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costumo ter sempre sucesso

English translation: I am usually very successful

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Portuguese term or phrase:costumo ter sempre sucesso
English translation:I am usually very successful
Entered by: Tim Friese

20:25 Jul 31, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources
Portuguese term or phrase: costumo ter sempre sucesso
Escolho cuidadosamente as tarefas que assumo e costumo ter sempre sucesso.

As before, this is a back-translation of an English > Portuguese HR survey. Does the combination of 'costumo' and 'sempre' work? If so, should I back-translate it as 'always'?
Tim Friese
United States
Local time: 03:03
I am usually very successful
Explanation:
Não vejo problema em juntar costumo com sempre.
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5I am usually very successful
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4 +2used to being successful
Nick Taylor
5I tend to do very well.
Carlos Abelheira
5I am almost always successful
Jason Schrier
4I am usually sucessful
Flavia Martins dos Santos
Summary of reference entries provided
Google
Carlos Abelheira

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
I am usually very successful


Explanation:
Não vejo problema em juntar costumo com sempre.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Abelheira: Sounds natural
6 mins
agree  Georgia Morg (X)
12 mins
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
36 mins
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
agree  Jessica Guimaraes
18 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I am usually sucessful


Explanation:
suggestion

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Note added at 3 mins (2013-07-31 20:29:05 GMT)
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sorry successful

Flavia Martins dos Santos
Brazil
Local time: 05:03
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I tend to do very well.


Explanation:
This structure also sounds natural.

Example sentence(s):
  • Senhor Presidente, a verdade é que costumo ter muito sucesso nisso.
  • Mr. President, the truth is that I tend to do very well.
Carlos Abelheira
Brazil
Local time: 05:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
used to being successful


Explanation:
used to being successful

Nick Taylor
Local time: 09:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 101

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lais Leite: Couldn't it be: "I am used to being successful"?
14 mins
  -> Exactly!
neutral  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira: Costumo é presente. I used to - passado, não corresponde ao português. I am used to - presente, corresponde, mas used aqui é adjetivo e é equivalente a acostumado. Por a sua sugestão não ter verbo, deu-me ideia de passado, mas agora vejo o gerúndio lá.
56 mins
  -> and so is "I am used to" check your grammar for this one. This might help. (Being is the clue) http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-m_used-be-used-to.h...
agree  Marlene Curtis
3 hrs
  -> Cheers Marlene
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I am almost always successful


Explanation:
This answer actually uses "always" and provides "almost" as an equivalent to "usually," i.e. "costumo." I would add that this answer sounds the most natural. Survey answers, no doubt, will be written in less formal language, being more a kin to spoken language than well polished, longer written formal discourse. The answers provided are close, but to my ears they sounds rather clumsy.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-08-01 00:20:18 GMT)
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*akin

Jason Schrier
United States
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


4 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Google

Reference information:
"Sempre costumo" is a widely used collocation in Brazilian Portuguese.

Example sentence(s):
  • Eu sempre costumo dizer que nós somos responsáveis por tudo e por todos!
  • Sempre costumo ir por baixo da paulista, mas hoje decidi mudar um pouco os ares.

    https://www.google.com.br/search?q=costumo+ter+sempre+sucesso&rlz=1C1ASUT_pt-BRBR461BR461&oq=costumo+ter+sempre+sucesso&aqs=chrome.0.69i57j6
Carlos Abelheira
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Elda Veiga
1 hr
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