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Apr 1, 2005 08:54
19 yrs ago
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English term

attractive appearances

English Marketing Marketing
Our company enjoys advanced equipment, powerful technical force, our products have novel designs, attractive appearances, complete specifications, and reliable quality, and they have been exported to Europe, America, Southeast Asia etc., well accepted and trusted by our domestic and foreign customers.

Products have attractive appearances or beautiful appearacnes? Sounds not too suitable. Can somebody give us some advice!

TIA!
Responses
5 +4 complete rewrite recommended
4 +3 are attractive in appearance
3 +2 attractive look
4 attractive appearance, pleasing appearance
4 attractive appearance
3 charming appearance

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Apr 1, 2005:
look attractive" Yes, it sounds better, but we have to listed the word with other nouns.
Non-ProZ.com Apr 1, 2005:
Typo: strong
Non-ProZ.com Apr 1, 2005:
powerful technical force of course is directly translated from the source language. It means a technical team with a lot of talented technical professionals. So it is "powerful" or "stronger". :-)

Responses

+4
4 hrs
Selected

complete rewrite recommended

Our company boasts state of the art equipment and a talented technical staff. Our products, which have been exported to Europe, South America and Southeast Asia, are attractive and cleverly designed. These reliable, high quality products meet all specifications and are well accepted and trusted by our domestic and foreign customers.



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IMHO

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IMHO
Peer comment(s):
agree RHELLER : wow
53 mins
Thanks Rita : )
agree Can Altinbay : Robert, you ought to take up writing as a profession. :-)
1 hr
Thanks Can. i thought about it but discovered that I have everything I need but the talent. So now I make other people's stuff prettier : )
agree gtreyger (X) : Hmm... I'll agree... But I know you can do better!!! Just kidding. GREAT JOB!!!
3 hrs
Thanks Gennadiy
agree Alfa Trans (X)
16 hrs
Thanks Marju
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you all very much! Robert, I really appreciate your rewriting! I do hope I can repay somehow. :-)"
+2
1 min

attractive look

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Peer comment(s):
agree edith1
2 mins
agree Armorel Young : the whole piece sounds as though it is not written by a native speaker. The most natural thing to say would be "our products look attractive"
4 mins
I assume that the asker translates a text and seeks to improve his/her version
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5 mins

attractive appearance, pleasing appearance

I don't think that beautiful would work here. And each of them only have one appearance, design, specification.
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+3
5 mins

are attractive in appearance

look good

Our company enjoys/can boast sophisticated/state-of-the-art equipment, powerful technical force (not sure what this is supposed to mean), our products have novel designs, are attractive in appearance, come with complete specifications, offer reliable quality, have been exported to Europe, America, Southeast Asia etc., and are well accepted and trusted by our domestic and foreign customers.



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a strong technical team?
Peer comment(s):
agree hirselina
7 mins
agree mportal : although I don't think that 'in appearance' is needed. Just 'are attractive'
32 mins
agree cmwilliams (X) : yes, 'enjoys' isn't the best word here and the text should be split into two sentences, one beginning with 'our company' and the other with 'our products'. I think 'look attractive' could also work here.
45 mins
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7 mins

attractive appearance

attractive appearance is perfectly OK - try googling out some examples http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="attractive appearance" - fits both people and things:

Pretty, sportive, have attractive appearance and body. About you:. Clever,
handsome, kind, financially secure and kids loving. Other details ...
www.lovecompass.com/profile14783.htm

A lip lift can restore a more youthful and attractive appearance to a ...
can help to plump up thin lips, creating a more attractive appearance. ...
www.advancedplasticsurgerycenter.com/ plastic/procedures.html

Homeowner Benefits: No-maintenance, long lasting attractive appearance, ...
Homeowner Benefits: Even room temperatures, attractive appearance, ...
www.dulley.com/remodel.shtml

turn signals designed for high visibility and attractive appearance ...
Custom-style rear view mirrors for more attractive appearance - similar to ...
www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/ 2005models/2005models-Suzuki-Boulevard-S40.htm
Peer comment(s):
neutral lucasm (X) : Doesn't sound right in English, I don't care what google says. Why are people translating into a foreign language?
48 mins
'attractive appearance' is even a recommended adjective-noun collocation - vide http://193.133.140.102/JustTheWord/Scripts/justtheword.pl?wo... Does it happen by chance in 90000 links?? I don't think so ;-)
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2 hrs

charming appearance

or appearance appealing to eye
or appearance eye-appealing etc...
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