Nov 5, 2007 10:44
16 yrs ago
French term
échange sensuel
French to English
Marketing
Cooking / Culinary
This is from a brochure for a chic, contemporary "lounge" style restaurant.
The picture is of a well-dressed women eating her meal.
The caption beneath it is
D’un échange sensuel au partage des saveurs.
I'm having a hard time finding something that is slightly sexual yet very elegant. Something the French seem to be very good at and I find much harder to reproduce in English!
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions
The picture is of a well-dressed women eating her meal.
The caption beneath it is
D’un échange sensuel au partage des saveurs.
I'm having a hard time finding something that is slightly sexual yet very elegant. Something the French seem to be very good at and I find much harder to reproduce in English!
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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44 mins
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elegant seduction
to seductive eating
or to seductive dishes
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Note added at 47 mins (2007-11-05 11:32:39 GMT)
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or dishy seduction to seductive dishes!
seductive dialogue to seductive dishes
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-11-05 13:32:54 GMT)
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perhaps simply ...
sharing delicious moments ...
or to seductive dishes
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Note added at 47 mins (2007-11-05 11:32:39 GMT)
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or dishy seduction to seductive dishes!
seductive dialogue to seductive dishes
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-11-05 13:32:54 GMT)
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perhaps simply ...
sharing delicious moments ...
Peer comment(s):
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siragui
: I like "sharing delicious moments" -though not sure for which half of the text :) /Yes, maybe it's enough alone.
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thanks Siragui ... actually, I wondered if it wasn't sufficient on its own as a caption
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Claire Chapman
: "sharing delicious moments"
3 hrs
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thanks Claire!
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Sheila Wilson
: Some really good ideas there
6 hrs
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thanks Sheila :-)
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jean-jacques alexandre
6 hrs
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thanks Jean-Jacques!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all so much! So many wonderful suggestions, and I really don't know how to grade, because I used a combination of answers for this question, plus other suggestions elsewhere in my text! "sharing delicious moments" "a feast for the senses", tantalizing, anticipation, temptations, sensuous to sensational - all great. I ended up grading based on peer response. "
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11 mins
Vania de Souza
Specializes in field
40 years translating
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, French to English, and 5 more.
sensuous conversation
the woman is having a meal, so she is talking to her partner, as well as sharing the flavor of the food.
HTH
HTH
Peer comment(s):
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Julie Barber
: I prefer sensual though...
2 hrs
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It cold also be. thanks Julie
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Claire Chapman
: Agree w/ you & juliebarba: sensual conversation
4 hrs
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Thaks a lot.
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21 mins
sensual intercourse
Intercourse between courses!
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You could perhaps also work something around "arouse" or "stimulate".
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-11-05 11:07:11 GMT)
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You could perhaps also work something around "arouse" or "stimulate".
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32 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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50
(the) sensuous
from sensuous to sensational
[sensational in the sense of wonderful, but also exciting...]
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from the sensuous to the sensational [but I prefer the former]
[I'm currently working on s.t. else, but if the inspiration strikes, I'll be back!]
[sensational in the sense of wonderful, but also exciting...]
or
from the sensuous to the sensational [but I prefer the former]
[I'm currently working on s.t. else, but if the inspiration strikes, I'll be back!]
54 mins
from a pleasant exchange to passionate flavors
Different emphasis, but you have the elements of sexiness and food without being too risqué !
2 hrs
sensuous and sensory combined
Hi Mara! Just a thought- not sure about the combined bit-sounds a bit 'hard'. I will dig into the recesses of my brain for some more inspiration.....
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....a subtle blend of the sensuous and the sensory
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-11-05 13:05:26 GMT)
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....a subtle blend of the sensuous and the sensory
2 hrs
(from) a feast for the senses (to partners in taste)
"Partners in taste with a feast for the senses"?
"With a feast for the senses, we're partners in taste"?
That's my best shot for now. I suspect the original is dictated more by the marketing potential of the key words than a concrete literal meaning.
"With a feast for the senses, we're partners in taste"?
That's my best shot for now. I suspect the original is dictated more by the marketing potential of the key words than a concrete literal meaning.
2 hrs
Mariamne Lohe
Get the meaning!
Native in: German
Works in: French to German, English to German, Italian to German
flirting with flavors / Share the sensation of delicious (exquisite) flavors
"delicious flirt with flavors"... "flirting with delicious flavors"... not very inspired, I'm afraid.
2 hrs
Lionel CHEVALIER
Native in French
Specializes in field
Quality is my primary option
Native in: French
Works in: French to English, English to French
sensual osmosis
well as a french "gourmet" could say "In France, we have two pleasures, eat and love...!" what a better term than sensual osmosis to combinate these two great pleasures...
3 hrs
Paul Cohen
Greenland
Greenland
Native in English
Works in field
Greenland
Will work for blubber
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Danish to English
sharing enticing temptations
Or: "Enticing temptations worth sharing"
Maybe that would be enough for the whole caption.
Or: "From delicious anticipation to tantalizing temptation"
(That leaves it VERY open to interpretation - we don't explicitely say that two people are sharing anything - but since we don't see the woman's partner at the table and only sense another person's presence, maybe it would fit.)
Maybe that would be enough for the whole caption.
Or: "From delicious anticipation to tantalizing temptation"
(That leaves it VERY open to interpretation - we don't explicitely say that two people are sharing anything - but since we don't see the woman's partner at the table and only sense another person's presence, maybe it would fit.)
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