COMO DIZER COXINHA,QUIBE,PÃO DE QUEIJO EM INGLÊS Lets take a look at what we have. Bolinhas de queijo = Cheese balls I dont remember having bolinhas de queijo, so I cannot compare them to cheese balls I have eaten elsewhere. This may be a good translation. Coxinha de galinha = Chicken drumstick Well, this is interesting. A drumstick is a chicken thigh with the bone inside. I remember coxinhas de galinha as having shredded chicken. The ones I ate were not chicken thighs and the did not have a thighbone inside. Big, big difference. Paté de atum = Tuna spread It could be argued that this is a tuna spread. Tuna spreads that I am accustomed to eating have celery, diced pickles, chili, etc. Have you seen an American tuna spread? Quite different. Ovo empanado = Coated egg No way. The term describes something entirely different in English. I would accept breaded egg. Even better would be the name in Portuguese plus the explanation this is a breaded egg Brazilian style. Batata frita = Deep-fried potato, French fries French fries, I accept wholeheartedly. The problem is deep-fried potato refers to wedges of potato. No, what makes a French fry a French fry is more than the way it is cooked; it is the way it has been sliced too. Quibe - Bulgar wheat/meat balls I understand Bulgar (1) to mean someone who is a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria, or the language of the Bulgar people, and (2) it is a noun, not an adjective. I further understand quibe to be of Middle Eastern origin, not Bulgarian. I would accept croquette, but I would prefer to stick with quibe. Salsicha empanada = Coated sausage Sorry, breaded sausage is a much better translation. You may find coated sausage casings, but I can only think of one coated sausage. It sounds like the sausage is wearing a coat. Of all the foods on the list, only French fries are going to be immediately recognized by non-Portuguese speakers. My personal philosophy is not to fix something unless it is broken. In other words, use the original name of the food in the language in which it was created but explain it in the target (English) language. Let me illustrate. I live in Costa Rica, a Spanish speaking country. It is somewhat common to go to an international restaurant here and be handed a menu in English. The names of the dishes are often translated into English. I know what lomito saltado is, what tacu-tacu is, etc. The problem is that each restaurant has a different way of translating the names of the dishes. It is so much easier if they use the original name (in these examples, they are Peruvian). If they want to explain in English, fine. But give the original name so that customers will know what on earth they are talking about. In California, I asked in an Argentine restaurant if they had sauce for the steak. The waiter assured me they had a sauce made of olive oil, parsley, clove, lemon juice, thyme, oregano, pepper, etc. I realized he had just given me the recipe for his mothers chimichuirri. Why didnt he say that to begin with?
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:44:49 +0000
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