Thread: Help to translate: "milanesa"
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Old 04-13-2007, 07:44 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by elmeromero
"there's hardly a need for a translation. Who translates the word "pizza"? One of the most stupid-sounding things foreigners in Buenos Aires try to do is translate the word "empanada". An "empanada" is an empanada.

This is not always true meromero. Although American English has adopted words such as burritos”, “tortilla, I am not sure that the rest of the English speaking world would associate any meaning to words such as “empanada”.; just as the words "English muffins" and “beagles” have no meaning for most Spanish speakers. I believe that in such cases a translation is necessary, specially in cases where (unlike USA and Mexico) the lack of sharing borders do not leave much room culture exchange
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