sem rebuços nem ambiguidades

English translation: frankly/sincerely/candidly and unambiguously

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Portuguese term or phrase:sem rebuços nem ambiguidades
English translation:frankly/sincerely/candidly and unambiguously
Entered by: Douglas Bissell

11:35 Feb 5, 2016
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Portuguese term or phrase: sem rebuços nem ambiguidades
Demonstrando com exemplos vários da prática política angolana - do controle dos media, às prisões de quem quer que se lhe oponha; do enriquecimento ostensivo e inexplicável dos detentores do poder à instauração de um clima de medo que extravasa as fronteiras geográficas do próprio país (pg.183-184), sem rebuços nem ambiguidades,
Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 06:09
frankly/sincerely/candidly and unambiguously
Explanation:
Derivação: sentido figurado.
qualquer coisa us. para disfarçar(-se); dissimulação, disfarce
(Houaiss 2009)

http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/portugues-ingles/rebuço
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Grading comment
I went for 'frankly' thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5frankly/sincerely/candidly and unambiguously
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4without a shadow of a doubt
Nick Taylor
4straight to the point
Mario Freitas
3clearly and explicitly
Ana Vozone


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
frankly/sincerely/candidly and unambiguously


Explanation:
Derivação: sentido figurado.
qualquer coisa us. para disfarçar(-se); dissimulação, disfarce
(Houaiss 2009)

http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/portugues-ingles/rebuço

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 27
Grading comment
I went for 'frankly' thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida: Diria clearly and unambiguously...
8 mins

agree  António Rufino: sem rebuço: com toda a sinceridade, sem pudor (infopedia). Candidly parece-me a solução mais próxima deste sentido. Unambiguously está óptimo para a segunda parte.
15 mins

agree  Andrew Bramhall: Yep, 'candidly and unambiguously' for me too;
1 hr

agree  Richard Purdom: 'frankly' for me!
3 hrs

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I would just use 'unambiguously'.
15 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
without a shadow of a doubt


Explanation:
without a shadow of a doubt

Nick Taylor
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
straight to the point


Explanation:
It's what I would use in this case.

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 03:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 120
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
clearly and explicitly


Explanation:
Mais uma sugestão.

Example sentence(s):
  • Congress should address foreseeable preemption issues clearly and explicitly when it enacts a statute affecting ...
  • Story units that were coded as pro-war must have clearly and explicitly been promoting or advocating the war effort.
Ana Vozone
Local time: 06:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 60
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