Portuguese term
Brazil
TV Interpreter English Portuguese
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
mal ou bem
Proposed translations
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
either way
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Nick Taylor
: short and sweet!
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Thanks, Nick!
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Verginia Ophof
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Thanks, Verginia!
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Catarina Lopes
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Thanks, Ana Catarina!
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Mario Freitas
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Thanks, Mario!
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Rafaella C. S. Barros
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Thanks, Rafaella!
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Brazil
Passionate, reliable
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Dutch to Portuguese, and 8 more.
in a way or another
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Claudio Mazotti
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Tom Jamieson
: This would certainly be "one way or the other" or "one way or another" rather "a way or another"
The links below mostly show results of badly translated texts.
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https://www.google.com/search?q="in a way or another"&btnG=P... http://corpus2.byu.edu/glowbe/
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Paulinho Fonseca
: One way or the other.
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T o b i a s
: unidiomatic
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Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
fair or unfair
In one way or another
Yes, in one way or another, but most of the time, it's very unequal.
Yes, some more than others. Most of the time, it's very unequal.
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
more or less satisfactorily
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
in any case
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T o b i a s
: "for better or worse"
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cheers Tobias
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Mario Freitas
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cheers Mario
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R. Alex Jenkins
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thanks Richard
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in a way or another
Brazil
Brazilian lawyer - 40+ years in Brazil
Native in: English (Variants: US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, Scottish, British, UK, Irish) , Portuguese (Variants: Angolan, European/Portugal, Brazilian, Mozambican)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
a little or a lot
"ganhando mal ou ganhando bem"
"Does everybody win/make money? Yes, a little or a lot, in most cases, but very unequally!"
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I would like to include the option of: some more and some less. As in:
"Yes, some more and some less, in most cases, but very unequally!"
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Tom Jamieson
: I read it the same. I agree with the meaning, but your translation just doesn't read naturally to me.
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Thanks, Tom. You saved my sanity! It is a bit awkward. What about "..., some more, some less, ..." ?
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
either well or badly
To imagine language as something which one simply "uses," either well or badly, is to imagine a world which is simply a collection of objects of use.
We serve our purpose, either well or badly, and when we fall to time's inevitable limits the next one will come along to serve the next step.
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