Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 16, 2009 19:40
14 yrs ago
Spanish term
piel
Spanish to English
Marketing
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packaging
Any ideas on how to express this without using "skin".
El packaging es la piel de los productos. En ella llevan escrita la información esencial que demanda un ciudadano, cada vez más informado, en una sociedad cada vez más exigente y normalizada.
Thanks
El packaging es la piel de los productos. En ella llevan escrita la información esencial que demanda un ciudadano, cada vez más informado, en una sociedad cada vez más exigente y normalizada.
Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +7 | outer layer | Eileen Brophy |
4 +2 | skin | Peter Guest |
4 | outfit | Montse Ballesteros |
3 | exposed layer | Noni Gilbert Riley |
Change log
Jul 21, 2009 15:28: Eileen Brophy Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+7
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outer layer
Suggestion
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-16 21:10:41 GMT)
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another could be the outside/outer cover(ing)
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-16 21:10:41 GMT)
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another could be the outside/outer cover(ing)
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Sandra Holt
: Also "outer wrapping" could be another option.
1 min
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Thanks
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agree |
Noni Gilbert Riley
2 mins
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Thanks
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agree |
Olga María Piaggio
3 mins
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Thanks
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agree |
Maha Arara
17 mins
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Thank you Maha
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agree |
Patricia Novelo
1 hr
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Thanks Patricia
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agree |
Victoria Frazier
: I agree with Sandra.
7 hrs
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thanks
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agree |
Ruth Ramsey
11 hrs
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thanks Ruth
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neutral |
neilmac
: While perfectly correct, for me this lacks the metaphorical feel of the original. I prefer "skin" :)
19 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks"
3 mins
exposed layer
While I agree with Eileen's outer layer, this also occurred to me - reflecting the vulnerability of skin?
An idea to kick around/out anyway.
An idea to kick around/out anyway.
47 mins
outfit
Es una traducción un poco más libre, pero creo que recoge la idea que intenta transmitir la frase original.
¡Suerte!
Montse
¡Suerte!
Montse
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Eileen Brophy
: outfit refers to clothes normally and this is a wrapping system for other types of articles, or so it seems
6 mins
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"Piel" doesn't apply to products in Spanish either, I meant it in a metaphorical sense.
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agree |
AC0
5 hrs
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Many thanks, A1ex!
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Discussion
All you really need is skin.
Skin's the thing that if you got it outside,
It helps keep your insides in.
It covers your nose,
And it's wrapped around your toes.
And inside it you put lemon meringue,
And outside ya hang your clothes.
Skin is what ya feel at home in.
And without it, furthermore,
Both your liver and abdomen
Would keep falling on the floor.
(And you'd be dressed in your intestine)
A Siamese twin
Needs an extra set of skin.
When the doctor knows that you're feeling sick
Where does he stick his needle in?
In the end of your skin.
All your friends and all your kinfolks,
Whether poor or whether rich,
They have all got lots of skin, folks,
It's convenient when they itch.
(Nothing can match it when ya scratch it)
It fits perfectly.
Yours fits you, and mine fits me.
When you're sitting down, it folds and looks grand.
And then when you stand, it's where it's been.
Ain't ya glad you've got skin!
When you were just a little baby, why your skin fit fine.
And it still is gonna fit you when you're six foot nine.
So whether you're fat, tall, big, small, chubby or thin,
Ain't ya glad you've got skin
All you really need is skin
Skin's the thing that if you've got it outside
It helps keep your insides in
It covers your nose,
And it's wrapped around your toes
And inside it you put lemon meringue
And outside, you hang your clothes
Skin is what you feel at home in
And without it, furthermore
Both your liver and abdomen
Would keep falling on the floor
(And you'd be dressed in your intestine)
A Siamese twin
Needs an extra set of skin
And when the doctor knows that you're feelin' sick
Where does he stick his needle in?
In the end of your skin