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English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Advertising / Public Relations | | English term or phrase: guileless persuasion | Call it nostalgia for a more innocent time, before hawking and pitching became pseudo-sciences beholden to marketing Svengalis, trend spotters, and focus groups. This was an era when **guileless persuasion** and earnest salesmanship reigned supreme.
Je n'arrive pas à trouver une bonne expression. |
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| | baratin ingénu / baratin sincère | Explanation:
I felt French "persuasion" doesn't convey the sense of sales pitch, so if we are allowed to be a little more informal, "baratin" covers the meaning well. |
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Paul Hirsh
France
Local time: 11:32
| Grading comment Oui, maintenant c'est plus clair. Merci beaucoup.
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20 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 persuasion candide
Explanation:
persuasion candide
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Note added at 5 hrs 43 mins (2005-05-28 04:18:53 GMT)
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ou persuasion transparente/honnête
voici \"guileless\"
Adj. 1. guileless - free from guile; \"his answer was simple and honest\"
honest
artless - simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; \"an artless manner\"; \"artless elegance\"
2. guileless - free of deceit
transparent
straight - honest and morally upright; \"I just want a straight answer to the question\"; \"straight dealing
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17 hrs confidence:  persuasion en toute inge'nuite'
Explanation:
a faux ami, nothing to do with ingenuity and possibly what you are looking for
| Paul Hirsh
France
Local time: 11:32
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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18 hrs confidence: baratin ingénu / baratin sincère
Explanation:
I felt French "persuasion" doesn't convey the sense of sales pitch, so if we are allowed to be a little more informal, "baratin" covers the meaning well.
| Paul Hirsh
France
Local time: 11:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Oui, maintenant c'est plus clair. Merci beaucoup. |
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