Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
who's who
Portuguese translation:
Profissionais em destaque na indústria
English term
Argentina
To interpret clients' needs
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, and 3 more.
who's who
Jul 3, 2014 22:45: Mario Freitas Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Profissionais em destaque na indústria
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
quem é quem (na indústria...)
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sonia sousa
2 mins
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Obrigado, Sônia!
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Gustavo Esteves
4 mins
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Obrigado, Gustavo!
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Claudio Mazotti
7 mins
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Obrigado, Cláudio!
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Humberto Ribas
: este é o termo consagrado, consagradíssimo, incontestável, no Brasil
1 hr
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Obrigado, Humberto.
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Nick Taylor
1 hr
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Thanks, Nick!
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Os nomes mais importantes/destacados (da indústria mineira)
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Arlete Moraes
29 mins
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Obrigado, Arlete!
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Márcia L. Lazzaron
1 hr
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Obrigado, Márcia!
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Humberto Ribas
: Apesar de ser uma boa escolha, "Quem é quem", é o termo consagrado, consagradíssimo, incontestável, no Brasil
1 hr
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Tudo bem, Humberto. Em Portugal, nunca diríamos assim. Aliás, gosto ainda mais da sugestão da colega Teresa Borges, que cabo de ver.
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Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
a elite
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João Mata
: Fantástico! Para quê usar várias palavras quando se pode usar só uma? Ainda vou a tempo de retirar a minha sugestão? :)
7 mins
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Obrigada, João! Às vezes lá calha estar inspirada...
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Humberto Ribas
: Tanto a sua escolha quanto a do João são muito boas, entretanto, "Quem é quem" é o termo consagrado, consagradíssimo, incontestável, no Brasil. Além do mais, com o passar do tempo, no Brasil, "elite" passou a ter um sentido um tanto que pejorativo.
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Brazil
Business, Corporate & Legal Translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
os bambambãs
who’s who é uma expressão coloquial, então a tradução deve igualmente manter o registro.
Committed to excellence!
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Norwegian to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 1 more.
o melhor; melhor dos melhores; melhor dentre os melhores;
Sugestão:
A who’s who of the XYZ industry´s major players
O melhor dentre os melhores e principais profissionais da indústria XYZ
Bom trabalho!
Discussion
I'm only trying to help you and not looking to any "terminological wars" around the meaning of elite, all the more so as I'm not Brazilian...
1. a reference work containing short biographical entries on the outstanding persons in a country, industry, profession, etc.: a who's who in automotive engineering.
2. the outstanding or influential persons in a community, industry, profession, or other group: The who's who of racing will be there.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary