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le plaisir à l'état pur

English translation: pure pleasure!

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French term or phrase:le plaisir à l'état pur
English translation:pure pleasure!
Entered by: Isabelle DEFEVERE (X)

09:25 Nov 2, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
French term or phrase: le plaisir à l'état pur
Il s'agit du slogan d'une entreprise vendant des piscines.

Je ne sais pas trop comment tourner ça.
Isabelle DEFEVERE (X)
Spain
Local time: 19:33
pure pleasure!
Explanation:
a possibility
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suezen
Local time: 19:33
Grading comment
merci
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +11pure pleasure!
suezen
3 +2a pure enjoyment !
Francis MARC
3 +2sheer pleasure, sheer enjoyment
writeaway
5X: For the purest of pleasures
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4plunge into pure pleasure
French Foodie


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
le plaisir à l'état pur
a pure enjoyment !


Explanation:
"pure" pour sens propre et figuré (qté de l'eau)
"enjoyment" pour la jouissance matérielle et plaisir

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 20:33
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 54

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: without 'a'. one of so many possibilities.
3 mins
agree  cmwilliams (X): pure enjoyment (no article)
8 mins
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
le plaisir à l'état pur
pure pleasure!


Explanation:
a possibility

suezen
Local time: 19:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 113
Grading comment
merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cmwilliams (X)
2 mins
  -> thanks
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
12 mins
  -> thanks again Gilles
agree  Sonya Mountford-Jones
15 mins
  -> thanks Sonya
agree  Calou: J'aurais dit la même chose ;o)
15 mins
  -> thanks calou
agree  Sara Freitas
25 mins
  -> thanks Sara
agree  Aisha Maniar
1 hr
  -> thanks Aisha
agree  Oana Apetrei
1 hr
  -> thanks Oana
agree  Philip Taylor
1 hr
  -> thanks Philip
agree  Nicky Over
3 hrs
  -> thanks Nicky
agree  moya
8 hrs
  -> thanks Moya
agree  Michele Fauble
9 hrs
  -> thanks Michele
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
le plaisir à l'état pur
sheer pleasure, sheer enjoyment


Explanation:
just a suggestion-there are so many ways to express this in English.

writeaway
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sonya Mountford-Jones: I like 'sheer pleasure' :-)
13 mins
agree  JennyC08 (X): I like it!
4 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
le plaisir à l'état pur
plunge into pure pleasure


Explanation:
Just a little twist on a similar answer, but adding "plunge" for swimming pool imagery...

French Foodie
Local time: 19:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 50
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
le plaisir à l'état pur
X: For the purest of pleasures


Explanation:
......parmi les autres, c'est le meilleures...I tried to keep the idea of purity because they must also be selling their filters which they probably claim are the cleanest and best, right?

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 229
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