Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

teoria do conglobamento

English translation:

\"conglobamento\" theory (theory of the comparison of collective bargaining agreements as a whole)

Added to glossary by Andre Lange (X)
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Portuguese term

teoria do conglobamento

Portuguese to English Law/Patents Law (general)
A Lei nº 7064/82 trata da situação de trabalhadores contratados ou transferidos para prestar serviços no exterior, que adotou a teoria do conglobamento mitigado.

Discussion

Mario Freitas Sep 21, 2017:
Conglobation Conglobation: to form into a round compact mass - Merriam Webster
Precisely the intented meaning in the context, but the metephoric sense requires the due interptetation.
Conglobamento - A word that will makt absolutely no sense to the English reader if left in Portuguese, whereas any good English reader will be able to make a good guess of what "conglobation" means, just like the Portuguese reader would have to make the same guess when reading "conglobamento".
Oliver Simões Sep 21, 2017:
Meanings compared conglobamento, as defined by the author's theory:
comparison of collective bargaining agreements as a whole

conglobation: the process of forming into a round compass mass

One thing has nothing to do with the other! The former is a comparison. The latter is a process. Mixing apples with oranges! I find it hard to believe anyone would be able to understand the "metaphoric sense".
Oliver Simões Sep 21, 2017:
conglobation Dictionary Definitions:

conglobation: to form into a round compact mass - Merriam Webster

conglobate: collect or form into a ball or rounded mass - Dictionary.com

conglobate: to form into a globe or ball - Wiktionary

Neither "conglobate" nor "conglobation" was found in the Oxford.

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"conglobamento" theory

I suggest using the untranslatable Portuguese word with a footnote explaining the meaning. According to the author of Teoria do Conglobamento, this is what it means:

"theory of the comparison of collective bargaining agreements as a whole"

For a summary of her dissertation thesis, follow the link below.

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Further information:

"The theory of the comparison of collective bargaining agreements as a whole (i.e, the conglobamento theory) is a method used to solve the problem regarding the existence of many norms the can regulate an employment agreement at the same time. The answer to the conflict of rules is given by the principle of the hierarchy, according to which the most favorable rule to the worker shall prevail. It is a theory created in opposition to the accumulation theory once, in the latter, one chooses the most favorable norm contained in each conflicting collective instrument, and each rule is applied to the employment agreement in an isolated manner. In the conglobamento theory, the most favorable rule is seen in a broader way, as a whole."
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