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232 months ago

Karen Vincent-Jones   asked this question:

Language pair:	Portuguese > English
Subject:	Software / IT
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	bombril
Context:	describing office software wit
Keywords:	-

 

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steel wool

My comment:

BomBril is the brand of the first and probably still the market leader in (fine) steel wool for household cleaning in Brazil. Some decades (sic!) ago they launched their slogan "has 1001 uses" ("tem 1001 utilidades").
Depending on the tone of your text, you can equate the software to a "Swiss army knife" or say "it has countless uses".

My references:

http://www.bombril.com.br/produtos/br/teBuscaProduto2.asp?produtoId=3669

The asker's comment:

Thank you Jose Henrique- I will just put 'it has countless uses' as I agree with you and Bernard that the exact term need not be translated.

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