food Archives - Trusted Translations, Inc.

Culture

Foods and the Places They’re Named After

Baked Alaska, Chicken Kiev, Buffalo wings . . . there are so many foods you’re probably used to calling by the names of places around the world, but have you

September 14, 2023

Translator Problems I: How to Translate Food

As has been mentioned numerous times on this blog, many translation issues arise at the intersection of the vast number of different cultures and ways of life that exist on

October 20, 2014

Issues of Linguistic… Taste

In the previous entry, we dealt with the connotations that animal names have in different languages. On this occasion, we will take a look at the world of food, at

February 27, 2014

Curiously Specific and Unusual Words

In a recent post we wrote about the longest words in world, and commented on the particular power of synthesis and specificity that the German language has which allows it

October 3, 2013

A menu in Spanish

Continuing with the “Olympic spirit”, I read recently that before the 2006 Olympic Games in Peking, the city carried out a translation and a “standardization” of food names into English.

September 5, 2012

Blog in Other Languages

Foods and the Places They’re Named After

Translator Problems I: How to Translate Food

Issues of Linguistic… Taste

Curiously Specific and Unusual Words

A menu in Spanish

Scan To Call