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séduction poudrée

English translation: seductive elegance (of the clothes)


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French term or phrase:séduction poudrée
English translation:seductive elegance (of the clothes)
Entered by: gallagy2
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18:01 Feb 3, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Cosmetics, Beauty / hairdressing
French term or phrase: séduction poudrée
From a description of an advertisement for a hairdresser:

Les blonds se cuivrent, les auburns flamboient et reflètent les lumières.
Evidence du chic et pureté des matières… tout n’est qu’accessoire, et la séduction poudrée des vêtements est au service des cheveux.
janisct
Local time: 01:33
seductive elegance (of the clothes)
Explanation:
complements (or acts as complement to) their hair

poudrée makes me think of old-style wigs powdered so am thinking of hair being well-coiffed so putting elegance for clothes to match this

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Note added at 44 mins (2011-02-03 18:45:16 GMT)
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and now I see why this took so long to post, Liz had same idea about powdered wigs

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-03 19:40:37 GMT)
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I think in English anyway Liz is right and that the hair enhances the clothes rather than the other way round , so something like

the seductive elegance of the clothes is enhanced/complemented by well-coiffed/beautifully styled hair

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Note added at 4 days (2011-02-08 12:29:12 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to hep:-)

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Note added at 4 days (2011-02-08 12:44:50 GMT) Post-grading
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meant glad to "help" of course!
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gallagy2
Ireland
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1seductive elegance (of the clothes)gallagy2
3Seductive glamour / seductive mood
LaraBarnett
3suductive brilliance/sparkle/shine
Verginia Ophof


Discussion entries: 2





  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
suductive brilliance/sparkle/shine


Explanation:
glitter,sparkle, luminosity etc

the suductive brilliance of shiny clothes is also available for hair

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Liz Slaney: Important to spell "seductive" correctly. Same root as French!
14 mins
  -> thank you Liz....typo:(
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Seductive glamour / seductive mood


Explanation:
I don't think "poudrée" is very easy to translate literally in this case. However, it evokes glamour to me when used in this context. The best thing to do here is to use similar images in English.

Example sentence(s):
  • "Fashion portrait of seductive glamour woman in designer sunglasses"
  • "A black evening dress can add a glamorous, seductive and sultry mood to an image too."

    Reference: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-67245499/stock-photo-fashion...
    Reference: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qvli4KiFpT4C&pg=PA26&lpg=...
LaraBarnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
seductive elegance (of the clothes)


Explanation:
complements (or acts as complement to) their hair

poudrée makes me think of old-style wigs powdered so am thinking of hair being well-coiffed so putting elegance for clothes to match this

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Note added at 44 mins (2011-02-03 18:45:16 GMT)
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and now I see why this took so long to post, Liz had same idea about powdered wigs

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-03 19:40:37 GMT)
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I think in English anyway Liz is right and that the hair enhances the clothes rather than the other way round , so something like

the seductive elegance of the clothes is enhanced/complemented by well-coiffed/beautifully styled hair

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Note added at 4 days (2011-02-08 12:29:12 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to hep:-)

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Note added at 4 days (2011-02-08 12:44:50 GMT) Post-grading
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meant glad to "help" of course!

gallagy2
Ireland
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Liz Slaney: Elegance is probably as close as we can get in English.
34 mins
  -> thanks Liz, yes, difficult to get equivalent
neutral  cc in nyc: confused about your Note about Liz' comment "clothes [...] primped and preened to enhance their hair" // So you meant "the seductive elegance of the clothes enhances / complements [the hair]"?
18 hrs
  -> I agree with Liz' comment!
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