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Inesinha Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Mother labeled as cleaning lady/ housekeeper?
Hello 
I'm writing my PhD thesis in English and I did some interviewees in Portuguese but now it's hard to translate some sentences into English.
The idea behind this particular sentence that I'd like you to help me with, is a woman complaining that her husband helps at home, but that she still does most of the tasks at home... and she says something like: "we [women] always put up with most [of the housework], there’s no way... we are going to be labeled as housekeepers/cleaning ladies for the rest of our lives"... what sounds best? is there any other option? or is there any other correction you would suggest in the rest of the sentence?
Thanks in advance!
(in case anyone speaks Portuguese the original sentence was: nós levamos sempre com a maior parte, não há hipótese, não há hipótese. Nós vamos ser rotuladas o resto da vida como faxineiras, e isso não tem como dar a volta)
I'm writing my PhD thesis in English and I did some interviewees in Portuguese but now it's hard to translate some sentences into English.
The idea behind this particular sentence that I'd like you to help me with, is a woman complaining that her husband helps at home, but that she still does most of the tasks at home... and she says something like: "we [women] always put up with most [of the housework], there’s no way... we are going to be labeled as housekeepers/cleaning ladies for the rest of our lives"... what sounds best? is there any other option? or is there any other correction you would suggest in the rest of the sentence?
Thanks in advance!
(in case anyone speaks Portuguese the original sentence was: nós levamos sempre com a maior parte, não há hipótese, não há hipótese. Nós vamos ser rotuladas o resto da vida como faxineiras, e isso não tem como dar a volta)
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inesinha "we [women] always put up with most [of the housework], there’s no way... we are going to be labeled as housekeepers/ cleaning ladies for the rest of our lives" The yellow parts are a bit wordy. You could simplify them by rewriting your suggestion as: "we [women] always do most [of the housework], there’s no way...
- inesinha "we [women] always put up with most [of the housework], there’s no way...
- we are going to be labeled as housekeepers/ cleaning ladies for the rest of our lives" The yellow parts are a bit wordy.
- You could simplify them by rewriting your suggestion as: "we [women] always do most [of the housework], there’s no way...
- we are going to be labeled as housekeepers/ cleaners for the rest of our lives".
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inesinha"we [women] always put up with most [of the housework], there’s no way... we are going to be labeled as housekeepers/cleaning ladies for the rest of our lives"The yellow parts are a bit wordy. You could simplify them by rewriting your suggestion as: "we [wome
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