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French term or phrase:	chèque-cadeau
English translation:	gift voucher
Entered by:	Nikki Scott-Despaigne

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6:07pm Dec 23, 2001

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Cosmetics, Beauty / cosmetics

French term or phrase: cheque cadeau

the cataglogue of a brand of beauty products

Offrir aux autres le meilleur de la beaute devient simple comme un cheque-cadeau

Melissa Dybwad

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Questions: 307 (1 open)
Answers: 2

United States

gift voucher

Explanation:
This relates to a gift voucher - there are a number of hits on Google.

I think the sentence should read: offering others the best in beauty [products] becomes simple with a gift voucher
more literally it would be: offering others... becomes as simple as a gift voucher but that reads quite poorly in English.

HTH.

Selected response from:

Greta Holmer-Arblaster
Sweden

Note from asker to answerer

Merci
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

gift certificate

Julia Bogdan Rollo

comment

Nikki Scott-Despaigne

3 +2

gift voucher

Greta Holmer-Arblaster

(as easy as) writing a check

Guy Bray

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3 mins confidence:

(as easy as) writing a check

Explanation:
n/a

Guy Bray
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 1

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

gift voucher

Explanation:
This relates to a gift voucher - there are a number of hits on Google.

I think the sentence should read: offering others the best in beauty [products] becomes simple with a gift voucher
more literally it would be: offering others... becomes as simple as a gift voucher but that reads quite poorly in English.

HTH.

Greta Holmer-Arblaster
Sweden
Native speaker of:

English,

Swedish
PRO pts in category: 12

Note from asker to answerer

Merci

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

gift certificate

Explanation:
In the US they use gift certificate or gift card. If they're trying to sell the products in the US market I would suggest using that.

Julia Bogdan Rollo
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Romanian,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

20 hrs confidence:

comment

Explanation:
I agree with the choice of term "gift voucher" for UK English, but would like to point out an apparent error in the suggested translation of the sentence.

Gholmer suggested :
"offering others the best in beauty [products] BECOMES SIMPLE WITH a gift voucher".

This does not match the meaning of the original "devient simple comme un chèque-cadeau" where "devient AUSSI simple QU'un chèque cadeau" is actually understood, although not expressed. Any accurate English rendering must express that missing bit and so this might be more accurate :

" ... becomes AS SIMPLE AS A gift voucher".

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
France
Native speaker of:

English

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French: cheque cadeau

English translation: gift voucher