Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

silly old contrarian me

Portuguese translation:

eu, o tolo e velho do contra

Added to glossary by Matheus Chaud
Feb 4, 2017 13:15
7 yrs ago
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English term

Silly old contrarian me is thinking

English to Portuguese Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
I rushed home and turned on the news. Everyone was talking panic,
panic, panic. Silly old contrarian me is thinking, "This is terrific. Let's see how low we can open the market." As you recall, the market kept plummeting all through the day.
Change log

Feb 27, 2017 01:33: Matheus Chaud changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1916681">lmrocha's</a> old entry - "Silly old contrarian me is thinking"" to ""Eu, o tolo e velho investidor do contra, está pensando""

Proposed translations

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Eu, o tolo e velho investidor do contra, está pensando

Sug.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2017-02-04 18:16:06 GMT)
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Está explicitamente relacionado a investidores o termo "contrarian", como segue:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contraria...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "obrigada"
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10 mins

Com meu teimoso espírito do contra pensei:

Sugestão
Como se trata de uma narrativa no passado, achei melhor manter o verbo no passado.
Peer comment(s):

agree expressisverbis : Só colocaria uma vírgula antes de "pensei", mas achei perfeito.
4 hrs
Obrigada, Sandra! Você está com a razão.
agree Matheus Chaud
1 day 9 mins
Obrigada, Matheus!
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1 hr

como velho navegante contra a corrente, eu pensei

Ele quer dizer que vai contra a corrente dos investidores.
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1 day 18 mins

Eu, tolo e sempre do contra, pensando


old contrarian = aquela pessoa que é "sempre do contra"

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Note added at 1 day22 mins (2017-02-05 13:38:28 GMT)
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Silly old contrarian me is thinking...
Eu, tolo e sempre do contra, pensando...
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