2007 General Reports

[Bubba Boy]

I actually don't monger that much any more. Sure when I am in Rio I hit the odd T, but I would guess I would only do maybe 10 -15 different girls there in a year. A great monger, me? I don't think so. There are many on this board that would do 10-15 girls in 2 weeks.....but I am happy with the odd "nut" or 2 that I get away once in a while.

[RonnyRon]

Tom it is an honor to be mentioned in the same sentence let alone compared to the Great Bubba! Honestly I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut or two. OK, maybe a few nuts! LOL! Enjoy your trip. Believe me it will change you for the better or ruin you forever. Me, I'm RUINED. Thanks again.

RonnyRon

[El Austriaco]

Tom, until you know where you are going stick with the taxis when going to centro termas(4x4,Cancun,etc). Don't worry about the terma prices because they are all set and they won't charge you extra. Unless you are going with someone who knows where they are going stay away from the buses.

I agree with some of what you say, and disagree with some other info. Yes, don't take buses in Rio, but I don't think it's necessary to take a cab to go to 4 X 4. Using the Rio metro is really a piece of cake. Get off at Uruguaiana station, it's just three blocks from there. Directions: see Bubba's Guide (http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...2&postcount=43). Or if you are really confused, take a cab there the first time, get your bearings (or get a good map), and take the metro on subsequent visits. Cab fare from Copacabana to Centro runs about $20.00 each way, compared with R$ 2.25 for the metro. Big difference.

EA

[Brazil Lover]

Tom,

Stay at a hotel. Rio Roiss is right behind the Orthon Palace, just one block from Help. Get a double room and they're girl-friendly.

[Ee2002]

Tom, until you know where you are going stick with the taxis when going to centro termas(4x4,Cancun,etc). Don't worry about the terma prices because they are all set and they won't charge you extra. Unless you are going with someone who knows where they are going stay away from the buses.

[Tom Linden]

i've seen so many pics and heard so many stories, i cant take it anymore, thats it. i booked my flight to rio. the problem is i'm only in rio for 4 days ( i'm going to salvador next) and my plane arrives at 10:45pm, i cant find an apartment that will take me, everything is for a week. any suggestions would be great.

also i want to stay in capocabana ( close to helpee), but i'm so excited about going to 4x4 also. what bus i take to go to 4x4? i've heard taxis will walk up there and want a comission and the club will charge you extra. anyway, help me fellow mongers. i want grow and be a great monger like bubby boy, and ronny ron, you guys are my heroes.

eu estou pronto.

tom

[Java Man]

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[Bubba Boy]

I have a Motoroloa Razor cell phone that I want to take to South America for 3 months. Ill be visiting most of the countries on the continent, a huge chunk of time spent in Brasil. Do I need to reprogram the cell phone in every country or just buying a card for the phone with the minutes on it be sufficient? A friend of mine who works with computers claims that motorola razor is always unlocked and will work anywhere as long as i buy a card with minutes. Anyone has firsthand experience with this?

I have several razors. If you got it with a plan in the US chances will be that it is locked. In that case you can call the cell company and tell them you need to use it outside the country and they will generally send you a code that unlocks it. They are definitely not always unlocked. You can also unlock it in south america, you can take it to a cell phone store and they will usually be able to unblock it for US20 or so.

Once it is unlocked it will work in every south american country that I know of and no you do not need to reprogram it in each country, the phone is a quad band and will automatically sought itself out. You just need to buy a pre paid cell number in each country and to add minutes. Razors are possibility the most common high end cell phone in Latin America, you see them everywhere, to people of latin america they are a major status symbol.

[Java Man]

I use several.
This one is probably the best one I've found, but it has a limit on the number of words you can translate per day. It has links to other porto-english dictionaries too. BTW, it's a French site:

http://www.lexilogos.com/portugais_l...tionnaires.htm

Another is:

http://freetranslation.paralink.com/

this one has recently placed a limit per day too.

and lastly:

http://www.worldlingo.com/en/product...ranslator.html

I also found a downloadable Porto-English dictionary/translator on the web. I installed it on my laptop that I take to Brazil. That one has many Portuguese slang words as well as words not found on online translators. And you can add words to it. I'll have to search for the that link. (It's getting very late and I need some ZZZzzz...)

