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a metaphor equivalent to 'the champagne effect'

English translation: sparkling debut / sparkle effect


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18:27 Jul 18, 2004
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Marketing - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: a metaphor equivalent to 'the champagne effect'
I'm translating a marketing text from ES but need a metaphor for the 'efecto cava' (=the champagne effect) of a novelty on the market raising a high level of interest when it opens.

The metaphor should preferably be associated with wine, champagne, but can really be anything that describes this kind of high level of initial interest in a novelty service or product.
xxxLia Fail
Spain
Local time: 07:36
English translation:sparkling debut / sparkle effect
Explanation:
hi ailish,

maybe you should post it on the english monolingual forum - you'll get more feedback from native english speakers, since the question as asked now isn't substantially different from how you put it before.

in my opinion you can go with sparkle, and then play with the whole idea of something losing fizz, going flat, losing its bubble etc

más :O) :O)

álvaro


London Stock Exchange - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... http://www.tdd.lt/slnews/Stock_Exchanges/Stock.Exchanges.htm... London Metal Exchange
... Mining Stocks Sparkle On London Stock Exchange. 10/06/2004 ... ...
www.gofindforex.com/exchange/london-stock-exchange.html - 18k - En caché - Páginas similares

Exchange London Price Stock - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Mining Stocks Sparkle On London Stock Exchange. 10/06/2004 ... Find out more
about the LME's official magazine, The Ringsider. Price Information. ...
www.gofindforex.com/exchange/ exchange-london-price-stock.html - 22k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de www.gofindforex.com ]

Consumer Durable Stocks Sparkle As Diwali Nears - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Consumer Durable Stocks Sparkle As Diwali Nears. ... Powered by this upsurge in the durable
majors, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai’s (BSE) Consumer Durables index has ...
www.financialexpress.com/ fe_full_story.php?content_id=44011 - 38k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares

Myiris.com - Comprehensive Information on Share Markets India,Live ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... 23-May-2003, Surya Roshni equity shares delisted from Bangalore Stock Exchange
IRIS. ... 15-Sep-1999, Diamond stocks sparkle; metals rule firm Business Line. ...
alpha.myiris.com/shares/news/ corporateNews.php?cSelect=5&icode=SURROSHN - 37k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares

ClariNet News - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Dollar claws back after US stocks sparkle [May 28] LONDON, May 28 (AFP) - The euro
recoiled on Wednesday from its ... Nasdaq:MXBIF)(Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MFC GR ...
quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/list/wgxt/12.html - 29k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares

BankruptcyNews.org::News articles & research on consumer durables - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... South Africa) Consumer Durable Stocks Sparkle As Diwali Nears [Oct 13, 2003]: Powered
by this upsurge in the durable majors, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai’s (BSE ...
www.bankruptcynews.org/terms/ finance_am/consumer_durables.html - 101k - En caché - Páginas similares
Selected response from:

moken
Local time: 06:36
Grading comment
THANKS! 'the initial sparkle (or fizz)' sounds good, thanks to all for ideas I could compare:-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3sparkling debut / sparkle effect
moken
3 +3interets bubbles up/the bubble effect
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
3"the opening fizz"
DGK T-I
4 -1the fizz is lost / to lose the fizzMargarita Palatnik
4 -1inebriate the market with interest
Paul Dixon


Discussion entries: 5





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
the fizz is lost / to lose the fizz


Explanation:
MSNBC - 30-second TV ads lose fizz for Coke
Top Stories. 30-second TV ads lose fizz for Coke. ... In the last 50 years, the 30-second
television spot has defined our brands and, while it is still important, I ...

Margarita Palatnik
Local time: 04:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  María Teresa Taylor Oliver: Sorry, but it's actually the opposite. "To lose the fizz" would mean the interest is lost, while what Ailish needs is a metaphor that describes how the interest rises...
12 mins
  -> please read above. the whole sentence talked about the cava effect being over
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
champagne effect
interets bubbles up/the bubble effect


Explanation:
...or something along those lines.

