English(please)
Hi, there

Should I say "We are going to talk about the pronounciation of 30 American brands that exist in Brazil, but THEY ARE pronounced differently in English" or ""We are going to talk about the pronounciation of 30 American brands that exist in Brazil, but WHICH(THAT) ARE pronounced differently in English"?

Thank you

Question

English(please)
Hi, there

Should I say "We are going to talk about the pronounciation of 30 American brands that exist in Brazil, but THEY ARE pronounced differently in English" or ""We are going to talk about the pronounciation of 30 American brands that exist in Brazil, but WHICH(THAT) ARE pronounced differently in English"?

Thank you

Answer

I would change both. I would say: "We are going to talk about the *pronUnciation* of 30 American brands that are pronounced differently in Brazil." They are not pronounced differently in English because they are originally English. They are pronounced differently in Brazil when compared to their original American pronunciation.

You could also say: "We are going to talk about 30 brands that are pronounced differently in Brazil when compared to their original American pronunciation."

Answer

It depends on context.

I would say:

Brazilian and English share a lot of the same words, especially when those words are proper nouns, such as brands.
Today we are going to talk about 30 American brands that are pronounced differently in these two languages. For example...

Answer

absolutely the first one

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