[Aybolit]

I have a Motoroloa Razor cell phone that I want to take to South America for 3 months. Ill be visiting most of the countries on the continent, a huge chunk of time spent in Brasil. Do I need to reprogram the cell phone in every country or just buying a card for the phone with the minutes on it be sufficient? A friend of mine who works with computers claims that motorola razor is always unlocked and will work anywhere as long as i buy a card with minutes. Anyone has firsthand experience with this?

Thanx

[Mr Enternational]

whats a good site to translate brasilian portoguese? i tried alta vista but that for regular porto not brasilian.

Dictionary.com. But like everyone is saying you don't want to use it unless you already have a general idea of the language. It will basically translate word for word after which what you are trying to say will probably make no sense at all. Just remember to keep it basic and simple. (eg. where is the cat?)I can't tell you how many times guys have sent poems and the like to my Brazilian friends and they want me to translate. I tell them to just throw it away because things of that nature are language specific and the artistic meaning will not carry over in translation.

[George90]

Great example, Sui Generis!

So, vous parlez francais? Vous habitez en Montreal? Vous etes ne en Montreal? Je me suis alle a Montreal. J'ai vu la Stade Olympique, et visite Vieux Montreal, et La Ronde. J'ai appris le francais mais je ne le parle plus. Je parle espagnol maintenant.

It is really difficult to speak in a language you haven't used in a long time.

[Sui Generis]

None are good! Forget about online translators, they work word for word. Get a good dictionary or hire a human translator. Humans can translate phrases, slang, and idiomatic expressions.

Fully agree with you. Being myself a professional translator (among other things), I know what are the shortcomings of automated translation. In fact, there is only one domain where it works fairly well: meteorological reports. This program (the TAUM project = Traduction Automatique Université de Montréal) was developed in the late 70's. The reason why it works is simple: limited syntax, closed and recurrent vocabulary.

Dealing with human language, there's always a pragmatic dimension that eludes a perfect match between word and meaning. This is, in another guise, the famous thesis of the indeterminacy of translation that was pointed out by Quine.

Slang and colloquial expressions are always a dimension that is difficult to translate. It requires an extensive knowledge not only of the source language but equally of the source culture. Take for instance the word «tinto» in Spanish, when it refers to a beverage. Habitually it means: red table wine. But in one of his novel, Fragmentos de amor furtivo (1999), the colombian novelist Héctor Abad Faciolince use the word «tinto» in a part of his novel. Having to translate a fragment of this work in French, I had the following qualms about the exact meaning of the word. Does it mean «red wine» (as in standard Spanish) or does it mean «black coffe» (the colloquial and regional meaning of the word in colombian Spanish). The context of the story gave me the answer. A police inspector was in a bar and the barman offered him something to drink. The inspector declined the offer and said instead that he prefered to drink a «tinto». My problem here was the following one: according to my knowledge of Spanish «tinto» was «red wine». I couldn't understand how he could ordered red wine while he was on duty. I made some research and I found that «tinto» in Colombia was «black coffe». I had then the solution to my problem of translation. Here, as you can see, it is the context that reveals the meaning of the term «tinto». This is exactly what automated translation cannot do.

[George90]

whats a good site to translate brasilian portoguese? i tried alta vista but that for regular porto not brasilian.

None are good! Forget about online translators, they work word for word. Get a good dictionary or hire a human translator. Humans can translate phrases, slang, and idiomatic expressions.

[Dutch44]

whats a good site to translate brasilian portoguese? i tried alta vista but that for regular porto not brasilian.

I use: http://www.freetranslation.com/

You can select how you want to translate (english to portuguese or vice versa) Other langauages are supported too.

Don't expect perfect translations, but it get's a message accross.

Dutch44