Jan 18, 2004 17:27
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Bathrooms
This is part of a brochure talking about bathroom collections. The phrase I am having difficulty with is between **.
Une collection unique qui réinvente votre salle de bains **en empruntant à la nature ses trésors d'ingéniosité, de douceur et d'évidence**
Any ideas welcome!
Une collection unique qui réinvente votre salle de bains **en empruntant à la nature ses trésors d'ingéniosité, de douceur et d'évidence**
Any ideas welcome!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | drawing on Nature's... |
Tony M
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| 2 +3 | some ideas |
NancyLynn
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| 5 | by using feel-good, clever, simple ideas from nature. |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 4 | by borrowing from nature's gifts of ingenuity, |
zaphod
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Proposed translations
+3
2 hrs
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drawing on Nature's...
Is the kind of phrase that I feel might work in such a context; I like Jane's ideas, though have slight misgivings about 'feel-good', not quite sure how this applies to a bathroom; but then again, anything is possible!
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Note added at 2 hrs 44 mins (2004-01-18 20:11:32 GMT)
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While I agree with Jonathen that my insistence on capitalizing \'Nature\' is probbaly old-fashioned and pedantic (just like me!), in this case I feel there is some justification for the personification of Nature; it\'s all BS anyway, but I quite like \'Nature\'s bounty\' and so on, and I love the idea of a willowy Art Nouveau lady emptying spring water into my bath....
Given that she is \'ingenous, gentle and simple\', I can\'t think of a nicer bathing companion to make me feel good! ;-)
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Note added at 7 hrs 17 mins (2004-01-19 00:44:16 GMT)
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Apologies Jonathan for the typo, and also for \'ingenious\'--- though I suppose it would be no less meaningless if that were \'ingenuous\', so you can take your pick!
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Note added at 7 hrs 20 mins (2004-01-19 00:47:04 GMT)
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My concern with \'feel-good\' is only that it seems to be turning things round --- I can see tha Nature might be ingenious, simple or even gentle, but I just don\'t get a \'feeling\' for \'feel-good\' [an adjective?] being one of Nature\'s treasures.
I can understand that the bathroom might have simple, clean lines, gentle, curving forms, soft, gentle colours... but in the context of THIS PARTICULAR bit of Asker\'s context, \"it don\'t feel good\"
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Note added at 2 hrs 44 mins (2004-01-18 20:11:32 GMT)
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While I agree with Jonathen that my insistence on capitalizing \'Nature\' is probbaly old-fashioned and pedantic (just like me!), in this case I feel there is some justification for the personification of Nature; it\'s all BS anyway, but I quite like \'Nature\'s bounty\' and so on, and I love the idea of a willowy Art Nouveau lady emptying spring water into my bath....
Given that she is \'ingenous, gentle and simple\', I can\'t think of a nicer bathing companion to make me feel good! ;-)
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Note added at 7 hrs 17 mins (2004-01-19 00:44:16 GMT)
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Apologies Jonathan for the typo, and also for \'ingenious\'--- though I suppose it would be no less meaningless if that were \'ingenuous\', so you can take your pick!
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Note added at 7 hrs 20 mins (2004-01-19 00:47:04 GMT)
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My concern with \'feel-good\' is only that it seems to be turning things round --- I can see tha Nature might be ingenious, simple or even gentle, but I just don\'t get a \'feeling\' for \'feel-good\' [an adjective?] being one of Nature\'s treasures.
I can understand that the bathroom might have simple, clean lines, gentle, curving forms, soft, gentle colours... but in the context of THIS PARTICULAR bit of Asker\'s context, \"it don\'t feel good\"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I never realised that such a phrase would generate some many great thoughts. As so many pointed out - yes there's a lot of BS in this brochure and I don't think translating it word for word will necessarily cut it - so I think I'll stick with 'nature's bounty'. Many thanks for everyone's ideas."
+3
3 mins
some ideas
taking nature's gifts of ingenuity, softness and... er, physical beauty, perhaps
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-01-18 17:31:24 GMT)
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you know what they say... if you can\'t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS, and I think the copywriter of this text took this little saying very much to heart ;-)
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-01-18 17:31:24 GMT)
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you know what they say... if you can\'t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS, and I think the copywriter of this text took this little saying very much to heart ;-)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
5 mins
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| agree |
sarahl (X)
: you're dazzling us with your wit today!
3 hrs
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| agree |
Nado2002
4 hrs
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17 mins
by using feel-good, clever, simple ideas from nature.
my take
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Note added at 2004-01-18 17:55:33 (GMT)
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I would advise staying away from long nouns in English and using verbs.....:)
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Note added at 2004-01-18 17:55:33 (GMT)
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I would advise staying away from long nouns in English and using verbs.....:)
5 hrs
by borrowing from nature's gifts of ingenuity,
subtlety, and presence...
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