Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
l’éclat éblouissant du glamour…
English translation:
the dazzling world of glamour
Added to glossary by
Clare Hogg
Mar 3, 2013 14:55
11 yrs ago
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French term
Spain
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Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
l’éclat éblouissant du glamour…
French to English
Marketing
Cosmetics, Beauty
perfume
Hi there,
I'm translating one of those very flowery French marketing articles about a new designer fragrance. Any ideas for how to translate "l’éclat éblouissant du glamour..." into semi-meaningful English with an appropriate tone?
It's the title of the text and then appears in the paragraph copied below.
Thanks in advance!
Best,
Clare
"l’éclat éblouissant du glamour…
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Bientôt, elle quittera son maillot de bain pour enfiler une robe en mousseline de soie légère, et plongera dans l’éclat éblouissant du glamour…"
I'm translating one of those very flowery French marketing articles about a new designer fragrance. Any ideas for how to translate "l’éclat éblouissant du glamour..." into semi-meaningful English with an appropriate tone?
It's the title of the text and then appears in the paragraph copied below.
Thanks in advance!
Best,
Clare
"l’éclat éblouissant du glamour…
........
........
Bientôt, elle quittera son maillot de bain pour enfiler une robe en mousseline de soie légère, et plongera dans l’éclat éblouissant du glamour…"
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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Josephine Cassar
Malta
Malta
Native in English
Malta
12 yrs. experience translating EU stuff
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) , Maltese
Works in: English to Maltese, Italian to Maltese, French to Maltese, and 3 more.
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the world of glamour
Maybe a bit more flowery but understood like this at least
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for this suggestion and to the other translators for the adjective to go in it!"
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John Peterson
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Turkish to English, and 1 more.
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The dazzling sheen that is the scent of glamour
Dazzling sheen is used in the text for a fragrance in the link below. May need to play about with this, though not necessarily like I've done!
I'm assuming she's put on some scent while getting changed
I'm assuming she's put on some scent while getting changed
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Claire Mercier
Native in French
Works in field
Bicultural Engineer and PhD
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
the dazzling spark of glamour
Just a suggestion!
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: I usually think of a spark as being small, maybe the start of something bigger: the spark that lights the fire, the spark of an idea; so I find the notion of a 'dazzling spark' rather comical. NB: even in FR, its not 'étincelle' but 'éclat' (flash?)
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Thanks Tony!
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the shining aura of glamour
Perhaps 'the shining aura of glamour' could be used for the title of the text and 'she will radiate the shining aura of glamour' in the paragraph that follows (or if that's a bit over the top, just "she will radiate the aura of glamour'.)
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MatthewLaSon
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thanks Matthew
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katsy
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thanks Katsy
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Rasha Ali Hassan
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thanks Rasha
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Jane Proctor (X)
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Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Israel
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Israel
Quality, Reliability, Experience.
Native in: English , Romanian
Works in: French to English, Hebrew to English, Romanian to English, and 3 more.
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8
The dazzling scintillation of glamour
or ... immerses herself into the brilliant radiance of glamour.
+2
7 hrs
Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Works in field
United Kingdom
Thorough, knowledgeable and resourceful
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 4 more.
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35
the heady world of glamour
perhaps-? I know it doesn't mention the sparkle but maybe add another adjective - heady might also go well for perfume
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Rasha Ali Hassan
: Heady does go well with perfume.
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Thank you Rasha :-)
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Evans (X)
: The only suggestion that sounds natural to me
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Thank you Gilla :-)
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[step into] a world of heady glamour
This is really an amalgam of some previous answers, but I think 'a world' is better than 'the world'. Also I think 'heady' is good, as Rachel and Rasha suggest.
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