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Japanese to English translations [PRO] Cosmetics, Beauty / バッティング
Japanese term or phrase:バッティング (could be パッティング)
**Please be aware that there is the possibility that this is not exactly the right word: I am dealing with a hard-to-read hand-written document, so I may not be reading some of the words right: it could be バッティング or パッティング.**
This is a beauty diary, of how a woman takes care of her skin. She is describing how she washes her face, etc.
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In answer to your "notes from asker", YES, it sounds odd. All of it.
But that's because I'm a GUY.
OK, seriously, because you have elipses standing in for some of the text,
I can't vouch for 100% accuracy, but with 90% confindence I will say that
she is patting her face for 20 minutes with cotton makeup pads.
I don't know any type of skin care product that requires patting (probably with one's own fingers) on a frosty face. But that seems to be the purpose and nature of this stuff. How the foam is formed is unknown to me from your context.
Is she going to pat her face for 20 minutes?? Or pat the soap, etc. on to minutes?? Or pat the soap, etc. on to her face for 2 soap, etc. on to her face for 20 minutes? Sounds odd?
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4 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
patting
Explanation: as in "gently patting"
(The missus, who is Japanese, concurs).
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2006-08-11 04:44:17 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
In answer to your "notes from asker", YES, it sounds odd. All of it.
But that's because I'm a GUY.
OK, seriously, because you have elipses standing in for some of the text,
I can't vouch for 100% accuracy, but with 90% confindence I will say that
she is patting her face for 20 minutes with cotton makeup pads.
Joe L United States Local time: 22:17 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 16
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Thanks, everyone. It was amusing to read all the comments.
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +5