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Thread poster: Noni Gilbert Riley
Noni Gilbert Riley
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 08:00
Spanish to English
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Jan 16, 2011

Dedicated to anyone who has ever had to translate menu items from Spanish...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0s9kXwALz0
 
mitko999
mitko999
Local time: 07:00
English to Bulgarian
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menus, you say Jan 17, 2011

At various times, I have come across:

"Coffee without coffin" (Prague)
"Nervous meatballs" (Sunny beach, Bulgaria)

and of course, there are all the carp dishes waiting for a typo...
 
Noni Gilbert Riley
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 08:00
Spanish to English
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TOPIC STARTER
If you want to jump the preliminaries Jan 17, 2011

The good stuff on dish names starts at 2'30"...
 
Noni Gilbert Riley
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 08:00
Spanish to English
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TOPIC STARTER
Not bad translations nor typos Jan 17, 2011

Just ridiculous names for dishes
 
Paul Dixon
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Brazil
Local time: 03:00
Portuguese to English
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Revolted eggs Jan 17, 2011

I remember when I flew with British Airways I looked at the Spanish translation of the menu and saw "huevos revueltos" which I imagined meant "revolted eggs". Only when I looked at the British version did I see "scrambled eggs".
 


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