Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

tourbillon de fraîcheur

English translation:

blast of fresh air

Added to glossary by Nedra Rivera Huntington
Dec 28, 2012 04:09
11 yrs ago
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French term

tourbillon de fraifeur

French to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
First off, apologies if this is too obvious a question. I do not normally translate from French (France), but am doing a favor for a colleague.

The phase comes from answers to a customer survey for a brand of shoes. I do not have more context than that, as this is not continuous text.

The original says "tourbillon de fraifeur", but I am wondering if it's not a misspelling for "tourbillon de fraîcheur". In which case, would something like "a breath of fresh air" be a good translation?

Thanks in advance for your help!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 blast of fresh air

Discussion

Nedra Rivera Huntington (asker) Dec 28, 2012:
context Sorry, that's all the context I have. There is no sentence, just the phrase. It's not even part of continuous text and I don't even have the question it's responding to. From the other answers, I can imagine it's something about what the customer thinks of the shoes. That's it.
cc in nyc Dec 28, 2012:
@ nedra Can you give us some more context, please? For starters, the complete French sentence? ;-)

Proposed translations

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blast of fresh air

'un tourbillon' is literally a whirlwind or tornado but it's difficult to describe a pair of shoes in those terms!

However, you could use 'blast of fresh air' which I found used in connection with shoes in the following link.
Peer comment(s):

agree Philippa Smith
2 hrs
thanks!
agree B D Finch
3 hrs
thanks!
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : definitely a misspelling in the original
5 hrs
thanks!
agree Lara Barnett : But I would say "breath" of fresh air, as suggested by Asker.
6 hrs
thanks!
agree Yvonne Gallagher
6 hrs
thanks!
agree Verginia Ophof
10 hrs
thanks!
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