Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

sympa

English translation:

congenial / like-minded/ suitable / compatible/ appealing/cool/fierce

Added to glossary by JH Trads
Jan 19, 2002 02:38
22 yrs ago
French term

sympa

French to English Marketing Advertising - brand key description
I'm trying to find a good adjective or adjectival phrase in English to describe a brand (advertising context) - in the sense that the brand 'shares my values', 'reflects my feelings about the world' etc. Obviously 'nice', 'friendly' ('sypathetic'!) won't do. Any good ideas?

Discussion

Helen D. Elliot (X) Jan 19, 2002:
Regardless of what you choose, the word has to fit in with the other brand characteristics without duplicating them.

Proposed translations

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Selected

congenial / like-minded/ suitable / compatible

reflecting similar dispositions

I hope it helps
Reference:

nat F+exp bus.

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1 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everyone for their suggestions - it's a difficult one! Sorry, too, that I can't give more info for now."
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29 mins

(absolutely) cool!

well...
Peer comment(s):

agree Marcus Malabad : this is it!
33 mins
agree Magrik : So far the best.
45 mins
agree adekwatis
3 hrs
neutral Nikki Scott-Despaigne : "cool" and "sympa" are not quite synonymous
5 hrs
agree Attila Piróth : All-round
1 day 18 hrs
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1 hr

it's fierce!

a very generation-X phrase
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5 hrs

My kind of (whatever it is)

As in the old song 'My kind of town, Chicago is...'
Peer comment(s):

agree Nicola Da Si (X)
5 hrs
agree Ineke Hardy
5 hrs
agree Margaret Doney
11 hrs
agree Carolyn Denoncourt
1 day 12 hrs
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15 hrs

appealing

...or even pleasant (for, say, a vacation spot), or perhaps likable (if it's, say, a personal trainer)

or perhaps something else depending on what the product is.

Please at least give us the product category, it may make a difference, otherwise I'd say "appealing" comes closest. This is part of branding (creating a product with a distinctive basket of attributes). If something appeals to us, we relate to it.

Here is the definition of appeal from Barron's Dictionary of Marketing Terms

appeal
advantages gained from purchasing a product, as described in the promotional copy. Appeals generally cater to our most basic instincts and needs such as health, security, beauty, and pride of accomplishment. Much of the theory on this subject stems from Abraham H. Maslow's "hierarchy of needs," which states that the basic, instincutal needs of man are naturally prioritized so that the high-level need, such as accomplishment, is not felt unless a low-level need, such as food, is satisfied. Therefore, it is easier to excite interest in a product by appealing to lower-level needs.

Peer comment(s):

agree cheungmo : ..on giving us the product type or category, and the market. It *does* make a difference.
4 hrs
Absolutely. I've done hundreds of marketing questionnaires. Appealing will not work here say, if there is another attribute called "attrayant" which would be the same word
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