faussement désinvolte
English translation: seemingly effortless
| 15:27 Jul 28, 2006 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Flo in London United Kingdom Local time: 17:12 | ||||||
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| 4 +5 | deceptively casual |
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| 4 | pseudo-casual / mock-casual / faux [bletccchhh!!!] casual |
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| 4 | seemingly effortless |
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| 3 | pretending to be casual |
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| Discussion entries: 4 | |
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7 mins confidence: 
pretending to be casual Explanation: idée |
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1 hr confidence:
pseudo-casual / mock-casual / faux [bletccchhh!!!] casual Explanation: I hate to admit it, but I think the third alternative is probably the best for the fashion world. There's nothing like a bit of "faux francais". I suspect, however, that any self-respecting FR>EN translator would have trouble using it for aesthetic reasons. I don't think any of the other suggestions so far has really captured it, although "deceptively casual" is deceptively elegant (deceptive because it really doesn't have a lot to do with the sense of the original--but this may not matter for this type of work). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-28 16:35:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oops! Just changed keyboards...that should be "faux français". I can do cedillas on this computer, just not the same way as on the other one. |
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23 hrs confidence:
seemingly effortless Explanation: - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2006-07-29 14:54:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- as in 'seeminglty effortless style' (that takes ages to create!) |
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24 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5deceptively casual Explanation: methinks -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2006-07-30 09:28:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- deliberately understated studiedly casual |
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