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[donay mendonça]

Olá Pessoal,


Como é que se fala "Programa de governo" em inglês?:Election manifesto

O que é um programa de governo?
R:É a relação de atos que o candidato pretende por em prática durante sua administração,caso seja eleito.

Manifesto:
A written statement in which a group of people, especially a political party, explain their beliefs and say what they will do if they win an election.(Oxford)

An election manifesto is a wish-list of things a party wants to do if it gets an overall majority.(http://www.telegraph.co.uk)

Gordon Brown will launch Labour's election manifesto in Birmingham today.(http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
Gordon Brown irá lançar o programa de governo do Labour em Birmingham hoje.


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Bons estudos!

[Henry Cunha]

At least in NAmerica, you`d probably say "election platform" or "party platform" at election time. A government in power will talk about its "guiding policies" and "government program" to implement those policies. When we do see the word "manifesto," as you pointed out, it is usually related to a party's strong statement on a specific issue or set of related issues. Regards

[donay mendonça]

Henry,

O Longman traduz "election manifesto" como "plataforma eleitoral".Para mim,"election platform" e "election manifesto" tem sentidos bem parecidos,vejo que "manifesto" se refere mais a algo oficial,documentado,ao passo que "platform" às ideologias claramente defendidas como objetivo de governo.

Definição de GIL NUNO VAZ:

Plataforma Eleitoral é o programa de governo do Candidato.
http://books.google.com.br/books?id=pw5 ... 22&f=false

Valeu!

[Henry Cunha]

Donay,

Not to put too fine a point on this, but mainstream North American parties don't like the word "manifesto." It's a word associated with declarations by extremists, radicals, anarchists, communists, etc. (should I mention the archetypal "Communist manifesto"?) Googling, for instance "Republican Party election manifesto," returns a series of entries that don't relate to the mainstream Republican Party's self-description of its policies and proposals. If you google "Democratic Party election manifesto," you get a series of entries related to Japan, India, Britain, etc., and virtually none related to the US. If, instead, you googled "---platform," you'd get lots of entries for American parities. In North American English, there is a clear usage distinction between "platform" and "manifesto."

[donay mendonça]

Henry,

Yes,I do understand what you said.I guess it's more a matter of choice than meaning...


Thank you for posting,