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Portuguese to English Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Translation Glossary

Portuguese term		English translation
fechamento para a diferença		Bridging the gap
feita a ressalva sobre...		wthout failing to acknowlege/take into account / leaving aside / looking beyond
Foco DO Cliente		client-focused/ client-oriented
folia-de-reis e ternos-de-reis		Twelfth Night Festivities, when groups of costumed merry-makers dance through the streets (folia de reis) and carollers (terno-d
forma eminentemente nacionalista		eminently nationalist form / shape / character /
Função de proteção		(police) protection function
gafieira		'gafieira'
galeria da velha guarda da escola X		association of senior members of X (samba school)
ginga, molejo		swing, "molejo"
grafias (do território)		expressions of territoriality, territorial expressions
Hermenêutica de Profundidade		depth hermeneutics
homem instrumentalizado ; homem instrumentalizador		instrumentalized man; instrumentalizer
Iê, iê, iê		Brazilian Rock´n´roll Iê, iê, iê
identitárias		identity
IMAGINÁRIO COLECTIVO		Collective Imaginary
implantação		establishment
impulso contra o \"tempo real\"		tendency to reject \"real time\"
iniciação profissional		vocational training	Rafael Mantovani
Entered by: Rafael Mantovani
interesseiro		gold digger
interlocutores		representatives
Internação		Admission (into a clinic, rehab center, hospital etc.)
interstícios sociais		social interstices	Mark Robertson
Entered by: Mark Robertson
Isto sem falar		not to mention
jogo do Bicho		jogo do bicho (similar to the numbers game)
JUDICIALIZAÇÃO		Judicialization
justiceiro		vigilante	Carla Selyer
Entered by: Carla Selyer
laicismo		laicism	Holly Holmes
Entered by: Holly Holmes
Lei de cotas		Quota Law
leitura flutuante		skimming the text
liminaridade		liminarity
Lugar de Fala		place of speech
m. f.		family doctor
MAC Social		Open Method of Coordination on Social Protection and Social Inclusion
mandato presidencial		presidental term
manifestacao		expresses opinion/emotion	R. Alex Jenkins
Entered by: R. Alex Jenkins
maniqueista		manichean
maricultores		Mariculturist
mas parecem com Nero		[they] are more like Nero, [they] rather resemble Nero
maternagem		"mothering bond"
método de observação participante		participant observation

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