obrigado!
agree  Alex Alexandre
3 hrs
  -> obrigado!
agree  Teresa Sousa
18 hrs
  -> obrigado!
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
with them
not necessary


Explanation:
In Portuguese you will not find an exact equivalent. You would have to replace "with them" with something close or simply eliminate the last two words "... eu fico igualmente zangado."

Chiara Costa
Canada
Local time: 15:06
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor: Yes with "them", and yes your solution is implicit!Nice!
4 hrs
agree  Teresa Sousa
17 hrs
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