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
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
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
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
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.