Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
chegou a mais uma estação da sua vida
English translation:
You've just reached one more station down the line
Added to glossary by
Nick Taylor
Dec 21, 2012 11:50
11 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Portugal
Business Language Solutions Pt>Eng
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
chegou a mais uma estação da sua vida
Portuguese to English
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This is to be published on a birthday card the local train company wants to send to visitors.
They are playing with estação being station or season
Any cunning ideas?
They are playing with estação being station or season
Any cunning ideas?
Proposed translations
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Dec 26, 2012 19:16: Nick Taylor Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Nick Taylor
Native in English
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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You've just reached one more station down the line
You've just reached one more station down the line
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Lais has a point, so I opted for "UP" the line"
22 mins
You just reached one more station of your life!
:) Simple like that
43 mins
Katarina Peters
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian , English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
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you just arrived to the next station... of your life
another version
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: 'arrived to' is ungrammatical.
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You're right, Muriel, it should be "arrived at"
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Lindsay Spratt
France
France
Native in English
Works in field
France
Por/Sp/Cat/Fr->En, IoLDipTrans, MACantab
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English, and 2 more.
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Welcome to another station in life!
This is hard, because 'station' and 'season' aren't connected in English. I think 'station' preserves the train link and can be understood in the context of a birthday, but perhaps there's another option using another train term..
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Marlene Curtis
: Very creative!
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Thanks very much :)
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Lais Leite
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Thanks!
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Verginia Ophof
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Thanks!
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You have just arrived to the next station of your life!
yes, like Lindsay posted "'station' preserves the train link"
I would also add an exclamation mark which is very much used in Portuguese for emphases
I would also add an exclamation mark which is very much used in Portuguese for emphases
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