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四、半形象化的菜名
1、金钱鱼肚中的金钱是香菇,可译成Fish maw with mushrooms。
2、柿汁龙须菜中的龙须菜是芦笋,可以译为 sauté asparagus with tomato sauce
3、宫保鸡(肉)丁或花生仁鸡丁,Sauté chicken(pork) cubes with hot pepper and deep-fried crisp peanuts
4、宫保大虾,Sauté prawns with hot sauce
5、酱爆肉丁,Sauté pork cubelets with soya paste
6、木须肉,是肉片木耳炒鸡蛋,Sauté pork slices with eggs and fungus
7、春卷,汉语拼音,Chunjuan or spring rolls。这道菜深受外国人欢迎,在驻外使领馆举行的招待会上,几乎上多少,吃多少。
8、肉龙,就是蒸发面肉卷,Steamed rolls with meat inside or steamed meat-filled rolls
9、玉米、栗子面窝头,中国特有,用汉语拼音Wotou, steamed pagoda-shaped bread made of corn flour or chestnut flour, or steamed dome-shaped bread made of corn flour
10、什锦冷盘,Assorted cold dishes or assorted hor d’oeuvre
11、什锦火锅,Mixed meat hot-pot
12、海鲜火锅,Seafood hot-pot
13、松花蛋,中国特产,Preserved eggs,或limed eggs或 fossilized eggs
14、豆苗芙蓉汤,Consommeé of of egg- white with bean sprouts
15、古老肉,就是酸甜肉,是深受西方人喜爱的大众菜肴,也能登大雅之堂,Sweet and sour pork
16、栗子花篮,是用栗子面做成的花篮,很早被外国人译成“北京的尘土”,Peking(Beijing)dust。这个译名可能是从西餐的奶油栗子粉(Peking dust)演变而来的。
17、西瓜花篮,是把西瓜加工成花篮形状,里面放各种时鲜水果,Basket -shaped Water melon shaped like a basket filled with assorted fresh fruits
18、红烧狮子头,直译狮子的头,Lion’s head,是先炸后炖的大丸子,加注:Deep-fried red-stewed big meat balls like lion’s head
19、芙蓉鸡片,用鸡蛋和淀粉浸过的鸡片,经油炸或油煸之后,样子像芙蓉花,Fried egg-and starch coated chicken slices look like cottonrose hibiscus
20、黑白菜,东北著名菜肴,是黑木耳炒白菜,Sauté Chinese cabbage with black fungus
21、樟茶鸭,熏过的鸭子颜色类似樟、茶色,Smoked duck
22、蟹肉龙须菜,龙须菜是芦笋,Sauté crab meat and asparagus
23、麻婆豆腐,这是一个类似成语的大众菜肴,最好用汉语拼音,Mapo-doufu,再加注英文:Bean curd invented by a pockmarked woman(麻脸婆发明的豆腐) ,再解释:Sauté bean curd with minced pork in chili sauce(or hot pepper),在上菜时,再讲故事介绍
24、豆腐脑,Bean curd jelly served with sauce
25、豆花儿,Condensed bean curd jelly
26、腐竹,Rolls of dried bean milk creams
27、油饼,中国特有食品,汉语拼音,Youbing ,加注: Deep-fried round and flat dough-cake
28、油条,中国特有食品,汉语拼音,Youtiao ,加注:Deep-fried twisted long dough sticks
29、麻花,中国特产,汉语拼音,Mahua ,加注:Deep-fried twisted dough, two or three ,entangled together ,very short and crisp
30、叫花子鸡 可以直译为 Beggar’s chicken ,上菜时讲故事。
31、狗不理包子,中国特产,用汉语拼音,Goubuli baozi ,加注:Steamed buns filled with vegetables, meat or other ingredients, which, even in the hard days, dogs didn’t eat ,because it wan too oily 。
32、长寿面,可以直译为longevity noodles,long life noodles
33、珍珠丸子,不能直译为Pearl balls,会被误解成珍珠做成的圆球。应该译为清汤肉丸子,Meat balls in clear soup
34、琵琶大虾,这是一个很名贵的菜肴,是把大对虾从中间劈开,保留虾尾,加上配料用油炸,外形酷似琵琶。可译为Pipa shaped deep-fried prawns(Pipa is a Chinese musical instrument)
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