Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

inglese incipriato

English translation:

powder your English

Added to glossary by kiola
Sep 28, 2009 08:14
14 yrs ago
Italian term

inglese incipriato

Italian to English Art/Literary Printing & Publishing
titolo d'effetto per un depliant per scuola di inglese per estetiste.
Change log

Sep 28, 2009 08:18: Marika Costantini changed "Language pair" from "English to Italian" to "Italian to English"

Sep 28, 2009 08:20: Gianni Pastore changed "Language pair" from "Italian to English" to "English to Italian"

Sep 28, 2009 08:25: Adele Oliveri changed "Language pair" from "English to Italian" to "Italian to English"

Sep 28, 2009 08:27: Marika Costantini changed "Language pair" from "Italian to English" to "English to Italian"

Sep 28, 2009 08:27: Marika Costantini changed "Language pair" from "English to Italian" to "Italian to English"

Proposed translations

+1
6 mins
Selected

powder your English

un'idea
Peer comment(s):

agree Cedric Randolph
5 mins
grazie
agree Marika Costantini : carina :)
6 mins
grazie
disagree Leanne Young : I know this has been selected but it does not sound very natural to me.
7 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "and thanks a lot!! molto carina :) "
+7
16 mins

give your English a make-over

a bit more natural perhaps
Peer comment(s):

agree Shera Lyn Parpia : definitely more natural.
11 mins
agree Ilaria A. Feltre
14 mins
agree Susanna Garcia : like it
17 mins
agree SYLVY75 : very nice
30 mins
agree Leanne Young
1 hr
agree Tricia Stuart
2 hrs
agree Pompeo Lattanzi
4 hrs
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+1
20 mins

Make-up your English

...
Peer comment(s):

agree Manuela Dal Castello : I like it!
1 hr
Thanks
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30 mins

give a facelift to your English

give a facelift to YOUR ENGLISH
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34 mins

English with a touch of blush

My idea.
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1 hr

touch up your English

This seems to work well..
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5 hrs

Brush up your English

yet another alternative - standard English saying that fits it with the Italian (after all, you need a brush to apply 'cipria')

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-09-28 14:13:29 GMT)
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Just thought of another way of saying this:

'polish up your English' or 'polish your English' (though I prefer my first suggestion)
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