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craquer sans culpabiliser

English translation: guilt-free indulging

10:27 Feb 17, 2004
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Food & Drink
French term or phrase: craquer sans culpabiliser
Another one for all you chocaholic marketing buffs!

I was thinking along the lines of "Give in without the guilt" or "guiltless abandon..."???
Amanda Grey
France
Local time: 22:30
English translation:guilt-free indulging
Explanation:
indulging without taking a guilt-trip
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Summary of answers provided
2 +14guilt-free indulging
writeaway
5Indulge yourself with a clear conscience
celandine
4pleasure minus the guilty conscience
laurawheeler
4Pleasure without the pain
louisajay
3to yield guilelessly
Pierre POUSSIN
3Another play on words?
Bourth (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to yield guilelessly


Explanation:
Juste une suggestion...

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

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neutral  louisajay: do you mean guiltlessly? Guilelessly means something entirely different...
1 hr
  -> Yes you are right! Sorry for the typo!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +14
guilt-free indulging


Explanation:
indulging without taking a guilt-trip


writeaway
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  laurawheeler: nice !
1 min
agree  Karen Tucker (X): Or: "Now you can indulge without feeling guilty"
4 mins
agree  cjohnstone
40 mins
agree  Lucie Brione
40 mins
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: good inspiration)
42 mins
agree  louisajay: or even "indulgence"
1 hr
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
2 hrs
agree  Sara Freitas: I like Karen's version
3 hrs
agree  MurielP (X)
4 hrs
agree  roneill
5 hrs
agree  sktrans
5 hrs
agree  Nado2002
1 day 12 hrs
agree  EJP
1 day 22 hrs
agree  Jeff Skinner: If it's an advertising campaign, you might consider "Indulgence without the guilt".
2 days 5 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pleasure minus the guilty conscience


Explanation:
or guilt-free pleasure, guilt-free binging



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Note added at 6 mins (2004-02-17 10:34:06 GMT)
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revel in the guilt-free pleasure !

laurawheeler
France
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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neutral  louisajay: def. not binging - very bad connotations!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Indulge yourself with a clear conscience


Explanation:
it's a shame they don't realise that 85% cocoa dark chocolate is actually better for you than any artificial slimming version... it's good for digestion, depression and contains antioxidants... just don't drink milk with it

celandine
Local time: 04:30
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Another play on words?


Explanation:
Craquer = break off a bit of chocolate, also. Crac-crac! Qui craque sous les dents (syn. croquer).

Bite without embitterment
Tuck in without being ticked off
Savour sinlessly/without sin
Tuck in and tighten your belt
Chomp without chiding

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Note added at 2004-02-17 11:27:15 (GMT)
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Crunch carefree
crunch those kilos away
crunch away and not kill yourself with guilt

Bourth (X)
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 117
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Pleasure without the pain


Explanation:
is a phrase that's also been used in one form or another by Muller campaigns, so be careful with copyright etc - but I believe it was a well-known combination before they got hold of it too! Depending on the media you could also put in punctuation: "Pleasure - without the pain!"

louisajay
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