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12:39 Mar 19, 2019 |
English to Italian translations [PRO] Marketing - Food & Drink / Mexican dishes | |||||||
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4 +2 | salsa/salsetta piccante vs dressing/condimento/sugo |
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salsa vs sauce salsa/salsetta piccante vs dressing/condimento/sugo Explanation: It's a really interesting question, Giovanna! I assume that the target audience knows enough about Mexican food to know what "salsa" in this context means. So I would leave salsa unchanged, as a borrowing from Spanish. As such, it will be "salsa" both in the singular and in the plural form. The translation of sauce is more tricky. I suggest to use dressing, condimento or sugo depending on what is more descriptive each time. Another option is to use the word "salsetta piccante" to translate the Mexican "salsa". In no case I would use the Italian word "salsa" to translate "sauce". For 2 reasons: 1. is that it could confuse those people that know the Mexican word salsa and expect to find it in the menu. 2. the word salsa in Italian is way more restrictive than sauce. It mostly refers to a tomato-based sauce, rather than any sauce, and is thus not perfectly fitting. I hope I could help you a bit! |
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