Mar 22, 2017 19:27
7 yrs ago
French term
Tunisia
de nos côtes
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
Cooking / Culinary
menu
Hello,
This is on a menu "Soupe de poisson de nos côtes"
"Soup with fish caught on/off our shores/on local shores" sounds too clunky
Your suggestions are most welcome!
Thank you
This is on a menu "Soupe de poisson de nos côtes"
"Soup with fish caught on/off our shores/on local shores" sounds too clunky
Your suggestions are most welcome!
Thank you
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | locally caught fish |
David Burnett
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| 4 +1 | from French(?)/Tunisian(?) waters |
B D Finch
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Proposed translations
+3
4 mins
David Burnett
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
French English Technical Translations
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
Selected
locally caught fish
Popular term in cooking
Note from asker:
| Thank you! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
philgoddard
1 min
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| agree |
Nathalie Stewart
33 mins
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| neutral |
Tony M
: Possibly; BUT it all depends on WHERE the restaurant is located; sometimes 'nos' can just mean 'French fishing fleet', or 'the coast of France' — but 'locally caught' would be a bit silly if this was right in the centre of the country!
1 hr
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| neutral |
B D Finch
: Sea fish, rather than river fish. Also, note Tony's comment re "local".
3 hrs
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| agree |
Verginia Ophof
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you :)"
+1
3 hrs
from French(?)/Tunisian(?) waters
kennedyslondon.co.uk/about/Welcome to Kennedy's Restaurant where we serve traditional British food. ... We serve fresh fish from British waters and as such our seafood is of the utmost ...
www.individualrestaurants.com/blog/in.../spring-is-here-wit... Apr 2013 - The new spring menu launched last week is inspired by the country's ... best quality fish from British waters arrives at our restaurants every day.
thederamorearmsyork.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/.../Deramore_menu_7nov-1.p...responsibly sourced fish from British waters and vegetables from local suppliers. The Deramore Arms is available for functions, special events and occasions.
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Note added at 16 hrs (2017-03-23 11:40:36 GMT)
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Fish soup (catch from French waters)?
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Note added at 16 hrs (2017-03-23 12:17:23 GMT)
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A soup of fish from French waters?
www.individualrestaurants.com/blog/in.../spring-is-here-wit... Apr 2013 - The new spring menu launched last week is inspired by the country's ... best quality fish from British waters arrives at our restaurants every day.
thederamorearmsyork.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/.../Deramore_menu_7nov-1.p...responsibly sourced fish from British waters and vegetables from local suppliers. The Deramore Arms is available for functions, special events and occasions.
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Note added at 16 hrs (2017-03-23 11:40:36 GMT)
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Fish soup (catch from French waters)?
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Note added at 16 hrs (2017-03-23 12:17:23 GMT)
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A soup of fish from French waters?
Note from asker:
| Thank you BD, yes it's French waters, my problem here is the repetition of "fish" "fish soup with fish from French waters" |
Discussion
To start with, if you have only Emmental and croutons etc., I certainly wouldn't say 'with a serving of...' — to me, that's far too much prominence to give to a mere accompaniment; you could quite literally leave out any conjunction and just put a comma, as is often done in French too.
Surely your priority is to get the key part of the menu item expressed correctly, and then work around that?