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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

véritables odes à l’éveil des sens

English translation:

pure luxury to awaken your senses

Added to glossary by Helen Shiner
Feb 23, 2009 22:33
15 yrs ago
French term

véritables odes à l’éveil des sens

Non-PRO French to English Marketing Tourism & Travel romantic packages
XXXX Hôtel propose deux expériences romantiques uniques, véritables odes à l’éveil des sens !

These are "packages" devised by a hotel with bottles of champagne, "seduction gift box" etc.

Polite but racy. Anything I come up with sounds either ridiulous or slightly sordid.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 everything you could wish for to awaken your senses
4 +2 Truly a feast for the senses/A feast guaranteed to stir up/fire up your senses.
4 +1 delicious (if it's predominantly food)
3 +2 (two unique romantic experiences) to set [that will set] the senses aglow
4 an ode to the awakening of senses
3 +1 deliciously designed to delight...
4 True poetry for a sensual awakening
3 real fairy tale escape to awaken passion
3 (a package of) poetry to delight the senses
Change log

Feb 28, 2009 22:04: Helen Shiner Created KOG entry

Discussion

Mark Nathan (asker) Mar 1, 2009:
Grading comment Sorry, I did make a comment but it seems to have got lost.
In the end I combined Matthew and Helen's answers - so, as is so often the case, it would have been fairest to split the points.
Emma Paulay Feb 24, 2009:
Senses... is an all encompassing euphemism - that covers everything from champagne bubbles to silk sheets. Passion is more direct ;-)
Helen Shiner Feb 24, 2009:
I had presumed that this package contained things to 'awaken' each of the senses - champagne for taste, perhaps something for the sense of smell, etc.. Do you have more information about what is being offered so that we can tailor our answers to match?
Mark Nathan (asker) Feb 24, 2009:
Senses To my ears "senses" does not sound quite right in this context. Maybe it's a cultural difference....I prefer Matthew's "passion".

Proposed translations

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25 mins
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everything you could wish for to awaken your senses

I think I would avoid 'odes' here and go for something a little less complicated.

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The perfect formula for awakening your senses.

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Note added at 31 mins (2009-02-23 23:05:35 GMT)
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To create the perfect ambience for awakening your senses

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Pure luxury designed to awaken the senses

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Note added at 46 mins (2009-02-23 23:20:40 GMT)
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Pure luxury to awaken the senses

A rhapsody to romance and delight for all your senses [ok, now that probably is going too far!!]

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Thanks for the points, Mark - what did you go for in the end?
Peer comment(s):
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : your last suggestion fits well, too, yes, "Ode to Joy" or something similar would definitely be out of place here :))
21 mins
Thanks, Ingeborg - I have a feeling it could only lead to disappointment!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
2 mins

an ode to the awakening of senses

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... from the Orient and the Occident, an ode to wellness and to the body beautiful. ... The awakening prelude > Relaxing massage movements progressively immerse you into ... At the end of the care, a toning modelling awakens the senses, ...
www.sothys.com/EN/products_info.php?id=382 - 30k - En cache - Pages similaires
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Awakening the Five Senses as Artists: Leonardo da Vinci's ...
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The continual refinement of the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.
www.creativity-portal.com/howto/a/davinci/senses.html - 18k - En cache - Pages similaires
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Sudplanete, diversité culturelle
Pour Son Ode à la Femme Noire... Pour Notre Pays, Le Sénégal ... For the pleasure of Your Senses... For The Awakening of Your African... Cultural. ...
www.sudplanete.net/?menu=str&no=2972 - 21k - En cache - Pages similaires
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Poetic Mic Poetry - Poetic Mic Poem --- the awakening
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Taking aim on my unknown passions, pounding, awakening senses never ... if only, Turn Me On, Red Hot Mama, Immortal Kiss (Ode To a Vampire), baby grace ...
www.poeticmic.com/poetry/7692 - 40k
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1 hr

Truly a feast for the senses/A feast guaranteed to stir up/fire up your senses.

I think using the word "feast" chimes in well with the "bottles of champagne, seduction gift box, and the whole caboodle".

Sandpearl Resort is truly a feast for the senses! ... Your senses will be tickled as they see the beautiful sunsets from the corner deck of Caretta ...
www.tripadvisor.in/ShowUserReviews-g34141-d647702-r12898763...
Peer comment(s):
agree jean-jacques alexandre : to me the best & accurate so far
8 hrs
thanks:)
agree Anne-Marie Grant (X)
11 hrs
thanks:)
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5 hrs

real fairy tale escape to awaken passion

Hello,

I think that may be work.

odes = fairy tale (here)

I hope it helps.

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deux unique and romantic experiences... a real fairy tale escape to awaken passion

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I mean:

two unique romantic experiences...a real fairy tale escape to awaken passion
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+1
9 hrs

deliciously designed to delight...

trying to go for impact a different way
Peer comment(s):
agree Yolanda Broad : I like this one! Uses the right tone for an English-speaking readership. (No overly sensual connotations)
9 hrs
Thanks - I always worry about losing the original image, but in this case I wasn't sure the target audience here would necessarily identify with the original.
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9 hrs

(a package of) poetry to delight the senses

Rather OTT, but I was quite pleased with 'delighting the senses'...:-)
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+1
7 hrs

delicious (if it's predominantly food)

let go of the French syntax:

two deliciously unique options for a romantic stay in Hotel XXXX

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lavish romantic luxury
Note from asker:
They hardly mention food at all - the emphasis seems to be on the bedroom!
Peer comment(s):
agree Jennifer White : I like this suggestion. Even if it's not predominantly food, this sounds much better than references to senses etc.
2 hrs
Thanks Jennifer
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+2
10 hrs

(two unique romantic experiences) to set [that will set] the senses aglow

Who said romance was dead! ;-)

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Or "romantic getaways" instead of experiences.

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"send pulses racing" maybe?
Peer comment(s):
agree Emma Paulay : I like the racing pulses!
1 hr
Thanks! Maybe Mark could get ProZians a discount ;-)
agree Anne-Marie Grant (X)
2 hrs
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16 hrs

True poetry for a sensual awakening

I am not entirely sure on veritables odes, but sensual awakening seems evocative of the right sense of the second portion

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Or "a truly poetic gift/experience for a sensual awakening"
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