Jausen-Teller

English translation: South Tyrolean cold platter

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German term or phrase:Südtiroler Jausen-Teller
English translation:South Tyrolean cold platter
Entered by: David Williams

06:49 Oct 28, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / Regional specialities
German term or phrase: Jausen-Teller
Context:

"Südtiroler Jausen-Teller"

on a Bavarian menu.
David Williams
Germany
Local time: 01:27
cold platter
Explanation:
Jause is usually a snack in English, depending where you come from, but on a menu a "cold platter" probably comes closest to it's meaning.
Selected response from:

Robert Kloiber
Australia
Local time: 09:27
Grading comment
Many thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8cold platter
Robert Kloiber
4snack platter
Reinhold Wehrmann
4Snack plate
Mech White
3typical light meal
Andrea Garfield-Barkworth


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
snack platter


Explanation:
Although a "Jausen" in Austria is MUCH more than a snack! ;-)

Reinhold Wehrmann
South Africa
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Snack plate


Explanation:
Jausen teller is a plate, often also a wooden board, with a selection of breads, butter, cold cut meats and cheese, often with pickles or a small salad. It is eaten either at dinner time or a cold lunch. It is a term only used in South Germany and Austria.
See also on Leo, it is explained well.

Mech White
Local time: 01:27
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
cold platter


Explanation:
Jause is usually a snack in English, depending where you come from, but on a menu a "cold platter" probably comes closest to it's meaning.

Robert Kloiber
Australia
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Ah! Many thanks! As mentioned here: http://www.suedtirol-ferien.it/start_uk.php?weiterleitung=http://www.suedtirol-ferien.it/cgi-bin/smoz/daten_lesen.pl?suedtirol-ferien,uk,Schloesser,Schlossruine_Boymont_-_Eppan-Missian,Castle%20Boymont%20-%20Appiano/Missiano,dat/Italien/Trentino-Suedtirol/Suedtirol


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Corrigall: Although "snack platter" does get 6,000 hits and similar images, "cold platter" is on 38,000 Google hits and loads of images similar to the one posted above
14 mins

agree  anne pincus: I agree. this sounds more like English to me
15 mins

agree  Michaela König: like it
48 mins

agree  Claire Cox: Sounds much more appetising than snack which has junk food connotations to me!
52 mins

agree  Norbert Hermann: In the UK this would be called a ploughman's (with and w/o lunch).
1 hr

agree  Rolf Keiser: explanation is convincing.
1 hr

agree  Colin Rowe: Certainly fits the descriptions given above
1 hr

agree  franglish
3 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
typical light meal


Explanation:
or perhaps a typical light meal of the region

Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
Germany
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: This is not "of the region", as it is on a Bavarian menu (as specified in my question), not in South Tyrol.

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