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caşcaval

English translation: Caşcaval - semi-hard yellow cheese (made in Romania)

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Romanian term or phrase:caşcaval
English translation:Caşcaval - semi-hard yellow cheese (made in Romania)
Entered by: adinag

06:18 May 16, 2009
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / cheese
Romanian term or phrase: caşcaval
cheese
adinag
Local time: 17:52
Caşcaval - semi-hard yellow cheese (made in Romania)
Explanation:
Aşa dă Wikipedia în engleză:

Caşcaval (IPA: [kaʃ.ka'val]) is the traditional name for a specific ***semi-hard cheese made in Romania***, with sheep's or cow's-milk cheese. Several sorts of the Romanian caşcaval have PDO status in the E.U. It is quite similar to the Balkan, Greek and Sicilian Caciocavallo cheese, taking its name from the latter.

The term is often used by extension as a generic name for all ***semi-hard yellow cheeses*** such as the Swiss Emmental cheese, the Dutch gouda and the British Cheddar, or anything that looks similar to the caşcaval.

În germană există termenul Schnittkäse, care corespunde perfect caşcavalului de la noi:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnittkäse

Deci este o denumire generică, pentru brânză semi-tare (Halbhartkäse), în care sunt incluse diverse tipuri de astfel de brânzeturi, în primul rând Kaschkawal (engl. Kashkawal), dar şi alte sortimente asemănătoare acestuia.

Aşa, Schnittkäse înseamnă brânză feliabilă, deci care poate fi tăiată uşor în felii, însă nu există în engleză un termen exact care să traducă exact Schnittkäse; dicţionarele nu dau nimic; iar pe forumul de la LEO în comentariul 3 tot cam asta zice:

"We distinguish between soft and hard cheese, and then "semi-soft", "semi-hard" which is probably closest to Schnittkäse. But we don't have a name telling you if you can slice it or not, unless it is sliced."

http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=154...

Dar din ce zice şi Wikipedia, reiese că trebuie să fie semi-hard to hard brânza în cauză, ca să fie feliabilă, că altfel e sfărâmicioasă.

Oricum, sigur trebuie tradus tot printr-o denumire generică, fiindcă orice traducere printr-un anumit tip de caşcaval (Ceddar, Emmentaler, Gouda etc.) ar fi inexactă, fiindcă ar exclude alte tipuri de brânză, care la noi sunt considerate tot caşcavaluri. De asta până la urmă cred că tot Wikipedia îi zice cel mai corect: generic name for all ***semi-hard yellow cheeses*** such as the Swiss Emmental cheese, the Dutch gouda and the British Cheddar, or anything that looks similar to the caşcaval.
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Ovidiu Martin Jurj
Romania
Local time: 17:52
Grading comment
multumesc
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5Swiss cheese
cristina48
4 +3cheddar cheese
cezara lucas
4 +1kashkaval
Irina-Maria Foray
5Caşcaval - semi-hard yellow cheese (made in Romania)
Ovidiu Martin Jurj
4yellow cheese
Carmen Lapadat
4cheese
Florin Tebeica
Summary of reference entries provided
Cheddar cheese
cezara lucas
Cheese ;Specific varieties
Mihaela Ghiuzeli
comparaţie în imagini
MMFORREST

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Swiss cheese


Explanation:
Swiss cheese is described as pale yellow in color with large, scattered holes, and having a slightly nutty flavor. The fermentation process causes gas to expand within the cheese, causing large bubbles which become holes.
http://homecooking.about.com/cs/cheeseinformation/a/swissche...

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Note added at 18 minute (2009-05-16 06:36:22 GMT)
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Acesta ar fi ceea ce noi numim "şvaiţer". "Swiss cheese" poate fi şi el clasificat în mai multe tipuri. Pt a alege varianta cea mai bună, vezi linkul
http://homecooking.about.com/z/js/o.htm?k=swiss cheese&d=Swi...
E în funcţie de locul de origine :)

cristina48
Local time: 17:52
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carmen Lapadat
27 mins
  -> Mulţumesc Carmen
agree  RODICA CIOBANU
57 mins
  -> Mulţumesc Rodi
agree  Irina Adams
1 hr
  -> Mulţumesc Irina
neutral  Florin Tebeica: este cumva vorba de şvaiţer?
3 hrs
  -> nu ştiu:) oricum, generic, brânzeturile de acest tip poartă denumirea de Swiss cheese (cu găuri), pt. a le deosebi de brânza obişnuită (frământată, tip "burduf").
agree  Mihaela Ghiuzeli
7 hrs
  -> Mulţumesc Mihaela
agree  Chamz: de acord cu Swiss cheese, dacă caşcavalul are găuri. Dacă nu are, poate fi Cheddar cheese sau caşcavalul olandez Gouda sau chiar acela sicilian Cacciocavallo, de unde i s-a preluat şi numele. Pt. Adina ar fi de ajutor o poză cu acest caşcaval.
10 hrs
  -> Mulţumesc Magdalena. Au fost postate atâtea referinţe încât Adina trebuie doar să aleagă:)
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
yellow cheese


Explanation:
o alta varianta

Carmen Lapadat
Romania
Local time: 17:52
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chamz: Denumirea este prea generică.
10 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
kashkaval


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashkaval
http://dexonline.ro/search.php?lexemId=9006
http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/appetizers/r/friedchees...
Bulgarian Fried Cheese - Kashkaval Pane is an appetizer typically made with sheep's milk kashkaval cheese, but Italian provolone or fontina, or haloumi from Cyprus can be used.



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Note added at 3 ore (2009-05-16 09:33:43 GMT)
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http://www.turkishsupermarket.co.uk/turkish-food-kashkaval-c...

