Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
... \"para ingles ver\".
English translation:
(just) for the sake of appearances/just for effect
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Portuguese term
... "para ingles ver".
Portuguese to English
Marketing
Advertising / Public Relations
Publicidade
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(English)
Proposed translations
+7
4 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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91
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(just) for the sake of appearances/just for effect
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Re: Interesting
Nov 23, 2004 ... This expression "só para inglês ver" is still very much in force even to-day, ... "just for effect", "just for the sake of appearances". ...
www.phrases.org.uk › Discussion Forum - Cached - Similar -
Illegal Trade // BlogCatalog Topic // BlogCatalog - 10:03am
Jack Scholes PARA INGLÊS VER [just for show, just for the sake of appearances] Os sinais positivos da economia brasileira não são apenas para inglês ver. ...
www.blogcatalog.com/topic/illegal trade/ - Cached -
Comparative Policing: The Struggle for Democratization - Google Books Result
M. R. Haberfeld, Ibrahim Cerrah - 2007 - Social Science - 413 pages
Para inglês ver translates typically as “for the English to see”; in colloquial terms it is an official mendacity for the sake of appearances, often to seem ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1412905486... -
PORTUGAL: Some Missing Children More Equal than Others - IPS ...
May 18, 2007 ... The saying "para o inglês ver", remarkably pertinent with respect to ... that referred to a law approved merely for the sake of appearance. ...
ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37797
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Re: Interesting
Nov 23, 2004 ... This expression "só para inglês ver" is still very much in force even to-day, ... "just for effect", "just for the sake of appearances". ...
www.phrases.org.uk › Discussion Forum - Cached - Similar -
Illegal Trade // BlogCatalog Topic // BlogCatalog - 10:03am
Jack Scholes PARA INGLÊS VER [just for show, just for the sake of appearances] Os sinais positivos da economia brasileira não são apenas para inglês ver. ...
www.blogcatalog.com/topic/illegal trade/ - Cached -
Comparative Policing: The Struggle for Democratization - Google Books Result
M. R. Haberfeld, Ibrahim Cerrah - 2007 - Social Science - 413 pages
Para inglês ver translates typically as “for the English to see”; in colloquial terms it is an official mendacity for the sake of appearances, often to seem ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1412905486... -
PORTUGAL: Some Missing Children More Equal than Others - IPS ...
May 18, 2007 ... The saying "para o inglês ver", remarkably pertinent with respect to ... that referred to a law approved merely for the sake of appearance. ...
ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37797
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "4"
-1
3 mins
for English see
context doesn't tell much...but...
+9
3 mins
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Brazil
Passionate, reliable
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Dutch to Portuguese, and 8 more.
Related KudoZ points
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18
only for show
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Peer comment(s):
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Verginia Ophof
: exactly Luciano !! Just for show (off)
2 mins
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Andre Damasceno
3 mins
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Arthur Godinho
7 mins
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
: Exatamente
25 mins
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Beta Cummins
1 hr
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suesimons
2 hrs
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Walter Moura
2 hrs
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Amy Duncan (X)
3 hrs
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Evans (X)
21 hrs
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-1
7 mins
Nadja B Batdorf
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
United States
Excellence in Language Solutions
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
For the English to see
Veja
http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:gRqXAl0KXpcJ:crookedtim...
Mais um:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leis_para_inglês_ver
http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:gRqXAl0KXpcJ:crookedtim...
Mais um:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leis_para_inglês_ver
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Helena Grahn
: Nobody in the UK would understand the literal translation that you give here with the same conotation understood in Portuguese
2 hrs
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+1
12 mins
Katarina Peters
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian , English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
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10
22 hrs
. . as a formality . . or, just as a formality . .
. . as a formality . . or, just as a formality . .
Coisa do Viaduto do Cha . . quando os ingles construiram?
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