Marque a opção que apresenta o significado INCORRETO dos termos usados no texto 1.
Texto 1
BRAZILIAN TEEN WITH CANCER CELEBRATES TURBAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA
By plus55 on Feb 13, 2017
Thauane Cordeiro never thought she’d face accusations of cultural appropriation after
posting a selfie with a turban. Diagnosed with cancer, the treatments left this Brazilian teen
bald. So she styles up her baldness with colorful turbans when she heads out of the house.
However, after one picture of herself wearing a turban on Facebook, she faced unexpected
backlash.
While most turban-wearers in Brazil are black, Cordeiro is white. But instead of letting her
haters put her down, Cordeiro explained just why she wore a turban that day. And it wasn’t
about stealing black culture.
Here’s a translation of her post: Turban love
I’ll explain what happened yesterday so you know why I’m so angry with this whole cultural
appropriation thing. I was at the station with this pretty turban, feeling like a diva. And I
started to notice that there were a lot of black women around, beautiful by the way, who were
looking at me funny, like “look over there the little white girl appropriating our culture”.
Anyway, one of them came over to tell me I shouldn’t use a turban because I’m white. I took
off the turban and said “are you seeing this bald head, this is called cancer, so I use what I
want! Bye.” I grabbed my turban and walked off leaving her in shock.
#EverybodyWearsTurbans
The post went up last week and already has 104,000 likes and 30,000 shares.
Fonte: <http://plus55.com/brazil-culture/2017/02/brazilian-teen-cancer-turba>. Acesso em: 15 abr 2017.
Texto 1
BRAZILIAN TEEN WITH CANCER CELEBRATES TURBAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA
By plus55 on Feb 13, 2017
Thauane Cordeiro never thought she’d face accusations of cultural appropriation after posting a selfie with a turban. Diagnosed with cancer, the treatments left this Brazilian teen bald. So she styles up her baldness with colorful turbans when she heads out of the house. However, after one picture of herself wearing a turban on Facebook, she faced unexpected backlash.
While most turban-wearers in Brazil are black, Cordeiro is white. But instead of letting her haters put her down, Cordeiro explained just why she wore a turban that day. And it wasn’t about stealing black culture.
Here’s a translation of her post: Turban love
I’ll explain what happened yesterday so you know why I’m so angry with this whole cultural appropriation thing. I was at the station with this pretty turban, feeling like a diva. And I started to notice that there were a lot of black women around, beautiful by the way, who were looking at me funny, like “look over there the little white girl appropriating our culture”. Anyway, one of them came over to tell me I shouldn’t use a turban because I’m white. I took off the turban and said “are you seeing this bald head, this is called cancer, so I use what I want! Bye.” I grabbed my turban and walked off leaving her in shock. #EverybodyWearsTurbans
The post went up last week and already has 104,000 likes and 30,000 shares.
Fonte: <http://plus55.com/brazil-culture/2017/02/brazilian-teen-cancer-turba>.
Gabarito comentado
Tema central da questão: Interpretação e tradução adequada de phrasal verbs e expressões idiomáticas do inglês presentes em um texto, aspecto fundamental em provas de vestibular e concursos.
Explicação didática: Muitos termos na língua inglesa, especialmente phrasal verbs (verbo + preposição/advérbio), mudam de sentido quando combinados e acabam não sendo compreendidos literalmente. A compreensão do significado contextual é essencial para não cair em pegadinhas de tradução.
Justificativa da alternativa E (correta):
O phrasal verb "walked off" significa "ir embora" ou "afastar-se". Na frase, indica que a personagem saiu do local normalmente, após o diálogo. Traduzir como "fugir" é um erro, pois "fugir" (em inglês, geralmente "run away" ou "escape") implica pressa/medo, o que não corresponde ao texto. Assim, E está incorreta e deve ser marcada.
Análise das alternativas incorretas:
A) "Styles up" = "estilizar"
Correta! Expressa adornar ou “dar estilo”, condizente com o contexto de enfeitar a careca com turbantes.
B) "Put her down" = "colocar para baixo"
Certa! O phrasal verb “put down” tem sentido figurado de desmoralizar, humilhar ou desencorajar.
C) "Look over there" = "olhar para lá"
Adequada! A expressão significa chamar atenção para alguém ou algo, coerente com o texto.
D) "Came over" = "aproximar-se"
Correta! “Come over” indica deslocamento até onde a autora estava, mantendo o sentido
de aproximação.
Estratégia: Sempre leia o contexto e desconfie de traduções literais que não façam sentido na frase original. Fique atento a phrasal verbs, que mudam de significado com pequenas alterações. Revise listas de phrasal verbs comuns para concursos. Obras como “Gramática de Uso da Língua Inglesa” (Maria Luiza Gandolfi) e “Inglês para Concursos” (Osvaldo Serio) são boas fontes para esse estudo.
Resumo: A alternativa E apresenta tradução errada, já que “walked off” não equivale a “fugir”. Marque-a como incorreta.
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