Como dizer "sopa de letrinhas" em inglês

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Quem trabalha na area de informatica sabe q muitas vezes nos vemos olhando para mil numeros, letrinhas q as vezes nao fazem sentido nenhum pra nos...

como dizer q pra mim tudo isso eh uma sopa de letrinhas?

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Donay Mendonça 23 127 1.7k
Para dizer sopa de letrinhas em inglês, utilize:

Alphabet soup

Definition: A confusing assortment or soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet. - Thefreedictionary

Exemplo de uso:

"It's like alphabet soup [parece sopa de letrinhas]. It certainly is. But aside from confusing acronyms, these European regulators are of major concern to Britain."- thisismoney.co.uk

Bons estudos.
Obrigada!!
jlmmelo 14 107
Qual seria a melhor tradução atual, era dos 'zumbis do smartphone' ou 'smombies', para 'Alphabet agencies'

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"I am not young enough to know everything." Oscar Wilde
(Não sou mais jovem o suficiente para saber tudo.)

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Ex.: EMBRATEL, ABIN, DETRAN, IBGE, FUNAI, IBOPE, PRF, SERASA, INSS, IRRF, IRPF, IRPJ, BNDES, CEF, BB, ECT, PT, PSDB, PMDB, etc., etc.

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Minha sugestão: Agências de siglas, agências do alfabeto; agências de sopa [macarrão / de massa] de letras / de letrinhas

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"The alphabet agencies (also New Deal agencies [agências para reorganização / agências do novo pacto, novo acordo, nova ordem] were the U.S. Federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The earliest agencies were created to combat the Great Depression in the United States and were established during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office in 1933. Democrat Al Smith, who turned against Roosevelt, said his government was “submerged in a bowl of alphabet soup." en.wikipedia.org
  • Contexto:

    ♦ A far tougher fight may have to be waged against alphabet agencies that have become highly independent fiefdoms (áreas, departamentos, campos, negócios). time.com

    ♦ We can start by stripping EPA and other federal government alphabet agencies of powers to invoke unwarranted intrusions into our free markets, business and lives. forbes.com

    ♦ White House free-marketeers have lambasted such alphabet agencies as the CAB, ice and FPC for acting as guardians of the businesses they are supposed to regulate. time.com

    ♦ 14 of the New Deals Alphabet Agencies - Between 1933 and 1939 dozens of federal programs, often referred to as the Alphabet Agencies, were created as part of the New Deal. With FDR's focus on "relief, recovery and reform," the legacy of the New Deal is with us to this day. money.howstuffworks.com