Glossary entry

inglês term or phrase:

(the music) did the talking

português translation:

(a musica) falava por si mesma

Added to glossary by Beta Cummins
Feb 24, 2006 17:39
18 yrs ago
inglês term

Do the talking

inglês para português Arte/Literatura Música critic
The sentence is as follows: "It didn´t use to matter who the DJ was, as the music did the talking and the action was on the dancefloor".

I know that "do the talking" can mean "to take charge", but in this case it´s a metaphor. May it mean "as the music spoke for itself" (in Portuguese - falava por si mesma)? Or "spoke for itself and the DJ"?

Será que posso traduzir como "já que a música falava por si mesma", ou "já que a música era o que contava"?
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Proposed translations

+5
4 minutos
Selected

(a musica) falava por si mesma"

sua interpretacao esta perfeita. Para PT-BR.

:)

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-02-24 17:45:11 GMT)
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A pessoa em questao nao se importava com quem quer que fosse o DJ, ja que toda a diversao e acao estava na pista de danca. Por tanto, a musica falava por si mesma.
Peer comment(s):

agree Claudio Mazotti : boa sugestão...
1 hora
Obrigada Klaus, um bom "finde"! : )
agree tagl (X)
2 horas
Obrigada, Tiago : )
agree Lars Palmer
3 horas
Thank you, Lars :)
agree rhandler
4 horas
Thank you, Handler :)
agree Roberto Cavalcanti
20 horas
Thank you, Roberto :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
4 minutos

já que o que contava era a música

Penso que esta será a hipótese mais adequada
Peer comment(s):

agree Cristina Pereira
7 minutos
Obrigada, Cristina
agree António Ribeiro
3 horas
Obrigada, António
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5 minutos

fazia a conversa

outra sugestão
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+1
45 minutos

dominava o ambiente

a música é que tinha o controlo de tudo o que passava naquele local, did the talking, em sentido metafórico, como quando alguém consegue monopolizar todas as atenções sobre si, ou ser o centro das atenções numa conversa.
Peer comment(s):

agree Carla Araújo
32 minutos
thanks
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+1
12 horas
inglês term (edited): did the talking

fazia sua parte / fazia a interação

eu diria assim, acho que melhor encaixa no contexto
Peer comment(s):

agree AnaCarla : fazia sua parte
1 hora
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