Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
à luz do Sol como noutras
English translation:
as seen from any angle/no matter how one looks (at them)
Jul 9, 2006 16:00
17 yrs ago
Portuguese term
à luz do Sol como noutras
Portuguese to English
Bus/Financial
Journalism
Is there an idiom here that I'm missing? Here's the whole phrase, taken from a Mozambican magazine article:
"Mas todos esses argumentos e outros tão válidos, à luz do Sol como noutras, não têm encontrado enquadramento na política daquela instituição."
"Mas todos esses argumentos e outros tão válidos, à luz do Sol como noutras, não têm encontrado enquadramento na política daquela instituição."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | as seen from any angle/no matter how one looks (at them) |
Edgar Potter
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| 4 | in the clear light of day |
Marcelo González
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| 4 | in practice, in reality, in real life |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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Proposed translations
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6 hrs
Edgar Potter
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Specialized in proofreading, editing
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
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as seen from any angle/no matter how one looks (at them)
My translation moves away from a literal approach involving "light", but I think this is the idea. The arguments, no matter what light they are seen in, have no place in the policies of XXXX.
or...
"no matter how one looks at them"
or...
"no matter how one looks at them"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I think that this is right on. Thanks!"
18 mins
Marcelo González
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
PhD in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
in the clear light of day
Another (non idiomatic) option might be "on close/closer examination" :-)
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Note added at 26 mins (2006-07-09 16:26:48 GMT)
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Results of a Google search suggest the phrase "in the clear light of day" is used in many contexts. Below is example that appears to be relevant to this context (of closer examination).
But in the clear light of day, a lot of stuff in that movie doesn't stand up. I don't think it had any more or less ridiculous developments than your ...
www.moonrover.com/picky/archives/2005/07/miscellany_1.html -
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Note added at 29 mins (2006-07-09 16:29:24 GMT)
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Here's that Google search:
Results 1 - 10 of about 17,700 for "in the clear light of day". (0.88 seconds) http://www.google.com/search?hs=Bdb&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox...
Regards from New Mexico!
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Note added at 26 mins (2006-07-09 16:26:48 GMT)
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Results of a Google search suggest the phrase "in the clear light of day" is used in many contexts. Below is example that appears to be relevant to this context (of closer examination).
But in the clear light of day, a lot of stuff in that movie doesn't stand up. I don't think it had any more or less ridiculous developments than your ...
www.moonrover.com/picky/archives/2005/07/miscellany_1.html -
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Note added at 29 mins (2006-07-09 16:29:24 GMT)
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Here's that Google search:
Results 1 - 10 of about 17,700 for "in the clear light of day". (0.88 seconds) http://www.google.com/search?hs=Bdb&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox...
Regards from New Mexico!
2 hrs
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Norway
Native in Portuguese
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
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8
in practice, in reality, in real life
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