Freedom Day for Portugal

Fourty years ago, on April 25th, 1974, a group of very determined soldiers decided they had had enough. They were tired of seeing their young men being sent to die in Africa in a war that did not make sense anymore. They were tired of the fascist government that had ruled over Portugal for 48 […]

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Portuguese Sayings Translated into English

Portuguese Sayings Translated into English The following exercise works in any language. There are some sayings, rooted in tradition and history, that have their meaning exclusively in the language where they have developed (the saying “it’s raining cats and dogs” is hilarious when translated into Portuguese). Translators know better than to translate these word for […]

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