Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
il est très multi-tasks
English translation:
it\'s terrifically versatile
French term
Translation is depth of the passion
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Portuguese to English
il est très multi-tasks
| 3 +5 | it's terrifically versatile |
Tony M
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| 4 +3 | It can match/goes with everything! |
Francois Boye
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| 4 +2 | It's a great multitasker |
kashew
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Feb 7, 2015 00:04: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing" , "Field (specific)" from "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Feb 7, 2015 00:48: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Feb 7, 2015 21:55: pooja_chic changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1063948">pooja_chic's</a> old entry - " il est très multi-tasks"" to ""it\'s terrifically versatile""
Non-PRO (3): Tony M, Jennifer White, Rachel Fell
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Proposed translations
it's terrifically versatile
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Note added at 1 heure (2015-02-06 22:18:48 GMT)
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LOL Jenny! Sorry, I was doing something else...
No, not over-sensitive — it's just something we hear so much of at the moment, at least here in France; I think it's so funny, and actually so often borne out in reality.
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Evgeny Artemov (X)
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Spasibo, Evgeny!
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Jennifer White
: I agree but can't really see that it's a joke. This is copywriting anyway./Maybe you're being a bit oversensitive here??!! Bonne nuit.
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Thanks, Jenny! I'm pretty convinced it is; it's too contrived not to be, the juxtaposition of 'il' and 'multitask', you can almost hear the snigger — and don't forget, this is WOMEN's fashion ;-) / But yes, as you say, not really a translation issue.
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Estelle Demontrond-Box
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Merci, Estelle !
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Verginia Ophof
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Thanks, Verginia!
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B D Finch
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Thanks, B! :-)
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United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
It can match/goes with everything!
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Note added at 22 mins (2015-02-06 20:51:52 GMT)
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I mean: "It can match everything/ It goes with everything"
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: It goes with just about anything!
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mchd
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writeaway
: your idea, Nikki's rendition. I don't think this is US teenager talk though. Far from it
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It's a great multitasker
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Estelle Demontrond-Box
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Thanks
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writeaway
: Why not? Don't see any harm in sticking with the original franglais.
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Discussion
But even if that were not the case, I think serious re-copywriting is required here in EN anyway, so I don't think for one moment this issue invalidates my other comments.
Given that 'sweater' is neuter in EN, the joke isn't really going to work, and I think you'd probably do better to copywrite your way around it.