Glossary entry

français term or phrase:

fidélité

anglais translation:

staying power

Added to glossary by French Foodie
Nov 23, 2006 09:47
17 yrs ago
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français term

fidélité

français vers anglais Marketing Cosmétiques / produits de beauté make-up
A woman's loyalty to her make-up, but refering to make-up's loyalty to a woman sounds strange to me. I've been tossing around reliability, dependability, staying power, longevity... Or perhaps it's just me and loyalty sounds fine to you in this context.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

OBJECTIF :

· ECLAT ; Luminosité, transparence,
· PLAISIR : la facilité d’application, sensualité des textures…mais aussi
· CONFORT : la fraîcheur, le bien-être, la fidélité du maquillage, son affinité avec la peau, l’effet seconde peau

ACTIONS : Expliquer et faire l’application sur une moitié de visage

Le bon choix de texture : pour l’éclat (radiance) le confort, la fidélité
Critères de choix : la couvrance, le fini, le type de peau pour l’affinité de la texture le confort et la fidélité

Discussion

French Foodie (asker) Nov 23, 2006:
Thanks for all the great and speedy answers! I think faithful was the word I had on the tip of my tongue, julie!

Proposed translations

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staying power

I agree that loyalty does sound odd in the context you give.
I like your suggestion of "staying power" here
Peer comment(s):

agree Julie Barber : I agree that this is the notion here - basically that it works and stays on
11 minutes
agree Patrice
7 heures
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "The client confirmed that the idea behind fidélité here was longevity, so I went with staying power. I also liked Sylvia and juliebarba's stay-true suggestions. Many thanks to you all for your help."
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true to your own skin / stays true / long-lasting

Could the text be referring to how "loyal" the foundation is to the customer's own skin colour? That is, it looks natural...

Another option could be that the text is talking about how well the foundation stays put - "loyal" to the initial application. Long-lasting, long-wearing, durable, sustainable, etc.

Good luck!
Peer comment(s):

agree Julie Barber : I'd go for long-lasting; basically that it works and stays on your skin \\ of course, I'm fed up of that business stuff....
11 minutes
Thanks Julie! A nice change from finance... ;-)
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25 minutes

reliability

is perhaps what is meant here??
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer White : yes, I'd go for this
20 minutes
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25 minutes

reliability

another idea:)
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer White
20 minutes
thks
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25 minutes

faithful

ah, it's come to me; not loyal but faithful!! like your faithful old lipstick etc, your favourite old perfume..... although I think that it prob. just means that it works....so I think I'd go with long-lasting effects as per Sylvia's unless you want it to be some old faithful favourite :)

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-23 11:17:29 GMT)
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Here are some good words from Clarins:

Glides on evenly and easily with lasting, stay-true colour and no build-up

Upon application, fine lines and imperfections are optically reduced for smooth, flawless results
http://www.escentual.co.uk/cgi-bin/Escentual.storefront/en/P...

flawless would be good for affinité!
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