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Portuguese to English book translation
Brazilian trade sales have grown double digits while the English-language editions of those same books stayed unwritten.
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Why readers here are worth reaching.
Brazil was one of the fastest-growing trade markets in recent international data. The books selling there have an obvious English-language audience and almost none of them have an edition.
She had not spoken to her brother in eleven years, and the first thing he said to her was that the house was already sold.
Sie hatte elf Jahre lang nicht mit ihrem Bruder gesprochen, und das Erste, was er zu ihr sagte, war, dass das Haus bereits verkauft sei.
Subjunctive sei rather than war. It marks the sentence as his claim rather than established fact — the doubt the English carries through context, German carries through mood.
"You could have called," she said. Not an accusation. A door, left open a crack.
„Du hättest anrufen können“, sagte sie. Kein Vorwurf. Eine Tür, einen Spalt offen gelassen.
Passage from a neighbouring language while our Portuguese → English sample is being prepared.
What makes English tricky — handled for you.
Brazilian or European
We decide this on page one of the brief. The rhythm, idiom and cultural referents differ enough that hedging produces an edition that belongs nowhere.
Diminutives
Portuguese diminutives carry affection, condescension or irony depending on context. English has no direct equivalent and a literal rendering flattens every one of them.
Cultural specificity
Food, music, geography and class markers get a decision each: keep, gloss, or naturalise. The brief lists every one so you can overrule us.
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