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| Kary Groupie Canada Joined 6151 days ago 85 posts - 113 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, Spanish, German | Message 1 of 3 19 July 2010 at 6:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think food items may be among the hardest to translate. Within English (or any other language), there are so many regional variations.
According to my dictionaries and online sources: gooseberry = groseille à maquereau; groseille (Québec, Normandie) currant = groseille; cassis (black currant) But the local grocery store sells: gooseberries = groseilles red currants = cassis rouges black currants = cassis noirs white currants = cassis blancs So, if I wanted to avoid confusion, would the terms: gooseberries = groseilles à maquereau red currants = cassis rouges black currants = cassis noirs white currants = cassis blancs be widely understood? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spiderkat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5814 days ago 175 posts - 248 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Russian | Message 2 of 3 19 July 2010 at 7:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't think there's such a thing as "cassis blanc/rouge" since "cassis" is the term to name "groseille noire".
I'd say gooseberry = groseille à maquereau, red currant = groseille rouge, white currant = groseille blanche. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kary Groupie Canada Joined 6151 days ago 85 posts - 113 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Spanish, German | Message 3 of 3 19 July 2010 at 8:28pm | IP Logged | ||
Thank you. That was very helpful. Maybe "cassis blanc/rouge" was a bad translation effort on part of the B.C. produce distributer. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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