Irina-Maria Foray
Romania
Local time: 17:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cristiana Coblis
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Mulţumesc frumos :)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cheese


Explanation:
99% din situaţiile în care se menţionează "cheese", este vorba de ceea ce noi, românii, numim caşcaval. În nici un caz atunci când spunem cheese nu este vorba de brânza specific românească. Deci eu aş lăsa simplu "cheese".

Florin Tebeica
Canada
Local time: 08:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cheddar cheese


Explanation:
vezi ref.


cezara lucas
Romania
Local time: 17:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ELLA IACOB
14 mins
  -> multumesc Ella
agree  MMFORREST
1 hr
  -> multumesc MMFORREST
neutral  Marinela Sandoval: si swiss cheese sau provolone cheese sau kavarti cheese sunt considerate 'cascaval' de aceea eu le-as numi doar cascaval
3 hrs
agree  Chamz: vezi motivul pt. agree de la cristina48
5 hrs
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1 day 25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Caşcaval - semi-hard yellow cheese (made in Romania)


Explanation:
Aşa dă Wikipedia în engleză:

Caşcaval (IPA: [kaʃ.ka'val]) is the traditional name for a specific ***semi-hard cheese made in Romania***, with sheep's or cow's-milk cheese. Several sorts of the Romanian caşcaval have PDO status in the E.U. It is quite similar to the Balkan, Greek and Sicilian Caciocavallo cheese, taking its name from the latter.

The term is often used by extension as a generic name for all ***semi-hard yellow cheeses*** such as the Swiss Emmental cheese, the Dutch gouda and the British Cheddar, or anything that looks similar to the caşcaval.

În germană există termenul Schnittkäse, care corespunde perfect caşcavalului de la noi:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnittkäse

Deci este o denumire generică, pentru brânză semi-tare (Halbhartkäse), în care sunt incluse diverse tipuri de astfel de brânzeturi, în primul rând Kaschkawal (engl. Kashkawal), dar şi alte sortimente asemănătoare acestuia.

Aşa, Schnittkäse înseamnă brânză feliabilă, deci care poate fi tăiată uşor în felii, însă nu există în engleză un termen exact care să traducă exact Schnittkäse; dicţionarele nu dau nimic; iar pe forumul de la LEO în comentariul 3 tot cam asta zice:

"We distinguish between soft and hard cheese, and then "semi-soft", "semi-hard" which is probably closest to Schnittkäse. But we don't have a name telling you if you can slice it or not, unless it is sliced."

http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=154...

Dar din ce zice şi Wikipedia, reiese că trebuie să fie semi-hard to hard brânza în cauză, ca să fie feliabilă, că altfel e sfărâmicioasă.

Oricum, sigur trebuie tradus tot printr-o denumire generică, fiindcă orice traducere printr-un anumit tip de caşcaval (Ceddar, Emmentaler, Gouda etc.) ar fi inexactă, fiindcă ar exclude alte tipuri de brânză, care la noi sunt considerate tot caşcavaluri. De asta până la urmă cred că tot Wikipedia îi zice cel mai corect: generic name for all ***semi-hard yellow cheeses*** such as the Swiss Emmental cheese, the Dutch gouda and the British Cheddar, or anything that looks similar to the caşcaval.

Ovidiu Martin Jurj
Romania
Local time: 17:52
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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multumesc
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Reference comments


9 mins peer agreement (net): +3
Reference: Cheddar cheese

Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Somerset-Cheddar.jpg

Cheddar cheese has been widely imitated, both in the United Kingdom and in other countries, including Ireland, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and Iceland. In most countries so-called 'Cheddar' cheese, in various forms, is readily available, ranging from mild lower-fat cheeses to the more mature higher-fat and sharper cheeses. By European trading standards, however, only cheese produced and sourced in the South West of England may be branded 'cheddar'.[3]

cezara lucas
Romania
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Carmen Lapadat
25 mins
  -> multumesc Carmen
agree  MMFORREST: Aşa i-aş zice şi eu, postează-ţi răspunsul, Cezara! Şi la gust şi la culoare, este f. asemănător. Se poate lăsa netradus cu descrierea cheddar cheese.
50 mins
  -> multumesc MMFORREST
agree  ELLA IACOB
5 hrs
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7 hrs
Reference: Cheese ;Specific varieties

Reference information:
http://entertaining.about.com/od/cheesevarieties/Cheese_Spec...

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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-05-16 14:06:18 GMT)
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"Swiss cheese" si "Cheddar cheese" sunt lucruri diferite.

Mihaela Ghiuzeli
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 12
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8 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: comparaţie în imagini

Reference information:
Swiss cheese: http://images.google.co.uk/images?rlz=1C1CHMA_en-GBGB322GB32...

Cheddar cheese: http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMA_en-GBGB3...

MMFORREST
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Mihaela Ghiuzeli: Asa e! "cheddar cheese" este un fel de parmezan pe care il razi; asta vroiam sa arat si eu iar "cheese" begs the question "which one?"
2 mins
  -> Merci, Mihaela! Eu voiam doar să arat ca Swiss cheese e cel pe care românii îl numesc de obicei şvaiţer. Are găuri, iar caşcavalul nu are, doar merg în fiecare an în ţară şi anul trecut nu avea! Dar eu cred cred că ar trebui lăsat netradus,
agree  Chamz: de acord cu MMForrest. Dar totuşi denumirea de caşcaval în România este generală pt. toate tipurile, se exclude brânza de burduf, telemeaua, urda... nu cred ca cheddar cheese se poate compara cu pamezanul...dpdv al consistenţei
2 hrs
  -> Mulţumesc, Magdalena.
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