Feb 13, 2021 16:23
3 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Medical, legal & marketing translation
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Ria por rir
Portuguese to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Clinical report
Hi all, I have a phrase in a Brazilian report about a mental health patient's response to a medication. She began showing signs of apathy.
The full phrase is: Menos de um mês depois do último aumento de dose, começou a se sentir “esquisita, sem emoção, ria por rir”.
It's the “ria por rir” part I'm unsure of.
Thank you in advance for any ideas or suggestions!
The full phrase is: Menos de um mês depois do último aumento de dose, começou a se sentir “esquisita, sem emoção, ria por rir”.
It's the “ria por rir” part I'm unsure of.
Thank you in advance for any ideas or suggestions!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | laughing for no reason |
Douglas Bissell
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| 3 +2 | laughed just for the heck of it |
Mario Freitas
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| 3 | Laughed without feeling happy/ without feeling like it |
Miriam Goldschmidt
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| 3 | pointless laughing |
Lirka
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Proposed translations
+7
1 hr
Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Portugal
Native in English
Portugal
Business Language Solutions Pt>Eng
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
24
Selected
laughing for no reason
Laughing for the sake of laughing
Note from asker:
| Thanks Douglas! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ana Vozone
20 mins
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thanks Ana
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| agree |
Mark Robertson
6 hrs
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thanks Mark
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| agree |
Oliver Simões
7 hrs
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thanks Olivier
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| agree |
Iara Gomes
15 hrs
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thanks Iara
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| agree |
R. Alex Jenkins
1 day 23 hrs
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thanks Richard
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| agree |
Álvaro Micheletti
2 days 6 hrs
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thanks Álvaro
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| agree |
Bett
18 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you"
1 hr
Miriam Goldschmidt
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
English - Spanish - Portuguese
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese, and 2 more.
Laughed without feeling happy/ without feeling like it
Another suggestion.
+2
3 hrs
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
72
laughed just for the heck of it
Sugestão
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Katarina Peters
29 mins
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Obrigado, Katarina!
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| agree |
Liane Lazoski
2 hrs
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Obrigado, Liane!
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14 hrs
pointless laughing
People with certain mental illness have flat o blunted affect and laugh pointlessly, or even inappropriately. Laughing inappropriately is not pointless laughing, but laughing in wrong situations, e.g. laughing in sad situations. I do not think it fits your context.
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