English translation of "não sabiam era de toda a trajetória" - "what they did not know was the whole trajectory of the company and the impacts"

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144 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Portuguese > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	não sabiam era de toda a trajetória
Context:	O que Edvard e os moradores de Piquiá de Baixo não sabiam era de toda a trajetória da...
Keywords:	...companhia e os impactos que suas atividades vinham causando pelos lugares onde passava.

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144 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

what they did not know was the whole trajectory of the company and the impacts

My comment:

não sabiam era de toda a trajetória => what they did not know was the whole trajectory of the company and the impacts

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144 months ago

MACVieira wrote:

what Ed and... did not know was of the company's whole path and the impact...

My comment:

Overall, "trajectory" would suit only if the path had been positive, while "path" is more neutral as to indicate the idea at the heart of your question and can also (as apparently it is the situation here) indicate a negative circumstance / way of acting and its unwanted consequences.

My references:

I am Brazilian, my husband is English and I have discussed it with him.

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