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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Moi mes souliers

English translation:

These shoes are made for walkin' / Shoes, glorious shoes

Added to glossary by PB Trans
May 18, 2007 08:06
17 yrs ago
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French term

Moi mes souliers

French to English Marketing Tourism & Travel shoe manufacturer
This is the title of a text that will appear in a Montreal shopping guide for tourists.

I believe it refers to a song by Félix Leclerc so I need something just as catchy for a North American English target audience. I was thinking of "These shoes were made for walking", inspired by Nancy Sinatra's "boots" but I'm not sure it works. Any other suggestions? It doesn't have to be a song.

MOI MES SOULIERS...

Plus de 600 magasins à travers le monde, 18 000 chaussures confectionnées chaque jour, plus de 2 800 employés…XXX c’est la vision d’un jeune homme de 21 ans qui savait exactement ce que devait être une chaussure: agréable à l’œil, stylisée, confortable, polyvalente et de qualité.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 Just a couple of suggestions!
2 +3 My sole music
4 +1 Golden slippers
3 +1 quote
4 Me and my shoes
3 +1 Shoe bee doo bee doo
3 A man and his shoes
3 Amelda Marcos
2 Hot shoe shuffle
1 +1 Shoes, shoes, shoes...
1 +1 Chattanooga shoe shoe
Change log

May 18, 2007 18:57: PB Trans changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/61173">PB Trans's</a> old entry - "Moi mes souliers"" to ""These shoes are made for walkin' / shoes, glorious shoes""

Discussion

Melzie May 18, 2007:
I think your idea is great. Why had no-one quoted Elvis yet??? ;-)
Graham macLachlan May 18, 2007:
Hi Pina, to be accurate, I think the translation should reflect the man (moi) and his product (mes souliers), if the latter were the only consideration I would say that your suggestion is great but perhaps the text that follows requires more of the title
PB Trans (asker) May 18, 2007:
My research shows that the correct song title is: These boots are made for walkin'
I'll change "were" to "are" but should I also drop the "g"?
PB Trans (asker) May 18, 2007:
Thanks! I wasn't sure if readers would get the title... substituting boots for shoes. But I see that it works, especially since these shoes are marketed as comfortable walking shoes (for both men and women). More suggestions welcome.
Odette Grille (X) May 18, 2007:
I agree. It is the best.
danièle davout May 18, 2007:
really great !
katy hannan May 18, 2007:
Just for curiosity I went through song and film titles with "shoes".. I really don't think there is anything better than what you have come up with- It sounds great to me !! go for it . Katy

Proposed translations

+2
2 hrs
Selected

Just a couple of suggestions!

Me, my shoes and I
Shoes glorious shoes!
Peer comment(s):
agree katsy : :-D - especially the second one!
5 mins
Thanks Katsy!
agree Melzie : I'm sorry, I didn't mean to poach. I must have read yours quickly and taken it on. am removing
1 hr
No problem - an honest mistake!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I decided to use "These shoes are made for walkin'" but "Shoes, glorious shoes" was a close second. Thank you all for your input. This was a fun question. :-)"
+3
14 mins

My sole music

Corny and unoriginal, but might do - oh rock-a-my sole.
Peer comment(s):
agree Graham macLachlan : hee hee// well bless my sole!
1 min
agree MDI-IDM
9 mins
agree Odette Grille (X) : cute
2 hrs
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17 mins

Hot shoe shuffle

Just another idea!
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+1
15 mins

Shoes, shoes, shoes...

a lot of shoes!

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me and my shoes ("me and my shadow" by Arthur Dorros)
Peer comment(s):
agree Alain Pommet : And that famous musical "shoe boot".
8 mins
aargh!
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+1
58 mins

quote

Hi Pina,

I really like your own suggestion as well.
However, if you want another take on it, you could start off the article with a famous quote instead of a song title. There are lots of great quotes about shoes, but my personal fav is this one by Bette Midler:

“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world."
— Bette Midler

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For comfortable walking shoes:

Walk more than a mile in these shoes.

or

Everyone will want to be in your shoes.
Peer comment(s):
agree Emma Paulay : Just 'cos I love the quote!
21 mins
Thanks Emma, I thought it was worth posting just for the boost it can give :-)
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+1
1 hr

Golden slippers

Especially if it's a successful business.

O', dem golden slippers, o', dem golden slippers ...

http://ingeb.org/spiritua/ohdemgol.html

Funnily enough, while I was writing that they were playing "John Henry" on the radio, which takes us back to the "pointerolle" question.

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To listen to it:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/audiodir.html#7901966

and click appropriately.

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There might be an issue of political correctness though, esp. if you go for "Oh, dem golden slippers".
Peer comment(s):
agree Odette Grille (X) : I like that
16 mins
neutral Julie Barber : nah, the Ruby Slippers were far superior......
19 mins
But like glass slippers and unlike souliers en vair, not comfortable
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2 hrs

A man and his shoes

Provided that whe're dealing just with men's shoes...

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Inspired by "A man and his dog ...", a tale , a film ...
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2 hrs

Me and my shoes

I found this translation on the net, so...Thought you might want to know.

Moi, mes souliers ont beaucoup voyagé
Ils m'ont porté de l'école à la guerre
J'ai traversé sur mes souliers ferrés
Le monde et sa misère....

Au paradis, paraît-il, mes amis
C'est pas la place pour les souliers vernis
Dépêchez-vous de salir vos souliers
Si vous voulez être pardonnés.


Me and my shoes have travelled afar
They have taken me from school to war
In my rough-shod shoes I have made my way
Through the world and its unhappiness....

Paradise it would seem, dear friends
Is no place for brand new shoes
So hurry now and muddy your shoes
If you wish to find redemption.
Reference:

http://www.bobfisher.ca/TTRN/Quebec.htm

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+1
25 mins

Chattanooga shoe shoe

? OK, sorry....

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If we should get 'me' into it, as has been suggested...
I choose these shoes (tongue-twister mode)
Shoe-ing off my shoes
My shoo-in

Peer comment(s):
agree Graham macLachlan : :-D
2 hrs
Just goes to shoe I'm not the only one who likes awful puns. Thanks mactrad!
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+1
5 hrs

Shoe bee doo bee doo

Nonsense syllables that are sometimes included in songs, like Tra la la. Think Frank Sinatra.
Peer comment(s):
agree Odette Grille (X) : This is the best in my opinion, shoes to be and to do...Wow, Genius struck!
5 hrs
Thanks, Odette!
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1 hr

Amelda Marcos

joke.

It's nearly the weekend

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http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGL...

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Mara, there's nothing wrong with being a dictator's wife (with a shoe fetish) ;-)
Note from asker:
Poor Imelda... the Steel Butterfly will never live that one down! :-)
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