Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
mettre du soleil dans votre assiette
English translation:
put a little sunshine on your plate / create dishes that sparkle like the sun
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French term
mettre du soleil dans votre assiette
Non-PRO
French to English
Art/Literary
Cooking / Culinary
Dégustez la méditerranée
XXX vous invite à mettre du soleil dans votre assiette. Misez sur la simplicité avec nos savoureuses idées-recettes d’inspiration méditerranéenne. Une cuisine santé rafraîchissante pour profiter de l’été... sans modération !
XXX vous invite à mettre du soleil dans votre assiette. Misez sur la simplicité avec nos savoureuses idées-recettes d’inspiration méditerranéenne. Une cuisine santé rafraîchissante pour profiter de l’été... sans modération !
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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4 mins
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
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put a little sunshine on your plate
A play on the phrase "Put a little sunshine in your life". Well, it's reasonable close to the French metaphor without sounding TOO strange in English.
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-05-12 01:39:16 GMT)
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Sorry, reasonablY close to the French metaphor etc.
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Note added at 7 mins (2004-05-12 01:41:46 GMT)
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I know the French says \"IN your plate\", but I prefer \"ON your plate\" in English.
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Note added at 1 hr 49 mins (2004-05-12 03:23:48 GMT)
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Here\'s another idea, based on the fact that this is Mediterranean cooking:
Create dishes with XXX that sparkle like the warm Mediterranean sun on a summer\'s day.
A bit further removed from the original, but still keeps the sun theme while incorporating the Mediterranean idea mentioned elsewhere in your excerpt. Plus it evokes mental images of Mediterranean holidays, and sounds rather more poetic than my original suggestion (which is maybe a little frivolous for the context).
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-05-12 01:39:16 GMT)
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Sorry, reasonablY close to the French metaphor etc.
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Note added at 7 mins (2004-05-12 01:41:46 GMT)
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I know the French says \"IN your plate\", but I prefer \"ON your plate\" in English.
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Note added at 1 hr 49 mins (2004-05-12 03:23:48 GMT)
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Here\'s another idea, based on the fact that this is Mediterranean cooking:
Create dishes with XXX that sparkle like the warm Mediterranean sun on a summer\'s day.
A bit further removed from the original, but still keeps the sun theme while incorporating the Mediterranean idea mentioned elsewhere in your excerpt. Plus it evokes mental images of Mediterranean holidays, and sounds rather more poetic than my original suggestion (which is maybe a little frivolous for the context).
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all for your suggestions. I went with "XXX invites you to put a little sunshine on your plate" but I also offered the clients Rowman's second suggestion and asked them to chose the one they prefer."
+4
3 mins
put some sunshine in your plate
sample the Mediterranean
xxx invites you to put some sunshine in your plate .......
xxx invites you to put some sunshine in your plate .......
Peer comment(s):
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Thierry LOTTE
2 mins
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NancyLynn
4 mins
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Carlos Vidosa
45 mins
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truptee
: Put some sunshine "ON" your plate..
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+1
9 mins
Ioanna Karamanou
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Native in: English 
, Greek
Works in: Greek to English, English to Greek, English, and 5 more.
we invite you to add some sunshine to your plate
again, just another rendition...
+1
25 mins
let the sun shine on your table!
XXX invites you to put some sun on your table!
Peer comment(s):
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sarahl (X)
: should I wear shades to your next party?
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the table will simply blind you :-)
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