Nota
Este interessante Texto foi recolhido pelo Mário Garcia,
da Wikipédia, e retrata bem o espírito dos portugueses
e a sua maneira de estar na vida.
O que é curioso, é que o que os outros povos pensam tra-
tar-se de uma grande desvantagem, mas muitas vezes,
os portugueses conseguem desenrascar-se e resolver
as situações mais intricadas, enquanto que os estrangeir-
ros, se perdem com facilidade em questões que se desvi-
am um pouco da normalidade.
Foi certamente um português que, desenrascadamente
escreveu o texto, num inglês atamancado.
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1. Definition
Desenrascanço (impossible translation into English) is a Portuguese word used to describe the capacity to improve in the most extraordinary situation possible, against odds, resulting in a hypothetical good- enough solution. Portuguese people believe it to be one of the most valued virtues of theirs.
2. Desenrascanço in the discovery Era
When the Dutch ventured in the sea for the discovery of new worlds, they had the habit of bringing Portuguese with them (note: in fact the Dutch were not discovering new worlds, the Portuguese did it and the Portuguese on board was usually the only when that couls read the Portuguese maps, draw by previous mariners). For the entire voyage, he would do nothing, unless an emergency arises. When it did, the desenrascanço ability to solve the problem at hand. People from Portugal believe that they still have this characteristic, that theoretically speaking, making them the best people to handle emergencies, and the worst for situations where planning is needed.
3. Desenrascanço is daily life.
Desenrascanço is also the excuse Portuguese people use to justify they unknown inability to manage, plan and organize anything. Things are never planned or manage. Rules are never define, let alone written. If there is a written rule it will be completely ignored by everyone. Everyone will do things its own best way, and caos will result in the end. The people have to uses desenrascanço to get out of the mess they got in.
This basically means trying to find ingenious ways to get out of the problems created by the lack organization. Everything is always finished/done at the last minute, completely improvised, without following any rules or best practices of management and planning, as things are start to happen all at the same time and /or unexpectedly (because no one took the time to think beforehand and plan for them).
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