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Brazil
Portuguese- English freelance translator
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
It was, wasn't it?
My hand, smoothing oil on her skin, seemed to have a temper of its own: it yearned to raise itself and come down on her buttocks. "Give me an example," I said quietly. "Of something that means something. In your opinion."
"Wuthering Heights," she said, without hesitation.
The urge in my hand was growing beyond control. "But that's unreasonable. You're talking about a work of genius."
"It was, wasn't it? My wild sweet Cathy. God, I cried buckets. I saw it ten times."
I said, "Oh" with recognizable relief, "oh" with a shameful, rising inflection, "the movie."
Her muscles hardened, the touch of her was like stone warmed by the sun.
Como vocês traduziriam: It was, wasn't it? Pensei em traduzir WORK OF A GENIUS como OBRA GENIAL e esta frase ficaria assim: Genial, não é mesmo?
| 5 +3 | Foi, não foi? |
Christopher & Rozilene Frye
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| 4 +2 | Foi mesmo! |
Mario Freitas
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| 4 +1 | Não é verdade? |
Danik 2014
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| 4 | Genial, não é mesmo? |
Humberto Ribas
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| 3 | (só)tinha de/que o ser, não? |
jorges
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Nov 23, 2015 16:46: Danik 2014 changed "Field (specific)" from "Engineering (general)" to "Cinema, Film, TV, Drama"
Nov 23, 2015 17:08: Mario Freitas changed "Term asked" from "It was, wasn\\\'t it? " to "It was, wasn\'t it? "
Nov 24, 2015 13:13: Ligia Dias Costa changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Mario Freitas, Mauro Lando, Ligia Dias Costa
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Proposed translations
Brazil
Team of Two Native Speakers
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
Foi, não foi?
Brazil
German, English, Spanish to Portuguese!
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: German to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, English to German, and 2 more.
Não é verdade?
Brazil
fast, accurate, reliable, professional
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese
Genial, não é mesmo?
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Foi mesmo!
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Vinicius Yamao Kamogari
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Obrigado, Vinícius!
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Danik 2014
: É verdade, Mario.Em português, qualquer coisa que pareça com o "question tag" soa forçado.
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Isso Dani. Eu sabia que alguém entenderia o que eu quis dizer. Obrigado!
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(só)tinha de/que o ser, não?
«it was», frase elíptica de ‘it was to be’.
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