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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Alimentarte para Potenciarte

English translation:

Power Eating, eating yourself fit, eating smart for a healthy start, eating yourself fitter

Added to glossary by Mónica Algazi
Jun 19, 2010 19:46
13 yrs ago
Spanish term

Alimentarte para Potenciarte

Spanish to English Medical Nutrition One of the Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives of a company
Es el nombre de una iniciativa para que los empleados y sus familias bajen de peso (con asesoriamiento profesional) y se pongan en forma. Any ideas? TIA!
Proposed translations (English)
3 Power Eating
3 +5 Eating Smart for a Healthy Start
3 +2 Eat Better to Feel Better
4 +1 Eat yourself fitter
4 Eat to Strenghten
3 Put a spring into your step / a bounce into your stride with smart food choices

Discussion

Carol Gullidge Jun 21, 2010:
@ Deborah in answer to your question: no thanks, definitely not!

What you're suggesting is against the KudoZ rules, and in any case, is probably the last thing I would want right now! Quite apart from issues of legality, I think I'd prefer 100 Disagrees to 1 Agree that was not 100% genuine. Although, I suspect that I might reconsider the wisdom of an answer long before hitting the 100-disagree mark!
Bubo Coroman (X) Jun 21, 2010:
Carol, are you trying to force me to agree with your answer because I agreed with Cecilia's?
Carol Gullidge Jun 21, 2010:
@ Deborah re yr comments with your Agree to Cecilia's suggestion: "fit" is just as close to "fat" as "fitter" is to "fatter"...
I wouldn't have mentioned this rather obvious point, but it seems to be the basis of your argument!
Carol Gullidge Jun 21, 2010:
oh dear! have to admit that I hadn't realised I'd said anything particularly controversial! Sorry if I inadvertantly ruffled a few feathers!

In fact this perhaps raises several points that would make good forum fodder: when is an answer sufficiently original/different to existing ones to count as an answer in its own right? This is clearly debatable! Generally, my experience has been that in such cases, people usually post an Agree, along with the amended suggestion, and possibly an explanation. Having said that, I have certainly made this same mistake on more than one occasion - and for exactly the same reason (that "dribble" as Deborah so nicely puts it!). However, I always thought that it was simply a matter of some sort of unwritten KudoZ rule that this was not done intentionally, and I for one have always acted accordingly on discovering my "mistake". Anyway, clearly I was labouring under some misapprehension, and no such code exists.
And, yes, I agree that "dribbles" of suggestions can be annoying, but we are ALL guilty of this on occasion, and this sort of brainstorming can be very productive for this type of marketing question. I for one have always found this to be the case..
Bubo Coroman (X) Jun 21, 2010:
I find Carol's neutral comment... unduly harsh. Carol, of course there is no reason not to add additional answers as Notes, and that is one of the purposes the Notes are for. But as for rushing to post an answer and then following it up with a "dribble" of secondary answers -- this is not helpful, particularly if you expect colleagues who answer later to plough their way laboriously through your notes just to make 100% sure the answer they thought of is not your "property".
Cecilia Gowar Jun 20, 2010:
Look Carol, I am not interested in entering an argument. Again, I did not read your options believing they were examples of “power eating”. As a matter of fact, I had thought along those lines too: “empower yourself/take control” etc. but I preferred the one I published.
I am not in the business of picking other people’s brains. Besides, none of the vast array of afterthoughts you published matches exactly my suggestion: I ran a “Find on this page” search and the combination I propose is not anywhere else.
I am replying here because there is not enough room in the relevant box.
Have a nice rest of the day.

