Thread: Some Russian food questions

Hi.

I have been working for some time now on a website and am finally getting round to putting content onto the site. I have the lists below of foods that I would like checking for errors if you would be so kind?

There are a few where I have put ????????? - This just means could you please fill it in for me? Also I dont know how to get accents onto the letters, how should I go about doing this?

Thanks
Andrew

Originally Posted by andrewsco

Hi.

I have been working for some time now on a website and am finally getting round to putting content onto the site. I have the lists below of foods that I would like checking for errors if you would be so kind?

There are a few where I have put ????????? - This just means could you please fill it in for me? Also I dont know how to get accents onto the letters, how should I go about doing this?

Thanks
Andrew

What has the computer tutorials to do with the russian food?

Oops!!! Forgot to add the thing! The computer-tutorials is just my sig, nothing to do with the above post.



Russian : English
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Meat
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свинина : Pork
бифштекс : Beef
баранина : Lamb
курица : Chicken
ветчина : Ham
пирог : Pie
ветчина : Bacon
колбаса : Sausage
сырой : Raw
??????????? : Duck
??????????? : Kebab
??????????? : Burger
??????????? : Steak

Seafood
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рыба : Fish
??????????? : Salmon
??????????? : Prawns
??????????? : Mussels
??????????? : Calamari/Squid
??????????? : Lobster
??????????? : Clams


Breakfast
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ветчина : Bacon
колбаса : Sausage
яйцо : Egg
гриб : Mushrooms
гренка : Toast
кофе : Coffee
хлеб : Bread
масло : Butter
бутерброд : Bread and butter
варенье : Jam
??????????? : Cereal

Drinks
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пиво : Beer
молоко : Milk
чай : Tea
сахар : Sugar
вино : Wine
сидр : Cider
кофе : Coffee
сок : Juice
вода : Water
водка : Vodka
??????????? : Cordial
??????????? : Hot chocolate
??????????? : Whiskey
??????????? : Cocktail



Vegetables
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овощи : Vegetables
картошка : Potatoes
морковь : Carrot
свёкла : Beet
капуста : Cabbage
помидор : Tomato
лук : Onions
огурцы : Cucumber
кукуруза : Corn
шпинат : Spinach
капуста : Cabbage
горох : Peas
сельдерей : Celery
салат : Lettuce
??????????? : Brocoli
??????????? : Leeks
??????????? : Cauliflower

Fruit
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апельсин : Orange
яблоко : Apple
виноград : Grapes
ягоды : Berries
банан : Banana
абрикос : Apricot
ананас : Pineapple
арбуз : Watermelon
грейпфрут : Grapefruit
груша : Pear
дыня : Melon
ежевика : Blackberries
изюм : Raisins
клубника : Strawberries
лимон : Lemon
малина : Raspberries
персик : Peach
слива : Plum
черешня : Cherry
??????????? : Lime
??????????? : Blueberries

Sauces
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соус : Sauce
сок : Gravy
соль : Salt
сахар : Sugar
перец : Pepper
горчица : Mustard
мёд : Honey
уксус : Vinegar
чеснок : Garlic
соус : Sauce; Gravy; Dressing
специи : Spice
майонез : Mayo
масло : Oil
??????????? : Ketchup
??????????? : BBQ sauce



Dairy
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сыр : Cheese
яйцо : Egg
молоко : Milk
сметана : Sour cream
??????????? : Cream
??????????? : Yoghurt


Traditional Food
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суп : Soup
??????????? : Curry


Others
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конфеты : Sweets
торт : Cake
мука : Flour
орех : Nut
пшеница : Wheat
рис : Rice
салат : Salad
хлеб : Bread
??????????? : Biscuits
??????????? : Pizza


Cutlery
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тарелка : Plate
блюдо : Dish
чашка : Cup
блюдце : Saucer
стакан : Glass
бокал : Wine glass
ложка : Spoon
вилка : Fork
нож : Knife
чайник : Teapot

I can help with a few of the easy ones:
шашлык : Kebab
гамбургер (the sandwich) фарш (I think that's what they call ground beef) : Burger

рыба : Fish
Лосось : Salmon
хлопья (like corn-flakes) : Cereal
??????????? : Cordial
горячий шоколад (I've heard хот-чосолет too -- I think this is something you'd only find in tourist-friendly spots) : Hot chocolate
виски : Whiskey
коктейль (also, random tidbit, milkshakes at McDonalds are called молочный кокейль) : Cocktail

лайм : Lime

кетчуп : Ketchup

йогурт : Yoghurt
пицца : Pizza

Meat
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говядина: Beef
бекон: Bacon
утка: Duck
стейк: Steak

gotta go

I don’t know how to add the accents either!!!!!!



