Glossary entry

Japanese term or phrase:

パッティング

English translation:

patting

Added to glossary by Joe L
Aug 11, 2006 04:07
17 yrs ago
Japanese term

バッティング (could be パッティング)

Japanese to English Other Cosmetics, Beauty バッティング
**Please be aware that there is the possibility that this is not exactly the right word: I am dealing with a hard-to-read hand-written document, so I may not be reading some of the words right: it could be バッティング or パッティング.**

This is a beauty diary, of how a woman takes care of her skin. She is describing how she washes her face, etc.

きめの細かいあわで洗いしっとり洗いあがる。
20分位バッティング(パッティング?)が理想 しっとりします
くすみ…出ししみが消えてきてます
かさっき(not sure about かさっき either) をおさえて水分がにげなくなります。
美容液
乳液
クリーム

Anyway, my question is, what is she going to do for 20 minutes? What would be an English translation of バッティング/パッティング?

Thanks.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +5 patting

Discussion

conejo (asker) Aug 11, 2006:
To Santana Fan Lmao. Yes, I am quite surprised that the one who is answering all these makeup questions is a guy. ;) You're doing a great job btw.
humbird Aug 11, 2006:
I don't know any type of skin care product that requires patting (probably with one's own fingers) on a frosty face. But that seems to be the purpose and nature of this stuff. How the foam is formed is unknown to me from your context.
conejo (asker) Aug 11, 2006:
Sorry, weird typos Is she going to pat her face (with a towel, etc.) for 20 minutes? Or pat the soap onto her face for 20 minutes? Doesn't it sound odd?
conejo (asker) Aug 11, 2006:
Patting Is she going to pat her face for 20 minutes?? Or pat the soap, etc. on to minutes?? Or pat the soap, etc. on to her face for 2 soap, etc. on to her face for 20 minutes? Sounds odd?

Proposed translations

+5
4 mins
Selected

patting

as in "gently patting"

(The missus, who is Japanese, concurs).

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Note added at 37 mins (2006-08-11 04:44:17 GMT)
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In answer to your "notes from asker", YES, it sounds odd. All of it.
But that's because I'm a GUY.
OK, seriously, because you have elipses standing in for some of the text,
I can't vouch for 100% accuracy, but with 90% confindence I will say that
she is patting her face for 20 minutes with cotton makeup pads.
Peer comment(s):

agree humbird : Yes "pat" + ing.
20 mins
Thanks.
agree Ala Rabie : i was about to go with 'padding', backed with some references, however; 'patting' sounds more accurate here. [btw, is it '20 minutes' or 'ventile'?] [added] やや、ventile = 20th percentile
26 mins
Thanks again, mon amis. But what does "ventile" mean? Is that French?
agree Kurt Hammond : i wonder how i would get anything done if I had to spend 20 minutes a day patting my face with cotton makeup pads :-)
1 hr
But you'd pat your wife's face for her, if she asked. Wouldn't you?!
agree Mary Murata : "Patting" is a kind of gentle facial massage by way of patting the face. I remember seeing a TV prog where a woman was complaining because her HUSBAND spent so much time"patting" and was totally vain. lol.
2 hrs
Yes. Kurt Hammond knows.
agree Shannon Morales : Yes, there's really nothing else it could be but patting. Note they're saying 20 mins is ideal -- still strangely long, but the wording sort of allows that most people won't achieve that.
7 hrs
A belated thank you.
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