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ballon (ball or balloon?)

English translation: balloon

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French term or phrase:ballon (ball or balloon?)
English translation:balloon
Entered by: Angel_7

15:24 Apr 3, 2007
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing / Market Research / Questionnaire, breast augmentation
French term or phrase: ballon (ball or balloon?)
For this respondent to a questionnaire this is what natural breasts are:

pour moi des seins ayant l'air naturel c'est qu'en les regardant ils n'aient pas l'air de 2 ballons, au toucher ils ne doivent pas être dur.

At first sight I translated "ballon" as balls but am now reconsidering because "ballon" in French is normally a large ball like a football (as opposed to "balle"). Is it more likely that this is "balloon"? Breasts that look like balloons/balls are both phrases that are used when discussing augmentation surgery.
Angel_7
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:33
balloon
Explanation:
I'd be inclined to go for balloon - as in pumped up (!).... interesting text!!
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Katherine Mérignac
France
Local time: 22:33
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2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1balloon
Delphine Joly
3 +1balloon
Katherine Mérignac
4balloon
melalamo


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
balloon


Explanation:
I'd be inclined to go for balloon - as in pumped up (!).... interesting text!!

Katherine Mérignac
France
Local time: 22:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Evi Prokopi (X)
1 min
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
balloon


Explanation:
je dirais balloons parce que les seins artificiels sont comparés à des ballons (de baudruches) gonflés


Delphine Joly
Local time: 16:33
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
balloon


Explanation:
I would definitely say balloon and not ball in this context. Balloon gives it more of an augmentation sense than ball.

Hope that helps!

melalamo
Local time: 16:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
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