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Note added at 15 mins (2004-07-18 18:43:34 GMT)
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agh! typo! sorry! \"interest\"

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Note added at 18 mins (2004-07-18 18:45:54 GMT)
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One Hand Clapping
... Political people know that voters\' interest bubbles up once the primaries
start, but doesn\'t really spike until the political conventions. ...
www.donaldsensing.com/2003/ 05/can-you-name-any-democratic.html - 30k - Cached - Similar pages

Dear Parents,
... 3. Write to discover. Let key interests bubble up out of writing together.
Take snapshots and put them in an album and write captions for them. ...
np.saugus.k12.ca.us/NEwsletters/feb2004newsletter.htm - 55k - Cached - Similar pages

PEN-L message, [PEN-L:8728] Re: market socialism, planned ...
... change. Robin\'s reference to interest bubbles up periodically on
the left and always raises my hackles, not a pretty sight. The ...
archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/ pen-l/1997m02.d/msg00093.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages (FINANCIAL LINK, BUT I THINK IT\'S USEFUL)

María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Local time: 01:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dorene Cornwell: With a sparking debut interest bubbles up....and much later maybe itnerest fizzles. I would stay away from effect except for "the Champagne effect."
3 hrs

agree  Maria Carla Di Giacinti
3 hrs

agree  Elena Petelos
3 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sparkling debut / sparkle effect


Explanation:
hi ailish,

maybe you should post it on the english monolingual forum - you'll get more feedback from native english speakers, since the question as asked now isn't substantially different from how you put it before.

in my opinion you can go with sparkle, and then play with the whole idea of something losing fizz, going flat, losing its bubble etc

más :O) :O)

álvaro


London Stock Exchange - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... http://www.tdd.lt/slnews/Stock_Exchanges/Stock.Exchanges.htm... London Metal Exchange
... Mining Stocks Sparkle On London Stock Exchange. 10/06/2004 ... ...
www.gofindforex.com/exchange/london-stock-exchange.html - 18k - En caché - Páginas similares

Exchange London Price Stock - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Mining Stocks Sparkle On London Stock Exchange. 10/06/2004 ... Find out more
about the LME's official magazine, The Ringsider. Price Information. ...
www.gofindforex.com/exchange/ exchange-london-price-stock.html - 22k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de www.gofindforex.com ]

Consumer Durable Stocks Sparkle As Diwali Nears - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Consumer Durable Stocks Sparkle As Diwali Nears. ... Powered by this upsurge in the durable
majors, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai’s (BSE) Consumer Durables index has ...
www.financialexpress.com/ fe_full_story.php?content_id=44011 - 38k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares

Myiris.com - Comprehensive Information on Share Markets India,Live ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... 23-May-2003, Surya Roshni equity shares delisted from Bangalore Stock Exchange
IRIS. ... 15-Sep-1999, Diamond stocks sparkle; metals rule firm Business Line. ...
alpha.myiris.com/shares/news/ corporateNews.php?cSelect=5&icode=SURROSHN - 37k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares

ClariNet News - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Dollar claws back after US stocks sparkle [May 28] LONDON, May 28 (AFP) - The euro
recoiled on Wednesday from its ... Nasdaq:MXBIF)(Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MFC GR ...
quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/list/wgxt/12.html - 29k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares

BankruptcyNews.org::News articles & research on consumer durables - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... South Africa) Consumer Durable Stocks Sparkle As Diwali Nears [Oct 13, 2003]: Powered
by this upsurge in the durable majors, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai’s (BSE ...
www.bankruptcynews.org/terms/ finance_am/consumer_durables.html - 101k - En caché - Páginas similares


moken
Local time: 06:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
THANKS! 'the initial sparkle (or fizz)' sounds good, thanks to all for ideas I could compare:-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  humbird: Pretty good.
5 hrs
  -> thank you susan! :O) :O)

agree  LisaR
7 hrs
  -> thanks lisa! :O)

agree  Alfa Trans
11 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
inebriate the market with interest


Explanation:
This sounds nice, I feel.

Paul Dixon
Local time: 04:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Dorene Cornwell: This one is creative but inebriate does not have a good connotation.. Other options would have a MUCH better effect in an ad.
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"the opening fizz"


Explanation:
bit of a double meaning there helps, because the fizz is released at the opening of the bottle, and the opening of marketing - in a manner of speaking.

DGK T-I
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:36
Specializes in field
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Dorene Cornwell: Fizz is not usually strong enough for the beginning of something though one might pop a cork and launch a campaign
2 hrs
  -> I think plenty of fizz and pizazz is fine, without making the campaign or the champagne taste corked - but it's a matter of taste :-) If the product is good, let's hope its launch has the air of a champagne cork shooting out of abottle.Wary:bub.&pop-S.Sea
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