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English translation: a sense of well-being

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Spanish term or phrase:	bienestar
English translation:	a sense of well-being
Entered by:	Timothy Barton

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22:05 Dec 5, 2005

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Medical - Medical: Health Care

Spanish term or phrase: bienestar

Se percibe, como su nombre ["naturals"] lo indica, como una gama de productos cuya característica más notoria es la participación de ingredientes naturales en su elaboración. En este sentido, se considera un producto moderno, que responde acertadamente a la tendencia actual de productos a base de hierbas o frutas exóticas, que proporcionan bienestar a partir de sus cualidades innatas.

This is referring to a shower gel product.

I can't find a natural sounding translation for this. The glossary is full of things like "wellness". How about something like "good health"? It certainly sounds more natural, but just doesn't sound quite right to me for a shower gel product.

Timothy Barton KudoZ activity Questions: 536 (none open) (21 closed without grading) Answers: 258
Local time: 10:22

a sense of wellbeing

Explanation:
In this context, this is what would work, rather than "wellbeing" alone.

Suerte.

Selected response from:

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 04:22

Grading comment

Thanks guys. It seems to require a hyphen, so I'm using one and adding it in the glossary entry.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +15

a sense of wellbeing

Robert Forstag

wellness

Mariana Zarnicki

state of wellness

Rocío Silveira de Andrade

good sensation

celiacp

Discussion entries: 1

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +15

a sense of wellbeing

Explanation:
In this context, this is what would work, rather than "wellbeing" alone.

Suerte.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 04:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 48

Grading comment

Thanks guys. It seems to require a hyphen, so I'm using one and adding it in the glossary entry.

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

agree

MLG

0 min

-> Thank you, MLG.

agree

Rosa Maria Duenas Rios: Yo también iba a sugerir wellbeing, pero esto me parece mejor.

1 min

-> Gracias, Rosa Maria.

agree

Irina Dicovsky

10 mins

-> Gracias, Irina.

agree

Rachel Fell

13 mins

-> Ta, Rachel.

agree

Mariana Moreira

16 mins

-> Thank you, Mariana.

agree

cmwilliams: definitely better than 'wellness'

17 mins

-> Thank you, CM.

agree

Marina Soldati

19 mins

-> Gracias, Marina (y por el comentario 'neutro' tambien). ;-)

agree

Carmen Riadi

28 mins

-> Gracias, Carmen.

agree

Henry Hinds

1 hr

-> Gracias, Henry.

agree

milliecoquis: agree

1 hr

-> Thank you, Millie.

agree

Idoia Echenique

1 hr

-> Gracias, Ido.

agree

Heather Chinchilla

4 hrs

-> Thank you, Heather.

agree

Georges Tocco

4 hrs

-> Merci, Georges.

agree

Mar Brotons

12 hrs

-> Gracias, Mar.

agree

Jonia Tamburi: Very nice!

19 hrs

-> Thank you, Jonia.

5 mins confidence:

state of wellness

Explanation:
Yo iría con "state of wellness"

¡Saludos!

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Note added at 9 mins (2005-12-05 22:14:35 GMT)
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www.wellness.com/totalwellness.asp
http://www.well-net.com/wellness/well1.html: "Unfortunately many people believe that wellness is just an absence of illness, so that when they are not ill they believe themselves to be well. This is not entirely correct. While they may in fact be well, the **state of wellness** is more than just the absence of illness. It is a positive, and real state of being, not an absence of something."

Reference: http://www.ayurbalance.com/

Rocío Silveira de Andrade
Argentina
Local time: 05:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

9 mins confidence:

wellness

Explanation:
Yo lo diría así.
Te adjunto un par de páginas.

Reference: http://www.wellness.com/
Reference: http://app.infopia.com/Shop/Control/fp/scat/21771

Mariana Zarnicki
Argentina
Local time: 05:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

18 hrs confidence:

good sensation

Explanation:
good luck!

celiacp
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 88

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