A few facts about Brazilian Portuguese

Portuguese is the official language of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Macao, Mozambique, East Timor, São Tomé and Principe and is also one of the official languages of the European Union, the African Union, Mercosur/Mercosul, UNASUR, the OAS and the CPLP. Portuguese is considered a world language.

Brazil has by far the largest population of Portuguese-speaking people (around 215 million), as well as the world’s sixth largest economy. Brazilian Portuguese (português brasileiro, português do Brasil) is the variant of Portuguese that is spoken in Brazil. In 1990, the Portuguese-speaking countries Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Principe concluded the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 (Acordo Ortográfico de 1990) for Portuguese spelling and punctuation. As a result, there are now only a small number of differences between written Brazilian Portuguese and written European Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese grammar is slightly different from that of European Portuguese (the standard in Portugal), however. This means that although people who speak Brazilian Portuguese can often immediately recognise texts written in European Portuguese, the formulations these texts contain can sound slightly “foreign” to them.

Your partner for Brazilian Portuguese translations

As experts in our field, we at probicon are always happy to provide you with professional translations.

All of our customers are assigned experienced project managers. They are there to help if needed and make sure that everything runs smoothly and that all expert translations into or from Brazilian Portuguese are delivered on time.

We exclusively use native speakers with specialist knowledge in their respective fields in order to ensure that our translations are well-formulated, clearly written and technically, grammatically and orthographically correct.
Each professional Brazilian Portuguese translation is checked in an in-depth correction and proofreading process in order to guarantee outstanding quality.

Whether it’s management or business texts, websites, technical or legal documents, product data sheets, press releases or newsletters that you need translated – with more than 20 years of experience, probicon is the right choice for you.

Brazil as a business location

The Brazilian economy boasts a wide range of innovative and export-orientated industrial companies and service providers. Due to its rich mineral resources, Brazil is one of the world leaders in the mining, metalworking, oil and gas industries. It is also making its mark in the transport, chemical and plastics, mechanical and electrical engineering, and electronics and automotive industries. Its international tourism sector is still relatively underdeveloped, however.

Over 20% of Brazil’s GDP is generated with exports. China and the USA are Brazil’s most important trading partners, followed by Argentina, the Netherlands and Germany. After significant declines in the period around 2005, the share of Brazil’s GDP accounted for by exports started increasing again steadily, and in some cases rather sharply, over the last few years.

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