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- Comum à governação de qualquer país, Common to the governance of any country,
- a burocracia tem o propósito de manter a ordem e prestar serviços públicos. bureaucracy aims to maintain order and provide public services.
- No caso português, os processos burocráticos In the case of Portugal, bureaucratic processes
- são criticados devido à sua complexidade e lentidão. are criticized due to their complexity and slowness.
- A falta de profissionais leva a longas esperas, A lack of professionals leads to long waits,
- tanto na marcação de simples consultas both in scheduling simple appointments
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Vocabulary
a assinaturasignature o atestadocertificate, attestation o atrasodelay a burocraciabureaucracy a demoradelay a eficiênciaefficiency emboraalthough instaurarto establish, introduce a marcaçãobooking, appointment medidasaction, measures prestarto provide os ramosbranches, fields os regulamentosregulations sobretudoespecially, above all, most importantly
Expressions
conta comhas, counts on Tanto...comoBoth...and, As much...as, As well as por meio dethrough, by means of tem o propósito dehas the purpose of, aims to, is intended to
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