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couleur noire tout terrain

English translation: all-purpose black (colour)

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French term or phrase:couleur noire tout terrain
English translation:all-purpose black (colour)
Entered by: Jocelyne S

15:21 May 23, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
French term or phrase: couleur noire tout terrain
describing a sports bag:

- contenance maximale
- nombreuses poches pour tout ranger
- couleur noire tout terrain

I'm struggling on how to render this. I've come up with
- perfect color for all sports surfaces (I know it doesn't say the actual color, but this is a brochure with picture included).
TesCor -
Canada
Local time: 15:58
all-purpose black (colour)
Explanation:
One idea...
Selected response from:

Jocelyne S
France
Local time: 21:58
Grading comment
Thanks everyone. I think I'll go with this one.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5all-purpose black (colour)
Jocelyne S
4 +4go-anywhere black (colour)
Josephine79
5 +1all terrain black
Nathalie Bendavid
3 +2colour: off-road black
Christopher RH
5Basic Black
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4sturdy black colour
CMJ_Trans (X)
3 +1dark rugged multi-purpose
Susan Spier (X)
1in cross-country/mountain bike black
Jonathan MacKerron


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
all-purpose black (colour)


Explanation:
One idea...

Jocelyne S
France
Local time: 21:58
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks everyone. I think I'll go with this one.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  suezen
1 min
  -> Thanks, suezen.
agree  DocteurPC: I like this one - it covers a lot of ground, tout-terrain or otherwise ;-)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, DocteurPC.
agree  emiledgar
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, emiledgar.
agree  Graham macLachlan
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, mactrad.
agree  Catherine Christaki
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Catherine.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
colour: off-road black


Explanation:
Straight translation!

Sounds like a euphemism for "dirty black"...

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-23 15:25:46 GMT)
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Or perhaps \"mottled black\"

Christopher RH
Local time: 21:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: or black and blue if it's an off-road bike or a 4x4 with bone-crushing suspension
2 mins
agree  Nico Staes
10 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
in cross-country/mountain bike black


Explanation:
a couple wild guesses??

Jonathan MacKerron
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sturdy black colour


Explanation:
or in colour

tout terrain = rugged

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 21:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 89
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
go-anywhere black (colour)


Explanation:
thought this up and then found the following which does refer to a bag, albeit a somewhat smarter one


    Reference: http://clothing-apparel.org/Leathers.php
Josephine79
Local time: 21:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Can Altinbay: Not to disrespect the others, but I really like this one.
1 hr
  -> thanks Can :))
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes this is good too because it has Marketing Edge
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Jane - I was quite pleased with it too!
agree  Jennifer White
21 hrs
agree  KNielsen: I like this, very snappy.
1 day 8 hrs
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
all terrain black


Explanation:
GDT

tout terrain = all terrain


    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index800...
Nathalie Bendavid
Canada
Local time: 15:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  KNielsen: Nice and macho and rugged-sounding :)
1 day 8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dark rugged multi-purpose


Explanation:
Here's my suggestion: It would allow for not actually saying black, and covers the idea of many uses.

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Note added at 1 hr 25 mins (2005-05-23 16:46:40 GMT)
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PS Am not sure if there is a differnce whether tout-terrain has a hyphen or not but it can mean all purpose

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Note added at 2 hrs 24 mins (2005-05-23 17:45:29 GMT)
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sorry - difference!

Susan Spier (X)
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Can Altinbay: I like "rugged" here, so I'm going to single yours out.
17 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Basic Black


Explanation:
this a very old and very used expresion in marketing and due to how it says it all has stayed in use...

especially regarding clothes and accessories

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 101
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