Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
"mata-mata"
English translation:
sudden death, do-or-die, life-and-death
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Alfred Benet
Jan 31, 2006 11:23
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Portuguese term
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Native in: Portuguese
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"mata-mata"
Portuguese to English
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Transport / Transportation / Shipping
road carriers
A nova configuração do camião pode vir a transformar-se em "mat-mata", por isso não tenham dúvidas que se não soubermos tirar partido desta grande vantagem, seremos esmagados pela concorrência
Proposed translations
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| 4 | "life-and-death" or "do-or-die" |
Alfred Benet
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| 3 +1 | decisive |
Fred Neild (X)
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| 3 | lose-lose |
Cristina Pereira
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| 3 | high risk element |
Clauwolf
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Proposed translations
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Alfred Benet
Specializes in field
Quality + Punctuality = Reliability
Native in: Tamil 
Works in: Portuguese to English, Tamil to English
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Portuguese term (edited):
mata-mata
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"life-and-death" or "do-or-die"
Looking at the sentence in question, "life-and-death" or "do-or-die" seem to fit well. "Mata-mata" in a sports context would be translated as "sudden death"
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Fred Neild (X)
: sudden death é a morte súbita, hoje gol de ouro // Hi Bett, sports are constantly used as reference for the business world, including presentations given by successful sports professionals to businessmen, these metaphors are usual in business literature
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Bett
: do or die (they are not talking about football) it is about competition isn't it???
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Cristina Pereira
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
translator + journalist=flawless writing
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Portuguese, and 1 more.
lose-lose
a lose-lose situation/issue
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Could it be?
Protect the Marketing Commons - [ Traduzir esta página ]
We're on the cusp of a tragedy in the marketing commons. ... If history serves
as even a modest guide, this is one of those lose-lose issues where we're ...
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Breakthrough Marketing - [ Traduzir esta página ]
No one benefits from irrelevant marketing. It's a lose-lose situation.
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1 hr
high risk element
:) Como no jogo "mata-mata", em que os jogadores têm que acertar as bolas de gude dos outros para se apoderar delas.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-01-31 12:42:18 GMT)
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Ou "high risk feature"
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-01-31 13:49:56 GMT)
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"mata-mata" está definido no Aurélio
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-01-31 12:42:18 GMT)
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Ou "high risk feature"
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-01-31 13:49:56 GMT)
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"mata-mata" está definido no Aurélio
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Portuguese term (edited):
mata-mata
decisive
I believe it is a metaphor as in the 'mata-mata' phase of a soccer championship. So this would be the final game, something decisive.
If you want to maintain the metaphor you could say this new feature is the "playoff".
Not sure if this is the context but this is the meaning of mata-mata in Brazil
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Alfred B. said,
"Decisive does not capture the intensity of the situation. The original question talks about competition in business and how the company will be "esmagado" by competition if certain measures are not taken."
@Alfred B.
I believe that 'decisive' and 'playoff' are sufficiently intense for anyone acquainted with the high level of competition within sports. Sucessful sports professionals give seminars for businessmen on teamwork, pressure, etc.
The sports reference in the question of Joana is manifest.
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Note added at 1 day37 mins (2006-02-01 12:01:24 GMT)
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Mais uma referência direta aos esportes no mundo dos negócios são os "kick-off meetings"
If you want to maintain the metaphor you could say this new feature is the "playoff".
Not sure if this is the context but this is the meaning of mata-mata in Brazil
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Note added at 1 day33 mins (2006-02-01 11:57:25 GMT)
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Alfred B. said,
"Decisive does not capture the intensity of the situation. The original question talks about competition in business and how the company will be "esmagado" by competition if certain measures are not taken."
@Alfred B.
I believe that 'decisive' and 'playoff' are sufficiently intense for anyone acquainted with the high level of competition within sports. Sucessful sports professionals give seminars for businessmen on teamwork, pressure, etc.
The sports reference in the question of Joana is manifest.
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Note added at 1 day37 mins (2006-02-01 12:01:24 GMT)
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Mais uma referência direta aos esportes no mundo dos negócios são os "kick-off meetings"
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Marco Schaumloeffel
: sem dúvidas ficaria com "playoff" já que esta é exatamente a idéia usada no original
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obrigado Marco, eu também gosto de 'playoff', acredito que 'decisive' é uma opção mais segura/safe
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Alfred Benet
: Decisive does not capture the intensity of the situation. The original question talks about competition in business and how the company will be "esmagado" by competition if certain measures are not taken.
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I appreciate your opinion and explanation regarding the meaning of the question, however you should review KudoZ rules concerning disagrees (note I have put a disagree to Alfred B., hope this hasn't triggered his disagree, that would be really sad) :-(
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Marttim (X)
: Concordo que 'decisive' é o melhor para este contexto, mas mata-mata é 'elimination game', 'knockout game' e não playoffs, que seriam as finais ou fase final - que podem ou não ser eliminatórias.
1 day 41 mins
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Obrigado pelos comentários Marttim. No entanto, acredito que neste caso, 'mata-mata', se refere a um momento decisivo, melhor refletido pela palavra 'playoff', caso seja mantida a metáfora.
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