Conveying a passion: Translating sports in Brazil

摘要

"GOOOOOLLLLLLH!" This drawn-out soccer term can be heard in the streets of Brazil in any city when the selegao brasileira, the Brazilian soccer team, is playing while fans watch on television or in the local diners, the lanchonetes. Brazil is known for soccer fever, as it's commonly called, and most Brazilians will tell you which team they support and follow each week in the national league. My husband, for example, is a hard-core Sao Paulo F.C. fan, while his brother roots for Pal-meiras and his father for Santos - and the three of them always root against Corinthians.