Proposed translations

28 mins
Selected

Power Eating

I thought I just invented this (just this minute!), but it seems not - there seems to be quite a bit of this about:

Power Eating for Walkers - Yahoo!7 Lifestyle23 Feb 2010 ... Here's what your body needs to lose weight, get strong and avoid injury.

au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/.../power-eating-for-walkers/ - Australia - CachedPower eating for runners - Brief Article - Running & FitNews ...Power eating for runners - Brief Article from Running & FitNews provided by Find Articles at BNET.
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NHF/is_3.../ai_86649603/ - Cached - Similar

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Note added at 31 mins (2010-06-19 20:17:31 GMT)
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For the complete title, it should perhaps be, e.g., "Power Eating for Fitness"

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Note added at 32 mins (2010-06-19 20:18:45 GMT)
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Or just FOOD FOR FITNESS

OR EAT YOURSELF FIT



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Note added at 40 mins (2010-06-19 20:27:01 GMT)
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parting shot: EATING FOR FITNESS

___________________

the list could be endless...

have a great weekend - and enjoy the chocolate factories!
Note from asker:
These ones are great, too. Thank you, Carol!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I finally chose this one, but wish I could have awarded 4 points to each one of you as all of the ideas suggested were great - and creative! Thank you all!"
+2
10 mins

Eat Better to Feel Better

there are too many option!
Note from asker:
I like it! Thanks, Patricia!
Peer comment(s):
agree Andres Fekete : Well put!
3 mins
thank you!
agree Carol Gullidge : hi Patricia! ...working rather too hard, but looking forward to going on holiday at the end of this week. How about you? Enjoy your Sunday/summer!
19 mins
Hi, Carol! Hope you're enjoying your summer! Thx!!
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+5
45 mins

Eating Smart for a Healthy Start

one more option.
Note from asker:
And this one is absolutely great. Thank you, Jack!
Peer comment(s):
agree Jenni Lukac (X) : I like this. Or eating smart for new/fresh start...
10 mins
Thanks, Jenni!
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : Awesome!!!!
40 mins
Thanks, Muriel!
agree Esperanza Gallegos : Perfect!
5 hrs
Thank you, Esperanza!
agree Catherine Gilsenan
18 hrs
Thanks, Catherine.
agree Victoria Frazier : Very catchy!
20 hrs
Thanks, Victoria.
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+1
11 hrs

Eat yourself fitter

Se me ocurren otras, pero ésta es la que más me gusta :-))
Note from asker:
Breve y contundente. Gracias, Cecilia.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Carol Gullidge : didn't I include this as one of my options?/...fit/fitter - as near as may be/all much of a muchness. My fault perhaps, for posting so many options!
5 hrs
I apologize, but I read your option: Power eating, not the whole comments that followed, so I did not copy you if that is what you mean. What I proposed is not identical so I won't remove it. Regards.
agree Bubo Coroman (X) : I like this because "fitter" is so close to "fatter" that it makes a brilliant contrast. Your Discussion entry is first class too.
23 hrs
Thanks a lot Deborah! Have a magical day :-)) !
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11 hrs

Put a spring into your step / a bounce into your stride with smart food choices

this is an encouragement to people to imagine themselves literally bouncing as they walk having shed their excess kilos...

It's used a lot in promoting health initiatives... here are some examples:

To help put a spring into your step and your diet this week, Innocent is launching its first 'green' smoothie - with kiwis, apples and limes.

To help put a spring into your step and your diet this week, Innocent is launching its first 'green' smoothie - with kiwis, apples and limes.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1169584/Green-Quee...

put the spring back into your step (with photo)
http://www.exclusivelylindos.com/news/newsdetail/26

Put a spring into your step with Nordic Walking!

Until recently, few people had heard of Nordic Walking, but thanks to the word spreading about the health benefits, in the past year it has taken off and there are now an estimated 100,000 regular Nordic Walkers in the UK.
http://www.e-lindsey.gov.uk/news/put a spring into your step...
Note from asker:
Dado que se trata de un título, quizás opte por una opción más breve. De todos modos, está muy gráfico. Muchas gracias y saludos, Deborah.
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1 day 12 hrs

Eat to Strenghten

Potenciar, Strengthen
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