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dressing

English translation: dressing room / changing room

13:33 Nov 14, 2011
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / luxury shop
French term or phrase: dressing
Hi there,


I am having trouble with how to say this in English, walk-in closet simply doesn't sound right here (it is a magazine article)

"...avec son parquet ancien, papier peint sobre,.. Carole vous ouvre les portes de son dressing"

This article is about what this little designer shop sells (bags, garments etc.)

...Carole welcomes you in her dressing?

I would appreciate your help :)
Thank you
Louisa Tchaicha
Tunisia
Local time: 20:07
English translation:dressing room / changing room
Explanation:
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Katharine Ridgard
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:07
Grading comment
Thank you everyone, I appreciate your help :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2dressing room / changing room
Katharine Ridgard
5boutique
Sara Rodriguez
4boudoir
Sheila Wilson
4(her) very personal boutique
B D Finch
3intimate world of designer fashions and accessories
Hal D'Arpini


Discussion entries: 2





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dressing room / changing room


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/dressing
Katharine Ridgard
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30
Grading comment
Thank you everyone, I appreciate your help :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leslie Marcus: OK for dressing room, but not changing room - sounds like a gym or store.
3 mins
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin: I prefer 'dressing room'. Francophones in Canada would never say 'dressing' in French.
44 mins
agree  Linda Young (X)
1 hr
disagree  B D Finch: In France, a "dressing" is a walk-in wardrobe in one's home.
9 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
boudoir


Explanation:
I think this would work well as it gives an idea of luxury and elegance (only rich women had boudoirs); of intimacy and femininity (as they were private rooms and men didn't have them!); and it's also a word that comes from and is associated with France.

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Note added at 15 mins (2011-11-14 13:49:39 GMT)
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boudoir
: a woman's dressing room, bedroom, or private sitting room

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 20:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
boutique


Explanation:
In the USA a small specialty shop is often called a boutique.


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/boutique
Sara Rodriguez
United States
Local time: 14:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
intimate world of designer fashions and accessories


Explanation:
This is really loose, but how about “Carole escorts you into her intimate world of designer fashions and accessories.”

Hal D'Arpini
Local time: 21:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(her) very personal boutique


Explanation:
A "dressing" is a walk-in wardrobe and though that is not what is really meant here, I think the idea is that this particular little shop expresses the owner's own taste and style in a very intimate way. So, it is almost an extension of her very own, personal "dressing" at home.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-11-14 17:23:48 GMT)
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Carole invites you/welcomes you into her very personal boutique.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 21:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 112
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