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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

patate reidratate

English translation:

reconstituted potatoes

Added to glossary by Anthony Green
Feb 7, 2008 11:46
16 yrs ago
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Italian term

patate reidratate

Italian to English Marketing Food & Drink ingredients
one of the ingredients used in making the Gnocchi and Chicche from the previous question. They use "patate reidratate 66% (acqua, fiocchi di patate, emulsionante: E471)" whereas Anglo recipes tend to refer to the individual components of the patate reidratate : i.e. potato flakes, water and emulsifier.

What do you think a translator / consultant should suggest to the client? Should this be localised or just translated??
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 reconsituted potatoes
4 +1 rehydrated potatoes
4 rehydrated potaoes
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Discussion

James (Jim) Davis Feb 7, 2008:
an interesting recipe would read past the powdered potato and the “emulsionante: E471”
James (Jim) Davis Feb 7, 2008:
sionante”: E471, of something if you see what I mean. 2) This is obviously an industrial recipe and technical accuracy, precision and clarity have to be your number one priorities, before: “localisation”. Very few members of the general public looking for
James (Jim) Davis Feb 7, 2008:
I thought localising was hype for translating software. I think in terms of pre-lutherian fidelity versus equivalent translation and the target style. Anyway, 1) 66% rehydrated potato translates into something like 40% water, 20% powdered potato, 6% “emul
Anthony Green (asker) Feb 7, 2008:
Yes, that is the text Thanks, Jim - yes I do risk too much potato! So we have "patate reidratate 66% (acqua, fiocchi di patate, emulsionante: E471), patate fresche (20%), fecola di patata" - the list goes on and on! There is no doubt about this being a simple translation (someone even voted it a non-PRO!), but the PRO aspect thta concerns me is "to localise or not to localise"
James (Jim) Davis Feb 7, 2008:
Anthony is that the actual text you have to translate there? If not can you give it please. I think that if you localise, you risk too much potato ;-)

Proposed translations

+1
3 hrs
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reconsituted potatoes

this may be what you are looking for

103,000 hits!

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=reconstituted potatoes&m...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-02-07 15:24:13 GMT)
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or, reconstituted potato flakes if you prefer.
Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell : think I'd opt for "reconsituted potato" - substance versus commodity (I think...)
5 hrs
thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "yes, that's the one Shera, thanks. There was something not quite right about rehydrated but I couldn't work out what it was..."
+1
9 mins

rehydrated potatoes

I believe you can use the translation. I'm quite sure I read the ingredient somewhere in English....anyway, I believe it's clearer than indicating the components (I'm quite a good cook so I talk out of my personal cooking and recipe experience!)
Peer comment(s):
agree Desiree Bonfiglio
5 hrs
Thanx!
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9 mins

rehydrated potaoes

or re-hydrated potaoes.
This term gives 329 Google hits

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Note added at 15 mins (2008-02-07 12:01:34 GMT)
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I am adding an example of the usage of the term "rehydrated potatoes".
"The rehydrated potatoes may be formed into a desired shape, such as patties..."
www.patentstorm.us/patents/5707671-description.html

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Note added at 19 mins (2008-02-07 12:05:56 GMT)
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Correction: potatoes (instead of potaoes).
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