Salmon - лососИна
Lobster -омАр
Shrimp (prawn) - кревЕтка
Cauliflower -цвЕтная капУста
Leek - зелёный лук


Blueberry -чЕрника
Cream - слИвки
Biscuit -печЕнье

Also, I have heard sausages translated as сосиски (I am only guessing the spelling)

Originally Posted by DDT

Biscuit -печЕнье

Also, I have heard sausages translated as сосиски (I am only guessing the spelling)

Two quick points:
-I'm not sure what kind of biscuit he's referring to (there's the tea-and-biscuits kind but also the large, fluffy breakfast kind -- I think yours is the first kind).
-Сосиски specifically refers to хот-доги methinks.

I am assuming he is referring to "tea and biscuits" kind because he uses the word "prawns" for "shrimp" so he probably means "biscuits' for "cookies".

And let's not forget my favourite, вИпички - turnovers.

Someone should check my spelling again on that!

squid - кальмар
clam - моллюск (?)
mussel - мидия
leek - зелёный лук
lime - лайм
ketchup - кетчуп
BBQ sauce - соус барбекю
curry - карри
pizza - пицца
cordial - Lingvo sais "ликёр"
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cauliflower - цветнАя капУста
blueberry - чернИка

Hi thanks you guys for the help.

DDT: Yes it was about biscuits (as in tea and biscuits - I'm from England after all!)

Only 2 more to go now:

Brocoli
Kebab (as in an English kebab shop)

If not, dont worry, I will just leave them out of the list.

Thanks
Andrew

Kebab .....Шашлык

Dunno about broccoli

Брокколи is understandable.

broccoli = брокколи, капуста брокколи, капуста спаржевая
kebab = кебаб, шашлык, жаркое

DDT, I'm correcting your accents:

цветнАя
чернИка

and spelling:

вЫпечки

Originally Posted by wanja

clam - моллюск (?)

Actually, clam is not "моллюск", but a sertain type of mollusc, which is not very common in Russia, that's why most of the people don't know the russian name of it ("разинька"), and use the english word - "клем" or "клам".

Hi guys, thanks!

I have put the words now into a web page. You'll find them here:

http://www.computer-tutorials.org/New_s ... lfood.html

There are still a few I havent found out but I will bug you for those later. Feel free to use, and enjoy.

Andrew

Doesn't "сок" mean "Juice" and not gravy?

Also, (and this is just an issue of formatting), but the first listing's header is in both Russian and English, while the following are all in english. (Мясо и Meat...)

tdk

Originally Posted by tdk2fe

Doesn't "сок" mean "Juice" and not gravy?

Also, (and this is just an issue of formatting), but the first listing's header is in both Russian and English, while the following are all in english. (Мясо и Meat...)

tdk

Yes, сок means juice

яблочный сок = apple juice

You forgot Чикен. Do you want fries with that?
You can set up your own franchise in Moscow:

http://www.buyusa.gov/russia/ru/yum_restaurants.html

Originally Posted by chaika

You forgot Чикен. Do you want fries with that?
You can set up your own franchise in Moscow:

http://www.buyusa.gov/russia/ru/yum_restaurants.html

You might be able to make a lot of money since it's so popular, but if I understood it correctly that seems REALLY steep -- 40K$ for startup franchise fee, 6% of all pre-tax profits in royalties PLUS 5% of all pre-tax profits have to be used for advertising? That of course says nothing of the startup costs, the building, the employees, the equipment, the insurance, the taxes, and of course, the infamous штрафы.

Yeah, they didn't mention anything about крыша. You up late Б, aintya?

Anyway here's some comments about the website.

Some of these have prolly been noted already concerning your website:

сырой is a quality rather than a kind of meat.

картошка spelling.
свёкла does anyone use the word "beetroot" for "beet"? Is that BrE?

огурец cuke , you used the pl. form

молочное or maybe молочные продукты for dairy

if яйцо is egg, then гриб must be mushroom.

бутерброд is sandwich
you forgot all the pancake types for breadfast

сахар is not a drink
many of the things you have under Sauces aren't.

What? Pizza an international food? It's as American as apple pie!

блюдо. You gotta watch out fer mistakes like that.

вилка
And ending with a word that reminds me of one of my favorite Yiddish expressions, Hak mir nisht ken tschaynik.