Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

divisas

English translation:

foreign earnings

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Mar 21, 2012 17:38
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Portuguese term

divisas

Portuguese to English Social Sciences Economics Development
A ênfase deve ser colocada nas potenciais e efetivas inversões de capital produtivo, com alto potencial e qualidade de geração de encadeamentos intersetoriais, impostos, empregos e divisas.

This is an academic text on development, with a focus on the Brazilian economy. In this case, I cannot quite understand what "divisas" means. I am aware that it is usually translated as "currency", but that doesn't make much sense here. The idea is that investment of productive capital has potential to to create intersect oral linkages, taxes (new sources of revenue for the state?) jobs, and ______.

Aguardo as suas respostas. Obrigado.

Adam

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foreign earnings

I understand it as follows:

"...for generation of intersectorial dealings, taxes, employment and foreign earnings."
Peer comment(s):

agree Emiliano Pantoja
53 mins
Obrigado, Emiliano!
agree Luciane Shanahan
1 day 3 hrs
Obrigado, Luciane!
neutral Sheryle Oliver : Word missing: not just earned abroad, but currency convertible.
1 day 10 hrs
Please see my note. I think this is implicit in the term.
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foreign currencies

Peer comment(s):

neutral Sheryle Oliver : But do they help or hinder the govt in question?
1 day 10 hrs
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31 mins

foreign currency, foreign exchange

:)
Peer comment(s):

neutral Sheryle Oliver : + or -?
1 day 10 hrs
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1 hr

foreign exchange earnings

Yes, leeleeradio, sources of revenue, but in a specific form:

Foreign exchange earnings are /proceeds from the export of goods and services of a country, and the returns from its foreign investments, denominated in convertible currencies./

The National Tourism Office [of China] announced yesterday that the foreign exchange earnings from tourism reached US$7.85 billion in the first half of 2000, up 18.54% compared with the same period last year.
Note from asker:
Thank you Sheryle!
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12 hrs

revenue

divisas => revenue
Peer comment(s):

neutral Sheryle Oliver : In what form?
22 hrs
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