Callejeando entre escaparates

English translation: stroll and browse

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Spanish term or phrase:Callejeando entre escaparates
English translation:stroll and browse
Entered by: S Ben Price

18:10 Jan 6, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
Spanish term or phrase: Callejeando entre escaparates
This is a marketing text for a Catalan town, a section header in "Things to do in town" with a little slogan under it. The problem as I see is to come up with something that is not "window shopping" but which conveys the same idea with an ad slogan tone. Sticking to the original is not important, it should just sound good.

Catalan author, for intl or UK market. TIA!! :D

SHOPPING
Callejeando entre escaparates
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 11:11
stroll and browse
Explanation:
Obviously "window shopping" is the first thing that comes to mind, but since the main heading has presumably got to be SHOPPING, I think the tag has really got to avoid "shop" or "shopping" entirely, otherwise it's going to sound clumsy. I've run through all sorts of combinations with "windows" in my mind but none of them convinces me in the absence of "shop" or "shopping". I very much like "stroll", which sounds casual and relaxed; I slightly prefer it to "wander" which sounds somehow less attractive; perhaps it's got a slight sense of getting lost, which may not be a nice prospect. For the idea of escaparates, just enjoying checking out the displays, "browse" is one alternative, and I think "stroll and browse" sounds reasonably natural and captures the tone.

The combination "stroll and browse" is reasonably common:
https://www.google.es/search?num=100&q="stroll and browse"&o...

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Or of course "strolling and browsing", which would be closer to the original, but the two participles in -ing sound just a bit clunky to me, and I'd be inclined to keep to the plain verbs, which could be read as infinitives (to stroll and browse) or as imperatives.
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 11:11
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7stroll and browse
Charles Davis
3 +2Shop and stroll
snathdag
3 +1Window strolling
Cinnamon Nolan
4Strolling through the shops
Marisa Caruana
4Discovering interesting shops
Jenni Lukac (X)
4rambling along from one shop window to another
Janice Giffin
4Walking the town and walking the shops
Maria del Carmen Almeida
3strolling the streets [and] looking in shop windows
Stephen D
3Wandering among showcases/window displays
Maru Villanueva
3wandering around the shops
Ruth Ramsey


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
strolling the streets [and] looking in shop windows


Explanation:
Just one idea...

Stephen D
Local time: 10:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Wandering among showcases/window displays


Explanation:
Una opción

Maru Villanueva
Mexico
Local time: 04:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 20
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Window strolling


Explanation:
Maybe...

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Or:

Window wandering


Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 11:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  Leda Roche: Sounds good to me
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Denise! :)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Strolling through the shops


Explanation:
Or maybe you can say; Let´s stroll through the shops

Marisa Caruana
Spain
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in MalteseMaltese
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Shop and stroll


Explanation:
If it's something snappy you're looking for then this is short and to the point and, pushing it a bit, a play on rock 'n' roll which, I'd argue, has positive connotations for most English speakers.

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Note added at 20 mins (2014-01-06 18:30:38 GMT)
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or "shop 'n' stroll" if you want to make an explicit pun

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Note added at 25 mins (2014-01-06 18:35:29 GMT)
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I don't remember ever seeing this but I imagine it's a bit too obvious not to have been used somewhere before.

snathdag
Spain
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sergio Kot
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, mamelushen

agree  neilmac: I think it fits the context (section header with a little slogan under it) and register perfectly :)
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil. I think it's a valid option only if the register's informal. Otherwise, it's not an easy concept to convey snappily.
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
wandering around the shops


Explanation:
Just another idea. I think "wander" works well but you would have to say "around" rather than "through".

Ruth Ramsey
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Discovering interesting shops


Explanation:
Two examples:https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/4846218
I am a primary school teacher and my husband works in IT. We enjoy wandering around the city discovering interesting shops, eateries and contemporary...www.homeaway.co.uk/reviews/p83049
In the afternoon, we enjoyed strolling through the little streets of the Old Town and discovering interesting shops, churches, restaurants and the evening market.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 11:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 163
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
stroll and browse


Explanation:
Obviously "window shopping" is the first thing that comes to mind, but since the main heading has presumably got to be SHOPPING, I think the tag has really got to avoid "shop" or "shopping" entirely, otherwise it's going to sound clumsy. I've run through all sorts of combinations with "windows" in my mind but none of them convinces me in the absence of "shop" or "shopping". I very much like "stroll", which sounds casual and relaxed; I slightly prefer it to "wander" which sounds somehow less attractive; perhaps it's got a slight sense of getting lost, which may not be a nice prospect. For the idea of escaparates, just enjoying checking out the displays, "browse" is one alternative, and I think "stroll and browse" sounds reasonably natural and captures the tone.

The combination "stroll and browse" is reasonably common:
https://www.google.es/search?num=100&q="stroll and browse"&o...

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-01-06 19:21:38 GMT)
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Or of course "strolling and browsing", which would be closer to the original, but the two participles in -ing sound just a bit clunky to me, and I'd be inclined to keep to the plain verbs, which could be read as infinitives (to stroll and browse) or as imperatives.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria-Ines Arratia
48 mins
  -> Thank you, María-Inés :)

agree  patinba: Best of bunch. Short and snappy/Thanks, and the same to you!
54 mins
  -> Thanks a lot, Pat, and Happy New Year!

agree  Thayenga: Fits well. Happy 2014, Charles. :)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Thayenga. All best wishes to you too for the coming year :)

agree  Tiffany Hardy: Great choice.
10 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Tiffany :)

agree  neilmac: I was actually joking, but you get my drift. I think most developed world readers associate browsing with internet nowdays, which is my only misgiving. Most of the other suggestions so far are too long-winded or awkward IMO.
14 hrs
  -> Happy New Year, Neil :) Sure, I do see your point, but in this context I think it'll be understood and won't seem unnatural. What I do think is that you can't include anything with "shop" straight after the heading "Shopping", which cuts down the options.

agree  Lisa McCarthy: Bizarre - was just going to post 'strolling and browsing' :) // Happy New Year to you too, Charles!
20 hrs
  -> That's amazing! I don't like to quote the old cliché about great minds, but... Cheers, Lisa, and Happy New Year :)

agree  Rachael West: Browse, in my opinion, is an ideal option here! Happy New Year!
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Rachael! Same to you :)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rambling along from one shop window to another


Explanation:
I said it out loud and thought it sounded good.

Janice Giffin
Italy
Local time: 11:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Walking the town and walking the shops


Explanation:
This gives you an idea that there's much to do both in town and in the shops.

Maria del Carmen Almeida
Ecuador
Local time: 05:11
Native speaker of: Spanish
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