Natal: A short description about where I grew up and currently live
Natal is a city located in the northeast of Brazil. It is a small city which hosts approximately 800,000 citizens. its greatest vocation is turism, once it has a hot whether with beaches, dunes and many others naturals beauties. On the other hand, it is under a semi-arid climate that drives long periods of drough.
It has a nice people and there are many foreigners that came and decided to stay here and set up their own business. I like to live here, despite raising rates of violence. State's governor, Robinson Faria, who promised to decrease the violence, failed in this first mandate. I every want to live all my days here, but I have been thinking on this though.
Natal has also received three football matches in the 2014 World Cup.
I like Natal.
Cya!
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Natal: A short description about where I grew up and currently live
Natal is a city located in the northeast of Brazil. It is a small city which hosts is home to* approximately** 800,000 citizens. Its greatest vocation industry is tourism, since*** it has a hot weather with beaches, dunes and many others natural beauties. On the other hand, it is under a semi-arid climate that drives (ou "causes") long periods of drought.It has a nice people**** and there are many foreigners that came and decided to stay here and set up their own business. I like to live here, despite rising rates of violence. The State's governor, Robinson Faria, who promised to decrease the violence, failed in this first mandate. I always***** want to live all my days here, but I have been thinking on this though.
Natal has also hosted****** three football matches in the 2014 World Cup.
I like Natal.
Cya!********
*Se fossem hospedes, isso seria certo mas para habitantes, é melhor dizer "has 800,000 citizens" ou "is home to 800,000 citizens"
**"approximately" não é errado mas é bastante formal (mais apropriado a um jornal ou um relatório) . Para torna-lo mais idiomática, usar "about" ou "roughly" em vez desta palavra
*** aha! um erro muito interessante. Deixa-me adivinhar. Estava a tentar traduzir "uma vez que", pois é? Isso confunde-me também, quando leio portugues e tenho que me lembrar que "uma vez que" significa "since" e nao "once". É um falso amigo
**** Acho que isso soaria melhor como "The people here are nice" ou "The locals are very nice". Em vez de nice, outros adjectivos mais interessantes "welcoming", "warm", "friendly"
***** Não entendi esta frase. Espero que isso é o que queria dizer...?
****** Melhor uso de "hosted" porque os jogos - e os adeptos - ficaram hospedes na sua cidade!
******* Muito informal, mas faz sentido
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