May 31, 2007 14:53
17 yrs ago
French term
France
Translator and Consultant
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, French, and 3 more.
deux fois plus de talent (PUB)
French to English
Marketing
Advertising / Public Relations
Hi folks,
Need you help on this on. A tagline for a paper ad with two printer models released in sync on the market. How would you translate/adapt this into english?
"Twice the talent"? "The talented duo"...
Thank you so much!
Need you help on this on. A tagline for a paper ad with two printer models released in sync on the market. How would you translate/adapt this into english?
"Twice the talent"? "The talented duo"...
Thank you so much!
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+6
1 hr
Selected
two talented for words
I know this is a very free take on it, but seeing as we're talking about printers here, and printers print out words (amongst other things!), I thought it could work!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
writeaway
: it has to fly in English. like this....
14 mins
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| agree |
French Foodie
: definitely works for me!
27 mins
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| agree |
Natasha Dupuy
: I like this one!
35 mins
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| agree |
suezen
: well done!
47 mins
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| agree |
MDI-IDM
: great!
1 day 3 hrs
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| agree |
NancyLynn
: Wow, I hadn't seen this... a winner for sure!
4 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "woooow!
this is just great!! very creative!
Thank you so much and thanks to all you for helping me out with this"
+1
10 mins
twice as nice
a common enough rhyme in advertising
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
jean-jacques alexandre
: the sound rhyme is nice, but I'm trying to outdo you
57 mins
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| agree |
Gacela20
1 hr
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+3
17 mins
John ANTHONY
France
France
Native in French
&
English
Specializes in field
France
EN-FR-EN BY BIRTH - 45 YEARS IN FRANCE
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
twice the talent
Thought I hadn't read the question to the end !
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Odette Grille (X)
6 mins
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| neutral |
jean-jacques alexandre
: Hi john, how are the Champvallons coming ?
52 mins
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Haven't had time to deal with those yet...
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| agree |
Richard Benham
3 hrs
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| agree |
Jacqui Audouy
5 hrs
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17 mins
twofold talent, talent twice over
couple of suggestions
+1
1 hr
jean-jacques alexandre
France
France
Native in French
Works in field
France
never lost in translation
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
a talented pair
are we talking about a machine performing 2 functions ?
1 hr
Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Spain
Native in French
Works in field
Spain
QUICK SERVICE AND PERSONAL CONTROL
Native in: Dutch , French
Works in: French to Catalan, French to Flemish, French to Spanish, and 24 more.
twice as much talent
typical English structure
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
writeaway
: far too literal, this is marketing, not just a word for word translation. it has to work in English,
6 mins
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