sans cachet
English translation: with no particular charm / of no special interest / unpretentious / unremarkable
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| 12:37 Mar 5, 2020 |
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|  Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 12:56 | ||||||
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| 4 +5 | with no particular charm / of no special interest |
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3 hrs confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5with no particular charm / of no special interest Explanation: ...and variations on that sort of thing. Using any form of negative is not a brilliant idea in a marketing context, but at least they're being honest! Usually, having 'cachet' is a positive sales point and is fairly easy to render; here, the absence of it is slightly trickier, in order to sound honest without being too discouraging. And yes, really, this is the sort of term that I'd expect anyone with a modicum of exposure to FR culture to understand. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2020-03-05 16:19:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Probably more natural in EN to say something like 'fairly ordinary' or 'rather plain' etc. In more colloquial language, we'd probably just say 'boring' — but I hardly think that fits the register here! |
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