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French to English translations [Non-PRO] Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
French term or phrase:dans le fashion
This appears in the context of a story line for an ad campaign. All the stories are pretty weird and nonsensical, so more context is not really helpful. I'm wondering if this could mean "dressing room"?
Dans le Fashion, X se regarde dans le miroir, fier de lui.
Okay, this now makes sense to me - the Colors (as characters) are inside the Fashion pen. None of the other answers made sense because the story line was definitely talking about a place. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Well it was not obvious for anyone to figure out what this was all about. One needs to see the advertisements in order to have a clue about the meaning. It took me quite some time :-)
@ Alison. No, the title of the ad is actually "Cheesy." I think the line means "In the Fashion [pen]." It is the place where the action is happening. It has nothing to do with the manner in which it is done. Lorraine is correct.
The asker states: "This appears in the context of a story line for an ad campaign." "Fashion" is the title of the ad. Each BIC 4 Colours ad has a title, e.g. Fight, Shine, Zen, Star Wars, Dance, Pen Spinning, etc. (see here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BIC4Colours2013/videos ). So, the English version should read: In Fashion, x looks at himself in the mirror ... this being understood to mean "In the ad entitled Fashion, X looks at himself in the mirror ..."
So if 'Fashion' is the name of the pen, one could say: In the BIC Fashion, x proudly looks at himself in the mirror? Because advertisements show actions with the different colors happening inside the pen.
it is clear that "Fashion" is part of the name of the product. The standard BIC 4 Colours comes in red, black, green and blue, while the BIC 4 Colours Fashion comes in lime green, turquoise, pink and purple -the colours are trendier, more fashionable. Click on the profiles on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BIC4Colours
Bon d'accord je viens de comprendre. C'est le 'bleu' qui est à la mode. Les autres couleurs sont moins usités. Le bleu qui est donc, à la mode, ou le plus en demande s'enorgueillit de sa position enviable et fait le fier devant un miroir. C'est probablement le lien avec le texte.
Étrange c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire mais rigolotes en masse ces pubs. Je ne dois pas avoir vu celle dont vous parlez...rien au sujet de la mode. La constante ce sont les couleurs: rouge, bleu, vert et noir. Vraiment très drôles :-)
Well, actually I did end up finding the ads on youtube and believe it or not, it was of no help either since these ads are very bizarre! So in the end I just went with Fashion room. If you want to see what I mean, since this is available to the public via youtube, just look for the Bic 4-color ads done in France.
'Dans le fashion' is no good French to begin with. Alors soit la personne travaille dans le domaine de la mode en tant que créateur ou autre, ou soit elle suit la mode scrupuleusement, s'habille à la mode etc... c'est l'élément manquant pour clarifier le contexte.
it's really hard to say without knowing more. It could be the fitting room too. The French is bizarre if it's the name of a room. Imo only someone with the full context can work it out.
To writeaway - I did post as much helpful context as was available. The sentence I posted made it clear that it was some sort of room with a mirror in it. Hence my guess of"dressing room." The four answers that were posted made no sense in the context.
or post any helpful peer comment without at least one French sentence that shows the context. No acceptable answer because no acceptable context was provided.
Explanation: Cela apparaît dans le contexte d'une ligne d'histoire d'une campagne publicitaire. Toutes les histoires sont assez bizarres et absurdes, donc davantage de contexte n'est pas vraiment utile. Je me demande si cela pourrait signifier «vestiaire»?
Dans Le mode, X se regarde dans le miroir, il est fier de lui.
keerthika India Native speaker of: English, French
Explanation: you never know what is going on in a fashion pen from BIC
Lorraine Dubuc Canada Local time: 04:00 Specializes in field Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 11
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Okay, this now makes sense to me - the Colors (as characters) are inside the Fashion pen. None of the other answers made sense because the story line was definitely talking about a place.
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