Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Primi e secondi piatti - traduzione

Ciao,
come si traducono in inglese primi piatti e secondi piatti?
Non credo si dica First plates e Second plates, o sbaglio?
Forse first dishes? mah.
Grazie. Lara. 

Appetizer, Main Course ?

Prima di andare in Italia non conoscevo il concetto di "primo piatto" e
"secondo piatto".
Magari "first course" e "main course"?

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Giņ
..Silent enim leges inter arma (Cicero)

Appetizer, Main Course ?
appetizer č l'antipasto.
main course č il piatto principale, ie il piatto unico, o solo il
primo, o solo il secondo, se mangi solo quelli e non mangi l'altro.
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Giò
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Infatti! quindi non esiste un vera e propria traduzione.
come no?
per saperla basta vai in un ristorante (o in un sito di un
ristorante).
vedi cosa scrivono i ristoranti italiani, per gli stranieri.
qui a Roma, anzi, dovunque in Italia, c'è appetizer, first course,
meat, fish...e poi non mi ricordo più
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Ciao,
credo che tu abbia offeso la gente normale includendoti tra di loro. :)
Asta la vista. 

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Gl'inglesi hanno un piatto solo: affettati, antipasti, pasta, riso,
formaggio, caffè, ammazzacaffè, frutta, dolce, ecc. tutto su un piatto.
Ciao, FB
-- 
Saldando insieme vari dadi con una goccia d'acqua e tanta pazienza, riesci
a fare una specie di custodia con coperchio nella quale inserire la patata.
Per la cottura poi procedi come per il pollo alla creta.
(Elogio del dado - Garfield su it.hobby.cucina)

Giò
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The problem with translating restaurant terminology from Italian to
English or vice-versa is that menus and eating habits are completely
different in the US and in Italy, due to the different eating habits
in the two countries. In Italy, a normal meal for me was: antipasto (a
rare item on my menu); pasta or soup; meat and vegetables; salad;
coffee (and sometimes dessert), served in that order.
In an Italian restaurant in the US, the first item served is the
antipasto, followed by a salad or a cup of soup, but never both salad
and soup. People often order (American) coffee at the beginning of the
meal, especially if they are not drinking wine or beer. It is rare to
order both a pasta dish and a meat dish. People order one or the
other, or a combination of the two.
Sometimes the "main course" consists of a meat or fish dish and some
form of pasta, such as veal parmesan with spaghetti or some other form
of pasta, often served on the same plate.
When I was in Italy, I used to go to restaurants with other American
friends. I always ordered a "traditional" Italian meal - pasta or
soup, followed by a meat or fish dish with vegetables, followed by a
salad, finished off with an espresso. My friends would order what they
wanted, often just spaghetti and a salad. Since the waiters usually
knew us, they would bring my friends their salads first, because that
is what they were accustomed to, but the waiter would bring me the
pasta or soup first. "Aren't you having a salad?", my friends would
ask. "Yes, but at the end of the meal", I would reply.
Joe from Massachusetts

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Entreé - sono spesso zuppe o insalate
Main course - piatto "forte" - carne o pesce con contorno
oppure potresti dire "first course, second course" etc
:)

 ask. "Yes, but at the end of the meal", I would reply.
Non lo sapevo! In inglese, cameriere si dice "waiter" ossia "colui che 
aspetta". Figo! (cool!) ;-)
-- 
I'm a Dream!!! 

 aspetta". Figo! (cool!) ;-)
O Waiter, wait! ;)
 
-- 
Enrico C
...still legal tender...

oppure potresti dire "first course, second course" etc
first me, second me etc
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 aspetta". Figo! (cool!) ;-)
Viene dal verbo di frase 'to wait on' che significa 'servire'. 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A waiter is a person who "waits" on tables, often at a restaurant. A
female waiter is often called a waitress, though the gender-neutral
term "server" and collective noun "waitstaff" are gaining ground.
bye
ari

 their children hand and foot.
Just in case you didn't understand, I wrote that sentence as an
example.  Non intendevo aprire una lattina di vermi.
bye

 Viene dal verbo di frase 'to wait on' che significa 'servire'.
Nessuno ha visto quel telefilm (un episodio di "Twilight Zone" degli anni
60) in cui gli alieni leggevano un libro, How to serve men?
-- 
"I can't try to save humanity without holding on to what makes me human."
Cpt. Jonathan Archer to T'Pol
10/08/2005 11.38.55

 Non intendevo aprire una lattina di vermi.
:-?
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>Giň
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Occhio al quoting! ;)
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:-?
"Can of worms" = 
A complex unexpected problem or unsolvable dilemma, as in Tackling the
budget cuts is sure to open a can of worms. This expression alludes to a
container of bait used for fishing, which when opened reveals an
inextricable tangle of worms. [1920s]
http://www.answers.com/topic/can-of-worms
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The title of the book was "How to Serve Man". At first only the title
could be translated, and it sounded like the aliens were embarked on a
noble mission.
The story ended as people were boarding the spacecraft just as the
complete book had finally been translated.
"It's a cookbook!".
But, alas, the warning came too late.
Maybe this was the origin of the word MEN-u?   :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

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The actual title of the book was "To Serve Man".
Joe from Massachusetts

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Sometimes I go to a restaurant and am greeted with "Hi, my name
is XXX, and I'll be your server tonight."
But, if I want to get the "server's" attention, I still call out,
"Waiter",
or "Waitress".
Joe from Massachusetts

 or "Waitress".
Could you call "Server!" ?
And would they reply: "Hi, client! How's the network running?" ;-DDD
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Somehow I don't think they would answer me, assuming of course that I
could bring myself to do so in the first place.  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 > Entreé - sono spesso zuppe o insalate
And at McDonald's you can zuppa-size it.
Joe from Massachusetts

 Maybe this was the origin of the word MEN-u?   :>)
Interesting :)
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"I can't try to save humanity without holding on to what makes me human."
Cpt. Jonathan Archer to T'Pol
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