kitsch branchouille

English translation: trendy kitsch

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French term or phrase:kitsch branchouille
English translation:trendy kitsch
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

19:57 May 24, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / Description Of the Experience Of Eating Out In New York City
French term or phrase: kitsch branchouille
Context: "Manger a New York fait souvent partie d'un trip decoratif, culinaire, social, financier, **kitsch branchouille** ou avant-garde."

Merci Beaucoup!

femme
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 12:52
ideas
Explanation:
the latest fad
in kitsch
trendy kitsch

no idea what the latest slang in the US is but somewhere along these lines
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CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 17:52
Grading comment
"Trendy kitsch" is what I went with. Merci!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8ideas
CMJ_Trans (X)
3 +2trendy quaint
Odette Grille (X)
3 +1hip
Nathalie Scharf
4kool kitsch
ormiston
3old-fashion trends
Eric BILLY


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
ideas


Explanation:
the latest fad
in kitsch
trendy kitsch

no idea what the latest slang in the US is but somewhere along these lines

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 17:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59
Grading comment
"Trendy kitsch" is what I went with. Merci!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julie Barber: I'd go for trendy kitsch.....it has to have fashionable in it somewhere and we can't really miss out the kitsch bit either!
41 mins

agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
48 mins

agree  Alison Jeffries-Thierry: I was about to enter trendy kitsch ... then I saw your post ...
5 hrs

agree  Odette Grille (X): I agree with trendy kitsch
8 hrs

agree  Assimina Vavoula
11 hrs

agree  Dylan Edwards: with "kitsch". Look into "neo-kitsch" - the term seems to be used here and there.
12 hrs

agree  Carol Gullidge: trendy kitsch
13 hrs

agree  emiledgar: Yes: trendy kitsch
1 day 10 hrs
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old-fashion trends


Explanation:
for me kitsch is a type of "old fashion" behavior or referencing
branchouille could be explain: it comes from "brancher" meaning up to date, or 'in' the current fashion style.


Eric BILLY
Local time: 17:52
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  chaplin: pour moi il ya une tout à la fois de vieux et de in
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hip


Explanation:
US style!

Nathalie Scharf
United States
Local time: 11:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tamara Salvio: I like 'hip' for 'branchouille' - it can convey a similar sense of irony...and "hip kitsch" sounds very New York
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trendy quaint


Explanation:
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-05-25 04:25:23 GMT)
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It is strange. Larousse does not mention the old-fashion semantic aspect of the word (though I am not the only one to feel it is part of the meaning). They focus on bad taste. So I guess trandy kitsch is closer

Odette Grille (X)
Canada
Local time: 12:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John ANTHONY: Pas mal... Je n'aurai pas eu cette idee... Bravo!
1 hr
  -> Merci John...Vous ne l'aurez pas eue, mais vous auriez pu l'avoir...

agree  chaplin
1 hr
  -> Merci Ségolène
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1 day 15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
kool kitsch


Explanation:
might do ?

ormiston
Local time: 17:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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