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É aborrecido deslocar-se quando faz frio. O teletrabalho, por sua vez, evita esse problema.

É aborrecido deslocar-se quando faz frio. O teletrabalho, por sua vez, evita esse problema.
It is boring to commute when it is cold. Telework, in turn, avoids that problem.
From Lesson 497:Contrastive connectors (em contrapartida, por sua vez)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about É aborrecido deslocar-se quando faz frio. O teletrabalho, por sua vez, evita esse problema.

Why is por sua vez used here instead of just mas?
While mas simply introduces a contrast, por sua vez (literally "for its turn") smoothly shifts the spotlight to a new subject (o teletrabalho) to show how it behaves differently from the previous situation. It translates well to "in turn" or "for its part."
Could I use em contrapartida in this sentence instead?
Yes, em contrapartida would also work here. However, em contrapartida strongly highlights a compensation or direct trade-off ("on the other hand"), whereas por sua vez focuses more on shifting the perspective to a new element in the discussion.
Why do we use the reflexive deslocar-se when talking about commuting in general?
The verb deslocar means to move or displace something. To talk about moving yourself from place to place, it must be reflexive. Because this is a general statement applying to anyone, we use the impersonal third-person pronoun -se.
Why does teletrabalho need the definite article O when the English translation just says "Telework"?
In Portuguese, when a general concept or abstract noun is the subject of a sentence, it almost always requires a definite article. Dropping the article before teletrabalho here would sound unnatural to a native speaker.
Why does the sentence use esse problema instead of este problema?
You use esse (and its variations) to refer back to an idea that was just mentioned in the conversation or text. Since the problem (commuting in the cold) was established in the previous sentence, esse acts as the perfect pointer back to it.

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