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)
如何翻译中餐菜名
五、完全形象化的菜名
1、饺子,中国特产,用汉语拼音,Jiaozi, 加注dumplings,ravioli。近年来,由于中国与外界的联系日益扩大,出国的中国人,到中国来经商学习的外国人越来越多,作为中华文化载体的中餐必然会随之传播到世界各地。
2、蒸饺,中国特产,Steamed jiaozi or steamed dumplings,or ravioli
3、馄饨,云吞,中国特产,用汉语拼音Hutun,yuntu ,海外华人餐馆一直这样用,实际上已经被外国人了解。加注:Mini jiaozi served in soup
4、元宵,中国特有,用汉语拼音,Yuanxiao ,加注:Filled round balls made of glutinous rice -flour for Lantern Festival
5、汤圆,中国特有,用汉语拼音,Tangyuan,(filled balls made of glutinous rice flour and served with soup
6、八宝饭,中国特有,用汉语拼音,Babaofan ,加注: Rice pudding with eight-delicious ingredients
7、花卷,Steamed rolls
8、银丝卷,Steamed rolls(bread)look like silver threads
9、糖葫芦或冰糖葫芦,北京特产,用汉语拼音,Bingtanghulu 加注:Crisp-sugar coated fruit(haws, yam, crab apple ,etc )on a stick.
10、猫耳朵,山西特产,直译Cat ’s ears, 加注:Steamed cat-ear shaped bread
11、包子,中国特有,用汉语拼音,Baozi , 加注:Steamed buns with fillings of minced vegetables, meat or other ingredients
12、龙虎斗,就是蛇肉和猫肉,可以形象地翻译成Battle between dragon and tiger,加注:Stir-fried snake and cat’s meat
13、驴打滚,属于北京风味小吃,就是年糕卷沾黄豆面,如同驴在黄土地上打滚,非常形象生动,完全可以翻译成Donkey rolling on dust- ground,再加注:Rolls made of glutinous rice flour coated with soybean flour,looks like donkey rolling on dust-ground.
14、大丰收,实际上是西餐中的什锦生菜沙拉,这个菜名很有创意。堪称中西结合的典范。但是,只有吃过的人才知道它是什么。可以用汉语拼音,Dafengshou ,Big harvest,再加注:Salad of assorted fresh vegetables