Aug 23, 2013 16:41
10 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
United States
sair do tom
Portuguese to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Employee complaint/report against boss, which reads:
'... com palavroes e humilhacao verbal (assedio moral), ele sai do tom e do controle emocional diversas vezes..."
What would a good English equivalent be of "sair do tom" in this context?
'... com palavroes e humilhacao verbal (assedio moral), ele sai do tom e do controle emocional diversas vezes..."
What would a good English equivalent be of "sair do tom" in this context?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | raise / elevate one's voice (see below for more) |
ViBe
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| 4 | gets out of tune |
airmailrpl
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| 4 | to change your tune |
Alexandre Altenfelder Silva
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| 3 | he's always going off the deep end. |
T o b i a s
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Proposed translations
+5
2 hrs
ViBe
Works in field
Selected
raise / elevate one's voice (see below for more)
… he raises / elevates his voice / raises the tome of his voice
MORE OPTIONS:
- pitches a tune higher
- goes ballistic
- loses his temper / self-control
- blows up
colloq.:
- shorts fuse
- turns on his caps lock voice
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-08-23 19:00:51 GMT)
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- change gears: gears up / shifts up
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-08-23 19:16:56 GMT)
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Caught a typo:
- raises the toNe of his voice
MORE OPTIONS:
- pitches a tune higher
- goes ballistic
- loses his temper / self-control
- blows up
colloq.:
- shorts fuse
- turns on his caps lock voice
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-08-23 19:00:51 GMT)
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- change gears: gears up / shifts up
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-08-23 19:16:56 GMT)
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Caught a typo:
- raises the toNe of his voice
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Works in field
Brazil
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
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90
gets out of tune
sair do tom => gets out of tune
32 mins
Alexandre Altenfelder Silva
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Specializes in field
Brazil
Translator since 2013
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
to change your tune
'to change one's tune' - to express a different behave when your situation changes
1 day 20 hrs
Portuguese term (edited):
ele sai do tom e do controle emocional diversas vezes.
he's always going off the deep end.
e.g.
This has gotten out of hand in the work place. For when a boss has to actually confront an employee over a performance issue the employee can’t take the criticism and often goes off the deep end.
http://isobareng.wordpress.com/human-nature-observations/
This has gotten out of hand in the work place. For when a boss has to actually confront an employee over a performance issue the employee can’t take the criticism and often goes off the deep end.
http://isobareng.wordpress.com/human-nature-observations/
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