Jun 4, 2012 07:54
12 yrs ago
Dutch term

laat je aantrekkingskracht werken

Dutch to English Marketing Cosmetics, Beauty
Promotional text for a clinic:

Cocktails nippen, roodgelakte tenen in het warme zand, lichte texturen en stoffen, oneindig veel buitenspeelplezier met de kids, een hemelsblauwe lucht en een zomerse gezonde blos op je wangen...Als je het ons vraagt zijn we er hemelaal klaar voor, ZOMER, **laat je aantrekkingskracht werken! **

Die mooie, gebruinde huid vormt een leuk zomerextraatje, zij het niet dat we jou waarschijnlijk niet snel zullen spotten zonder zonnebril op je neus om de plots toch wel heel erg opvallende witte kraaienpootjes op je getaande huid te bedekken.

To counteract this, the clinic is offering a "huidverjongingsbehandeling met Botox".

Not happy with the whole of that last sentence, as a direct translation sounds a bit silly in English, so any alternative suggestions welcome.

Proposed translations

+5
3 hrs
Selected

let your beauty shine through

reflects the summery feel; also something innate rather than something you have to 'do' / 'show'
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Good idea.
1 hr
Thanks!
agree J. Kampinga
4 hrs
Thanks!
agree Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
4 hrs
Thanks!
agree David Walker (X)
10 hrs
Thanks!
agree Joost Peeters : Good translation..
3 days 24 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions."
9 mins

use your charm

let your beauty work for you, use your charm, let them see what you've got...
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47 mins

show your allure

instead of hiding it. Another possibility is to let it shine. Work your allure is also possible, but to me that feels like too much hard work for a day at the beach. So I would go for: show your allure.
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4 hrs

radiant skin attracts!

possibility
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4 hrs

put on your charm

"Put on" as "turn on" or "activate".
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+1
5 hrs

work it!

or
Work it, girl!



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Peer comment(s):

agree Tina Vonhof (X) : The best suggestion i.m.o.
3 hrs
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7 hrs

allow(make) your attractiveness/charisma to work for you

suggestion
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