à peine effleuré des doigts - barely have your fingers skimmed the surface of ( translation glossary) Promotional flier,Cosmetics, Beauty,Marketing

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French term or phrase:	à peine effleuré des doigts
English translation:	barely have your fingers skimmed the surface of
Entered by:	L Taylor

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12:51pm Aug 3, 2006

French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Cosmetics, Beauty / Promotional flier

French term or phrase: à peine effleuré des doigts

I need you help with the proper way of saying <à peine effleuré des doigts > in English:

<Déjà des performances
perceptibles !
Vous avez à peine effleuré des doigts
votre nouveau soin Active Potential
Anti-Âge Précurseur pour l’appliquer sur
votre visage que déjà son actif exclusif –
la Pro-Métaboline – mobilise de nouvel-
les dynamiques biologiques.
Immédiatement après l’application :*
La peau est défatiguée: 92% >.

Thank you in advance.

L Taylor

KudoZ activity
Questions: 255 (5 open)
Answers: 54

United States

barely have your fingers skimmed the surface of

Explanation:
our miracle product and your skin is already begging for more (......)

Selected response from:

xxxCMJ_Trans
France

Note from asker to answerer

Thank you CMJ_Trans
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

Within moments of applying...

Sandra Petch

4 +2

barely have your fingers skimmed the surface of

xxxCMJ_Trans

2 +3

at the slightest touch - nfg

Jeffrey Lewis

3 +1

barely have your fingertips brushed the surface of your skin with [our product],

Tony M

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

barely have your fingers skimmed the surface of

Explanation:
our miracle product and your skin is already begging for more (......)

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Note from asker to answerer

Thank you CMJ_Trans

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

barely have your fingertips brushed the surface of your skin with [our product],

Explanation:
..and it's already starting to work (etc.)

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Note added at 21 mins (2006-08-03 13:12:51 GMT)
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A more modern wording might be:

"Your fingertips have barely even brushed the surface of your skin with..."

Tony M
France
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

28 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Within moments of applying...

Explanation:
Within moments of applying your new (product) to your face, its active ingredient...

A less poetic version. "Moments" is sufficiently non-commital: could be seconds or minutes.

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Note added at 32 mins (2006-08-03 13:24:38 GMT)
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its exclusive active ingredient Y is already (doing whatever it does)

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Note added at 47 mins (2006-08-03 13:39:08 GMT)
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"Delicately applying" would be better (cf Tony's comment below).

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-08-03 14:23:14 GMT)
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Putting all the bits together:
"Within moments of delicately applying your new (product) to your face, its exclusive active ingredient Y is already...."

Sandra Petch
France
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

Tony M: I agree with the idea of 'less poetic', but 'applying' might be with a trowel! I think it needs to keep something of the idea of 'lightly'...

16 mins

-> "Lightly" or "delicately" could do the trick!

agree

juliebarba: but you do apply face cream and essentially this is what they are talking about...

1 hr

-> Thanks Julie! For some reasons this brings back Henry Cooper and his "splash it all over"!

agree

Jeffrey Lewis: "The product is to be applied with a high-pressure hose that penetrates the pores permanently..."

3 hrs

-> How do you think we girls look so radiant all the time! ;-)

agree

emekadavid

3 hrs

-> Thanks Emekadavid.

agree

Patrice: note to Jeffrey: haha!

3 hrs

-> Thanks Patricia.

agree

Ingeborg Gowans: apply is a perfectly good choice here

9 hrs

-> Thanks Ingeborg.

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

at the slightest touch - nfg

Explanation:
I like this phrase, but I'm not sure how to navigate between fingers and skin. Maybe you could work the fingers out of it ("doigt" is so much daintier than "finger") and just say "At the slightest touch of this (alchemic) cream upon your skin..."

Personally, for anyone who's the right age, I would prefer "A little dab'll do ya!" (Wonder if Brylcreem removes wrinkles...)

Jeffrey Lewis
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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French: à peine effleuré des doigts

English translation: barely have your fingers skimmed the surface of