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fait seul foi
Oct 6, 2009 09:55
14 yrs ago
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French term

faire votre plein

French to English Marketing Marketing Sales
Again in this text on service stations. I'm looking for inspiration for the final sentence:

Chez ****, vous pouvez donc faire bien plus que votre plein."

At the moment, I've come up with the rather lame ""Filling up with **** offers you so much more...", but I feel there must be some clever word play with fill out there. I did toy with "Filling up with **** more than fills the bill", but it doesn't quite work for me, because, although "fill the bill" does exist as an expression, "fit the bill" is much more common to my ears.

If anyone has any brainwaves, I'd love to hear them!

Many thanks again.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 filling up
3 +6 filling up has never been more fulfilling
3 +4 get your fill
3 +2 We give you more than miles for your gallon/Giving you more than miles for your gallon
3 fill up
3 **** offers a good deal more than just filling your tank (+ more ideas)
3 At ****we can fill more than just your tank
3 Fill up your boots at XXX
1 where a pit stop ain't the pits

Discussion

Claire Cox (asker) Oct 6, 2009:
Hi Melissa,

All they've mentioned is convenience stores (perhaps mini supermarkets in some cases).
Bourth (X) Oct 6, 2009:
A final flourish appears to be what you are working towards, but I don't see any such thing in the French, just a plain, boring "You can do more at Acme than just tank up". Not that you're necessarily wrong to "overtranslate" if you can improve on it.
Melissa McMahon Oct 6, 2009:
Is the idea... ... that you can get more than petrol at the station? Ie food, coffee, groceries etc. Or that they have other services? Eg. car checks, car wash etc.

Proposed translations

+2
3 mins
Selected

filling up

there's (much) more to ********** than just filling up
Peer comment(s):
agree Françoise Vogel : also agreeing with Bourth (discussion)
1 hr
agree Kari Foster : The formula "There's more to xxxx than..." is a good suggestion.
20 hrs
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Whilst I very much enjoyed some of the suggestions made, none of them quite hit the right register here, so I ended up leaving my initial suggestion (to which this is closest!) and deciding that less was definitely more in this particular case. Many thanks to you all."
+4
7 mins

get your fill

At XXXXX, you get much more than your simple fill

Just off the top of my head....
Peer comment(s):
agree Susanna Garcia : have your fill - another version
2 mins
agree Ben Lenthall : At XXXX you can do far more than simply 'have your fill'
33 mins
agree NancyLynn : Get your fill at ****
2 hrs
agree Anne-Marie Grant (X)
8 hrs
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6 mins

fill up

Termium

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Note added at 14 mins (2009-10-06 10:10:13 GMT)
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fill up = remplir

e.g: fill it up (with petrol) = faites le plein (Oxford-Hachette)
Note from asker:
Thanks, but if you read my explanation, you'll see it's quite clear that I know what the term "faire le plain" means; that's why I put "faire votre plein"....
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : This is correct, but we're really looking for a translation of the whole sentence.
14 mins
the term/expression posted and for which she requested help is "faire votre plein", not the whole sentence!
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+6
16 mins

filling up has never been more fulfilling

filling up is a gas
put more than just fuel in your tank
It's a topping (up) experience
Peer comment(s):
agree Carol Gullidge : I like these, especially (1) and (3)
2 mins
agree HugoSteckel
9 mins
agree Martyn Greenan : I was faffing about with "Get smiles with your miles", but no, these suggestions are much better. :)
10 mins
agree Anne Girardeau : All are great!
27 mins
agree B D Finch : I also like "filling up is a gas", but perhaps not for the UK.
41 mins
agree Kari Foster : The first phrase has a good ring to it; makes the petrol stop sound like an existential experience
20 hrs
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17 mins

**** offers a good deal more than just filling your tank (+ more ideas)

OR

As well as filling your tank, **** offers a good deal more

At ****, it's not just your (petrol) tank that will be satisfied

______

It depends on whether that "a good deal" is seen as "strong" enough (or too subtle!) for marketing purposes
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+2
21 mins

We give you more than miles for your gallon/Giving you more than miles for your gallon

Another suggestion.
Peer comment(s):
agree HugoSteckel
3 mins
thanks
agree Lucy-Jane Michel : I really like this one!
28 mins
thanks
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50 mins

At ****we can fill more than just your tank

Suggesting food, drink etc....
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1 hr

Fill up your boots at XXX

My suggestion.
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20 hrs

where a pit stop ain't the pits

Sorry, I can't help lowering the tone once in a while...

It's the "ain't" that gives this slogan its (dubious) appeal.
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