Dec 20, 2006 09:08
17 yrs ago
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French term
être séduit pour rêver
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In a list of things that the customers of prestige brands want:
"Je veux être séduit pour rêver"
I can't phrase this in a way that doesn't sound silly!
"Je veux être séduit pour rêver"
I can't phrase this in a way that doesn't sound silly!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | (I'm looking for) the "wow" factor ....and more ideas.... |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 +2 | I want to be tempted to dream |
Steven Capsuto
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| 4 +1 | Silly as it looks |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 +1 | I want the whole (shopping) experience to be the stuff of dreams |
MoiraB
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Proposed translations
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(I'm looking for) the "wow" factor ....and more ideas....
I'm looking for something that captures my imagination
The "must have" factor
the stuff that fantasies are made of
It's got to grab me
The "must have" factor
the stuff that fantasies are made of
It's got to grab me
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "My final rendering was "I want this to capture my imagination", "this" being the whole experience. Thank you everyone :-) "
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6 mins
Steven Capsuto
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French term (edited):
Je veux être séduit pour rêver
I want to be tempted to dream
An option
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Mary-Ann Marque
5 mins
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| agree |
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
: Yes! Congratulations on the 'felicitous phrasing' and on the holidays.
26 mins
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+1
29 mins
I want the whole (shopping) experience to be the stuff of dreams
perhaps a bit OTT, but so's the French ;-)
+1
1 hr
Silly as it looks
I think if you punctuate (and slightly modify) it - "Je veux être séduit .... séduit pour, pour rêver" and imagine it being said breathlessly, languorously, with a distant heavenward gaze ... then you can extract a meaning from it.
I want to be swept off my feet into a world of dreams ... where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young
Men in their clean white coats and
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!
I want to be overwhelmed ... let into a dreamworld ... the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time [bis]
I want people fawning over me and giving me the impression they love and admire me.
I want people to be obsequious and subservient so I can imagine I'm the King of the World!
I want to be treated like the sad sulky star that I would be if I were famous, and not just filthy rich, and live out the rest of my pitiful, miserable existence in Michael Jackson's Neverland ...
Sad, innit, that people (think they) have to spend lots of money in order to be able to dream?
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-12-20 10:46:50 GMT)
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If you can imagine someone like Paris Hilton saying it, I expect you need to throw in a "like" and a "you know" or six.
I want to be swept off my feet into a world of dreams ... where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young
Men in their clean white coats and
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!
I want to be overwhelmed ... let into a dreamworld ... the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time [bis]
I want people fawning over me and giving me the impression they love and admire me.
I want people to be obsequious and subservient so I can imagine I'm the King of the World!
I want to be treated like the sad sulky star that I would be if I were famous, and not just filthy rich, and live out the rest of my pitiful, miserable existence in Michael Jackson's Neverland ...
Sad, innit, that people (think they) have to spend lots of money in order to be able to dream?
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-12-20 10:46:50 GMT)
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If you can imagine someone like Paris Hilton saying it, I expect you need to throw in a "like" and a "you know" or six.
Note from asker:
| Don't tempt me! |
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