What are characteristics of Portuguese that are unique or different from English and/or other languages?
As a Romance language, Portuguese identifies its nouns with gender (a for feminine, o for masculine), and adjectives that refer to such nouns agree with their gender. Another characteristic that is typical to Portuguese is verb conjugation. Each pronoun has its corresponding verb conjugation which changes depending on the time and mood of what is being said. Continental/African Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese vary in the way that personal pronouns are used. In the former regional varieties, personal pronouns are more often hidden behind their respective verb conjugation. In Brazilian Portuguese, however, pronouns are plentiful and permeate even the written form of the language. Portuguese speakers like to be animated when communicating, often speaking loudly, joking around, and appearing to English speakers to be friendly and easygoing. How do these characteristics make it important to use properly qualified, professional translators? The societies in which Portuguese is spoken are
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