What are the equivalent terms in French for the following English
words?  (1) notecards; (2) beach towel; (3) tea bags; (4) spa eye
pads; (5) cosmetic bag; (6) body lotion; (7) socks; (8) foot cream;
(9) candle; (10) necklace; (11) aromatherapy spray; and (12) breast
cancer.

Hi there,

Thank you for your question!

Here are the English-French translations you requested:

Notecards: Cartes de souhaits
Beach towel: Serviette de plage
Tea bags: Sachets de thé 
Spa eye pads: Tampons spa pour les yeux
Cosmetic bag: Sac à maquillage
Body lotion: Lotion pour le corps
Socks: (des) chaussettes
Foot cream: Lotion pour les pieds
Candle: Bougie
Necklace: Collier
Aromatherapy spray: Vaporisateur d'aromathérapie
Breast cancer: Cancer du sein

Sources:

- AltaVista Babelfish translation service
  <http://babelfish.altavista.com/>

- Personal knowledge

- Canadian product packaging (bilingual packaging required here in
Canada) :)

Since my own French knowledge isn't perfect and online translators can
be less than accurate, I confirmed my translations with a librarian
friend who holds a French degree.

Hope this is to your satisfaction - don't hesitate to request
clarification!

Emjay-ga

Hi, 
I have most of your translation finished - just waiting on
confirmation from an expert friend. Will post your answer by day's
end.
Thanks,
Emjay-ga

Hi emjay,

As a french from France, I can tell you that the above translations
are corrects.
If I could, I'd like to change two translations.

Notecards: Cartes de souhaits 
"Cartes de souhaits" is fully understandable but looks phony (The same
way my english sure looks awkward). "Cartes de voeux" is much better.
By the way "Cartes de souhaits" and "cartes de voeux" mean "wish
cards" rather than notecards.


Spa eye pads: Tampons spa pour les yeux
It's correct but I'm not sure every french would understand "Spa". I
think I know what "Spa eye pads" but I have difficulties finding a
good looking translation. In France, "spa" mostly means a bath tube
with sparkling water, bubbles, water jets and so on..
 
Foot cream: Lotion pour les pieds 
Lotion is for very fluid liquids (as fluid as water is). Creme (with
an up-left to down right accent on the first "e") is for less fluid
liquids such as shampoo for exemple and it bears a meaning of richness
such as the milk cream. For example "une creme hydratante" (a
moisturizing cream)

Hope this helps

regards
Francois