Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
pimentent et révèlent les tons naturels beiges
English translation:
enhances and reveals the natural beige tones
Added to glossary by
Nathalie M. Girard, ALHC (X)
May 12, 2002 11:31
22 yrs ago
French term
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pimentent et révèlent les tons naturels beiges
French to English
Marketing
Cosmetics, Beauty
Cosmetics
Again - cosmetics:
"Des tonalités sophistiquées oscillant entre les prunes, grenats, les grisés
ou bruns foncés pimentent et révèlent les tons naturels beiges."
"Des tonalités sophistiquées oscillant entre les prunes, grenats, les grisés
ou bruns foncés pimentent et révèlent les tons naturels beiges."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | enhances and reveals the natural tones of beige |
Nathalie M. Girard, ALHC (X)
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| 5 +3 | enhances and highlights |
SamHall
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| 4 +2 | they spice up/jazz up/add pizazz to/dynamize and enhance |
PemaLa (X)
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| 5 +1 | brings out/unlocks and enhances all the natural shades of beige |
Arthur Borges
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| 5 +1 | spice up and bring out |
zaphod
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Proposed translations
13 hrs
Selected
enhances and reveals the natural tones of beige
enhances/enhancing (pimentent)
reveals/revealing (révèlent)
tones...we refer to skin tones in English.
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Note added at 2002-05-13 01:18:30 (GMT)
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or you can say \"the natural beige tones\"
reveals/revealing (révèlent)
tones...we refer to skin tones in English.
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Note added at 2002-05-13 01:18:30 (GMT)
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or you can say \"the natural beige tones\"
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks - I think it the context it would be "enhance and reveal""
+2
5 mins
they spice up/jazz up/add pizazz to/dynamize and enhance
I prefer the latter
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: I feel this might mean 'these colours... augment the range of beiges', in which case I think the above answer works well
29 mins
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| agree |
Dr. Chrys Chrystello
6 hrs
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+1
16 mins
Arthur Borges
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Works in: English, Swedish to English, French to English
brings out/unlocks and enhances all the natural shades of beige
I prefer unlocks to brings out, but either will do
+3
1 hr
enhances and highlights
This sounds like a direct advertising appeal to a woman. Implicit::she is naturally gorgeous, but the blusher, or whatever it is, will enhance her complexion/natural colouring (make it seem better than in reality) and bring to the fore the natural quality - natural beige colouring).
I.e. you think you have that quality (but not enough of it - so it needs help) or you already have it and simply want it to be more evident.
I.e. you think you have that quality (but not enough of it - so it needs help) or you already have it and simply want it to be more evident.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
RHELLER
: I like highlight for pimentent
5 mins
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| agree |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: yes, but ing form
1 hr
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Yes, possibly, depending on how rest of sentence flows.
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| agree |
Linda Young (X)
6 hrs
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+1
2 hrs
spice up and bring out
literally. no other translation - not even in marketing
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
SamHall
: Not sure about spice up - often used for food, but I've met more than one gentleman who has regretted responding to nature's needs after touching a red hot pepper!
1 hr
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agreed, but aren't we talking baout colours here? Or did I miss something?
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| agree |
xmas
: pimenter (whose origins are from pimento, the hot pepper, of course) is a literary expression used colloquially. It means spice up.
7 hrs
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