English translation of "humour ça rime avec amour" - "This little number is both sexy and fun."

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135 months ago

French specialist asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Business / Marketing / Financial
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	humour ça rime avec amour
Context:	A porter pour détendre l’atmosphère, un petit string en jersey avec une touche de malice et de dentelle. On la sait, humour ça rime avec amour.

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135 months ago

lamadrilena wrote:

Humour rhymes with "amour"

135 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

humour and love go hand in hand

135 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

humour rings like pouring out of love

My comment:

Pour garder l'image de l'amour et du string en jersey.

135 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

As it´s known, cruising can also be amusing

My comment:

Hope it helps. Not easy at all !!

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135 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

Carlos - here in the UK "cruising" is the word used for homosexuals seeking partners in various places..............(!)

135 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

I think that cruising (with this meaning) is mostly used for homosexual relations, which does not seem to be the aim in the text.

135 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

and in reply to your post re translation test - no, have since found the answer.........

135 months ago

Darras wrote:

Everyone knows that love and humor go together.

My comment:

Best to avoid wordiness. Brevity is the soul of wit.

135 months ago

Darras wrote:

Everyone knows that high spirits and love play off of one another.

135 months ago

Darras wrote:

as we (all) know, humorous and amorous are /sound alike

My comment:

It's not easy to translate the play on words.

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135 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

Another possibility: flirtatious can be facetious / facetious and flirtatious sound alike.

135 months ago

martynback wrote:

This little number is both sexy and fun.

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135 months ago

martynback wrote:

It should be "on le sait", by the way. No point trying to translate it. It just means the thong is both fun and sexy.

135 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

I don't understand why there are no "agrees" here. To my mind, this is ideal. It's not a translation issue, it's copywriting where other skills are needed. Attempts at translation don't work here.

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