laissez-vous enchanter

Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

laissez-vous enchanter

Can someone help me with laissez-vous enchanter?  What exactly does this mean in English?  Let yourself be enchanted?  It's easy to be enchanted?  Thank you.

Asked 2 months ago
Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Carl, 

Your first suggestion is good.

” Laissez-vous enchanter par son ambiance…. “ - there is more than one way to translate this into an English expression : 

For example,  ‘ leave yourself enchanted by …. ‘ however this is not typical colloquial English to me, and not what I would use.

“ let yourself be enchanted by …. “ or  “ allow yourself to be enchanted by … ‘    would both be better, more colloquial English and fit the contextual meaning.

French expressions don’t have to mean anything exactly in English (and vice versa)  - the meaning is contextual, and the translation should represent the idea expressed in the original language, not necessarily the specific individual words.

 

 

 

Carl C. asked:

laissez-vous enchanter

Can someone help me with laissez-vous enchanter?  What exactly does this mean in English?  Let yourself be enchanted?  It's easy to be enchanted?  Thank you.

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