goût agréablement mentholé

English translation: fresh minty taste

14:05 Dec 6, 2004

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Advertising / Public Relations / dental care products

French term or phrase: goût agréablement mentholé

from promotional material for some denture cleaning/mouth freshening products:

Les nouvelles XXX au goût agréablement mentholé

Disponible au goût agréablement mentholé ou goût neutre

The literal translation would be "pleasantly mentholated taste/flavor" but I'm not sure that "mentholated" is associated with "pleasant" in US English....
I'm tempted to say "minty" but is that accurate?

Rachel Vanarsdall KudoZ activity Questions: 140 (6 open) (1 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 171
Local time: 07:14

English translation:fresh minty taste

Explanation:
I would go with minty.

... La formule de Colgate Total Rayure Fraîches associe un sel de fluor et un goût
mentholé frais à un système anti-bactérien longue durée. ...
www.colgate.fr/products/oralcare/index.shtml - 45k - 5 Dec 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

Colgate Palmolive : connu dans le monde entier pour ces produits d ... - [ Translate this page ]
... En outre, Colgate Sensitive vous procure une agréable sensation de fraîcheur
et de propreté grâce à son goût mentholé ultra-frais. ...

... Colgate Total Mint Fresh Stripe is a striped toothpaste, with 80% sparkling
green gel and 20% white paste for a refreshing, minty flavor. ...
www.colgatetotal.com/app/ColgateTotal/US/Faqs.cvsp - 22k

... Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste provide fast and effective relief from pain of sensitive teeth, the blue gel and white paste also has a great unique minty taste ...
www.colgate.co.uk/news/news_0803_protection_paste.shtml - 13k - 4 Dec 2004 -

Selected response from:

NatalieD

Grading comment

Thanks also to Bourth for the reference that shows that "menthol" goes by different names in different countries... just what I was looking for.
Interesting trans-Atlantic discussion here. Reminds me of the blindfold taste test - if you taste a variety of sodas (coke, dr. pepper, 7-up, mt. dew, sprite) while wearing a blindfold, supposedly they all taste the same... they only taste different when we attach different colors/brand names.
Thanks all!
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Summary of answers provided

5 +7

fresh minty taste

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

4 +5

pleasant menthol flavour

Philip Taylor

4 +1

fresh minty taste

NatalieD

Whyever not pleasant?

Bourth (X)

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

goût agréablement mentholé pleasant menthol flavour

Explanation:
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-12-06 14:12:13 GMT)
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I think that\'s fine, menthol is less clinical or processed sounding than mentholated.

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-12-06 14:13:29 GMT)
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Kiss it Make it Better: Cepacol Instant Relief Sore Throat Spray ...
... Oral anesthetic containing dyclonine; Easy-to-use spray bottle; pleasant menthol
flavor; Sugar-free and alcohol-free; safe for children over 3. ...
www.kissitmakeitbetter.com/item/B000052WZT/ - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Amazon.com: Health & Personal Care: Cepacol Instant Relief Sore ...
... Easy-to-use spray bottle; pleasant menthol flavor; Sugar-free and alcohol-free;
safe for children over 3; Please read all label information on delivery. ...
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/detail/-/B000052WZT?v=glance - 48k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Throat Sprays Reviews
... Relieves minor sore throat and mouth pain; Oral anesthetic containing dyclonine;
Easy-to-use spray bottle; pleasant menthol flavor; ...
www.georeviews.com/Health_Care/ Cough___Cold/Throat_Sprays/index.php - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

Cepacol Instant Relief Sore Throat Spray, Cool Menthol - 4 fl oz > ...
... throat and mouth pain; Oral anesthetic containing dyclonine; Easy-to-use spray
bottle; pleasant menthol flavor; Sugar-free and alcohol ...
cosmetics.healthpersonalcare.com/ cepacol-instant-relief-sore-throat-spray-cool-menthol-4-fl-oz_B000052WZT... - 32k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Philip Taylor
Local time: 12:14
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

goût agréablement mentholé fresh minty taste

Explanation:
not mentholated...MINTY

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as in:
... What I also like about Aqua Fresh toothpaste is its strong minty taste-it really is quite pleasant- not that I would suggest you buy a toothpaste just on ...
www.mouthshut.com/readreview/16850-1.html - 51k - Cached - Similar pages

Review On Aqua Fresh Toothpaste by redhowell -- MouthShut.com... yet smooth, minty flavor that leaves my mouth feeling minty fresh. ... Aqua Fresh is one of the few toothpastes that I ... It makes the coffee taste extremely strange! ...
www.mouthshut.com/readreview/31754-1.html - 52k - Cached - Similar pages
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UK Shopping: Avon Colour Perfect Wear Gift Set: -, Avon Colour ...... Mint extracts leaves lips with a fresh, minty taste. Works by containing special blue... ... Mint extracts leaves lips with a fresh, minty taste. ...
www.ashiki.co.uk/Gifts/ TDAZ/strLetter/-/a/page/-/457.aspx - 98k

BUT.....since it already is used, I suggest, for copyright purposes:

FINAL: [with] the fresh taste of mint......you decide

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 101

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

goût agréablement mentholé

fresh minty taste

NatalieD
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

4 hrs confidence:

goût agréablement mentholé Whyever not pleasant?

Explanation:
They put menthol in cigarettes to take away the nasty taste of the stuff they hook you on.

They put menthol in toothpaste to take away the nasty taste of ... toothpaste.

Monica Lewinsky allegedly (online article Cosmopolitan article) uses it to take away the nasty taste of .... and incidently to temporarily numb that part of partner's anatomy for a more sustainable ...

Hell, they even put the stuff in booze!

Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary lists some of the uses of menthol (CH3C6H9(C3H7)OH) as "perfumery, cigarettes, liqueurs, flavoring agent, chewing gum, chest rubs, cough drops".

Can be natural (by freezing from peppermint oil) or synthetic (by hydrogenation of thymol).

In an ideal world, I guess, we would say that "(pepper)mint taste" applied to the natural product and "menthol taste" to the synthetic.

Then again, Yanks are a funny lot:
<<Menthol, also a mint related flavor, that is used by many cmpanies an many countries. Is interesting that what is called Menthol in some countries is marketed under other names in other places. The mos classical example is the Wrigley Winterfresh , that in Europe is a menthol flavored gum, but in the US and other coutries, the Winterfresh flavor of Wrigley gums is what was called Pepsin flavor in the past. >>

"Fresh menthol taste" for me, but I'm no Yank.

Bourth (X)
Local time: 13:14
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 35

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