Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Sexo dos Anjos
English translation:
Fruitless Pursuits...
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airmailrpl
Aug 14, 2012 08:48
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Portuguese term
Sexo dos Anjos
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
telenovela
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | Fruitless Pursuits |
airmailrpl
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| 4 | Fallen Angels |
Mark Robertson
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| 4 | Sex of Angels |
Spiridon
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| 4 | count how many angels can dance on the head of a pin |
Rodrigo Bovino
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Change log
Aug 18, 2012 01:37: airmailrpl changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/619078">T o b i a s's</a> old entry - "Sexo dos Anjos"" to ""Fruitless Pursuits""
Proposed translations
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airmailrpl
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Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
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Fruitless Pursuits
discutir o sexo dos anjos.. => a fruitless pursuit
a free translation of the title of the telenovela 'Sexo dos Anjos => Fruitless Pursuits
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Discutir o sexo dos anjos - Guia do Estudante
www.guiadoestudante.abril.com.br/.../discutir-sex... -
1 dez. 2007 – Você provavelmente já ouviu a frase, empregada normalmente quando alguma discussão não leva a nada. O bizarro é que essa discussão do .
a free translation of the title of the telenovela 'Sexo dos Anjos => Fruitless Pursuits
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Discutir o sexo dos anjos - Guia do Estudante
www.guiadoestudante.abril.com.br/.../discutir-sex... -
1 dez. 2007 – Você provavelmente já ouviu a frase, empregada normalmente quando alguma discussão não leva a nada. O bizarro é que essa discussão do .
Peer comment(s):
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Clauwolf
: superb
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Thank you kindly
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Lais Leite
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Thank you kindly
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Verginia Ophof
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Thank you kindly
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks."
48 mins
Mark Robertson
Native in English
Translations by lawyers for lawyers
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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17
Fallen Angels
Advantages:
1. the target expression is an existing idiomatic expression in EN
2. the idiomatic meaning expresses the idea of the moral decline of someone who was previously on high moral standards.
3. The literal/idiomatic meanings fit in with the storyline of the soap, i.e. angels who comw down to earth and with the tempations to which they become victim.
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erratum: tempations - temptations
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Note added at 53 mins (2012-08-14 09:42:42 GMT)
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erratum: previously on high moral standards - previously of high moral standards
1. the target expression is an existing idiomatic expression in EN
2. the idiomatic meaning expresses the idea of the moral decline of someone who was previously on high moral standards.
3. The literal/idiomatic meanings fit in with the storyline of the soap, i.e. angels who comw down to earth and with the tempations to which they become victim.
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Note added at 49 mins (2012-08-14 09:38:18 GMT)
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erratum: tempations - temptations
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Note added at 53 mins (2012-08-14 09:42:42 GMT)
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erratum: previously on high moral standards - previously of high moral standards
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Sex of Angels
This is a title of a soap opera. The term is also used to depict `unfruitful discussions or debates`: `discutir o sexo dos anjos..
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I sincerely do not think that `Fallen Angels` fits in this context.. Thanks for your remark anyway
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-08-14 11:37:32 GMT)
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I sincerely do not think that `Fallen Angels` fits in this context.. Thanks for your remark anyway
Peer comment(s):
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Mark Robertson
: You seem not to have understood the question.
25 mins
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airmailrpl
: Mark seems to not have understood the meaning of the phrase in Portuguese
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3573 days
Rodrigo Bovino
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
PT-BREN Translator/Subtitler (IELTS)
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese, and 1 more.
count how many angels can dance on the head of a pin
Exemplos de uso:
At some point, among the top 15 or so, you're counting how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. [Em um certo ponto, lá entre os 15 primeiros, você fica discutindo o sexo dos anjos.]
It's no use counting how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. [Não adianta discutir o sexo dos anjos.]
At some point, among the top 15 or so, you're counting how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. [Em um certo ponto, lá entre os 15 primeiros, você fica discutindo o sexo dos anjos.]
It's no use counting how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. [Não adianta discutir o sexo dos anjos.]
Reference:
https://www.englishexperts.com.br/forum/como-dizer-o-sexo-dos-anjos-em-ingles-t56065.html
Discussion
A expressão discutir o sexo dos anjos ganhou o significado de perder tempo discutindo um assunto absolutamente inútil e impossível de ser determinado, quando existem problemas mais importantes.
I simply don't have the intuition as to whether there is a play on this meaning in the telenovea name "Sexo dos Anjos"
Remake of TV series "O Terceiro Pecado"[The Third Sin?] (1968)