Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
couleur noire tout terrain
English translation:
all-purpose black (colour)
Added to glossary by
Jocelyne S
May 23, 2005 15:21
19 yrs ago
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French term
couleur noire tout terrain
French to English
Marketing
Advertising / Public Relations
describing a sports bag:
- contenance maximale
- nombreuses poches pour tout ranger
- couleur noire tout terrain
I'm struggling on how to render this. I've come up with
- perfect color for all sports surfaces (I know it doesn't say the actual color, but this is a brochure with picture included).
- contenance maximale
- nombreuses poches pour tout ranger
- couleur noire tout terrain
I'm struggling on how to render this. I've come up with
- perfect color for all sports surfaces (I know it doesn't say the actual color, but this is a brochure with picture included).
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | all-purpose black (colour) |
Jocelyne S
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| 4 +4 | go-anywhere black (colour) |
Josephine79
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| 5 +1 | all terrain black |
Nathalie Bendavid
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| 3 +2 | colour: off-road black |
Christopher RH
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| 5 | Basic Black |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 4 | sturdy black colour |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 3 +1 | dark rugged multi-purpose |
Susan Spier (X)
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| 1 | in cross-country/mountain bike black |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
+5
3 mins
Selected
all-purpose black (colour)
One idea...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everyone. I think I'll go with this one."
+2
3 mins
colour: off-road black
Straight translation!
Sounds like a euphemism for "dirty black"...
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-23 15:25:46 GMT)
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Or perhaps \"mottled black\"
Sounds like a euphemism for "dirty black"...
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-23 15:25:46 GMT)
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Or perhaps \"mottled black\"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
writeaway
: or black and blue if it's an off-road bike or a 4x4 with bone-crushing suspension
2 mins
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| agree |
Nico Staes
10 mins
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5 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Works in field
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
in cross-country/mountain bike black
a couple wild guesses??
14 mins
sturdy black colour
or in colour
tout terrain = rugged
tout terrain = rugged
+4
32 mins
go-anywhere black (colour)
thought this up and then found the following which does refer to a bag, albeit a somewhat smarter one
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Can Altinbay
: Not to disrespect the others, but I really like this one.
1 hr
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thanks Can :))
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| agree |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: yes this is good too because it has Marketing Edge
2 hrs
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Thanks Jane - I was quite pleased with it too!
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| agree |
Jennifer White
21 hrs
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| agree |
KNielsen
: I like this, very snappy.
1 day 8 hrs
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+1
56 mins
Nathalie Bendavid
Canada
Canada
Native in French
&
English
Works in field
Canada
20+ YRS*A+RATES*SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
all terrain black
GDT
tout terrain = all terrain
tout terrain = all terrain
+1
1 hr
dark rugged multi-purpose
Here's my suggestion: It would allow for not actually saying black, and covers the idea of many uses.
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Note added at 1 hr 25 mins (2005-05-23 16:46:40 GMT)
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PS Am not sure if there is a differnce whether tout-terrain has a hyphen or not but it can mean all purpose
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Note added at 2 hrs 24 mins (2005-05-23 17:45:29 GMT)
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sorry - difference!
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Note added at 1 hr 25 mins (2005-05-23 16:46:40 GMT)
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PS Am not sure if there is a differnce whether tout-terrain has a hyphen or not but it can mean all purpose
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Note added at 2 hrs 24 mins (2005-05-23 17:45:29 GMT)
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sorry - difference!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Can Altinbay
: I like "rugged" here, so I'm going to single yours out.
17 mins
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2 hrs
Basic Black
this a very old and very used expresion in marketing and due to how it says it all has stayed in use...
especially regarding clothes and accessories
especially regarding clothes and accessories
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