Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
"a empresa" / pronome - Que pronome se usa para referir-se a uma empresa?
English translation:
"it" = "XYZ Company" / "the Company" - "XYZ Company, hereinafter "the Company" = the preferable formulation, avoid pronoun use
Portuguese term
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: Portuguese to Spanish, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
Que pronome se usa para referir-se a uma empresa?
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A Word For I (X)
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Humberto Ribas
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Aug 29, 2008 05:01: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Sep 1, 2008 05:23: A Word For I (X) Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): Marcelo Gonçalves, Cristina Santos
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Proposed translations
it
Companies are "the company" or '"XYZ company" or "it".
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Note added at 15 hrs (2008-08-29 20:52:25 GMT)
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This question should be rephrased to target the actual term in question, i.e. the question should be actually be posted as "a empresa" = ?, + request for explanation about pronoun use
"a empresa" = "the company"/"it".
Yes, I agree with the comments below. It would be best to repeat "the company" or "XYZ company" at every instance especially in a contract versus some other type of document.
"a empresa" would fit better with a possible gloss too.
I'd also agree with a vote to reclassify this question as non-PRO
Brazil
fast, accurate, reliable, professional
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese
They
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Portugal
Formal Education in EN, informal in PT
Native in: English , Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English
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