Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

au maximum de ses envies

English translation:

able to do just about anything you want / ready to take on the world

Added to glossary by Clare Hogg
Mar 3, 2017 18:42
7 yrs ago
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French term

au maximum de ses envies

French to English Marketing General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Translation for a luxury outdoor clothing firm. Marketing text.

"En [brandname] on se sent libéré, **au maximum de ses envies**, prêts à dévorer le monde."

I'm stuck on "au maximum de ses envies".

For " prêts à dévorer le monde" I am thinking "It feels like the world's your oyster." (to keep the food theme).

Thanks a lot for any ideas you can offer!

Have a lovely weekend!
Change log

Mar 3, 2017 18:53: philgoddard changed "Field (write-in)" from "luxury outdoor clothing" to "(none)"

Mar 4, 2017 11:50: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"

Proposed translations

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able to do...; that you can do anything you want; - anything at all; - just about anything you want

Difficult to make a suggestion without suggesting something for the whole thing, so that it fits together properly. This bit in the middle, does not have any verb in French. I think it's crying out for a verb in English. Something with "to do"? And don't forget "envies"; it's about doing something you want to do more than anything else.

"You feel free, able to do just about* anything at all, ready to take on the world!"

* "just about" is a sort of understatement that actually has emphatic effect here

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Note added at 53 mins (2017-03-03 19:35:17 GMT)
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P.S. "the world is your oyster" is a little fine and delicate for a term at the end of a series of phrases in crescendo. I have images of lions, rather than oysters here. It's about going for it flat out, ready for anything. I don't think there is any need to stick to the foody theme. Unless you're selling oysters with this, which is not the case. ;-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks! Some great suggestions!"
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5 mins

as much as anyone could ever desire

One possibility.
Peer comment(s):

agree Chakib Roula : I personally like it.
0 min
Merci, Chakib.
neutral Nathalie Stewart : OK, but how do you hook that up with the beginning of the sentence ("It feels like...)?
21 mins
How do you know that the asker is going to translate the beginning as "I feel like"?
neutral AllegroTrans : doesn't fit into the overall text, does it?// I am referring to the words before (it feels like)
1 hr
How do you know what the asker's overall context is going to be, in the end?/See my comment to Natalie above. This kind of translation calls for creativity, not the same old same 'ol.
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6 mins

Lavishly satisfied/ served

My take
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26 mins

riding on the crest of a wave/on top of the world

XX... feels like riding on the crest of a wave/on top of the world
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : These are good ideas, but the first would create a mixed metaphor if the asker uses "the world's your oyster", and the second would involve repeating "world".
41 mins
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+4
1 hr

at one with yourself

In other words, there's nothing and nowhere else you'd rather be.

I think this needs to be very punchy, with not a word wasted. You could say "liberated, at one with yourself, ready to take on the world".
Peer comment(s):

agree AllegroTrans : "you feel at one with yourself"
38 mins
agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : Not bad at all! I like the increasing length of each of the three parts.
3 hrs
agree Jennifer White : agree with entire phrase
13 hrs
agree Susan Monnereau
14 hrs
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5 hrs

fulfilled

I think this works
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+1
14 hrs

on top of your game/on top form

think "maximum"
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : at the top of your game and ... prêts à dévorer le monde
2 hrs
true !
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18 hrs
French term (edited): libéré, au maximum de ses envies, prêt à dévorer le monde

unshackled, as alive as ever, ready to take on the world

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