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laissez vous tenter par une brassée de crevettes en nage indienne

English translation: dive into some curried prawns

12:22 Aug 29, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / restaurant
French term or phrase: laissez vous tenter par une brassée de crevettes en nage indienne
My first translation of this is funny but perhaps not good enough ! Any ideas ? !
Stephen Chalk
France
Local time: 20:47
English translation:dive into some curried prawns
Explanation:
Doing the Breast Stroke
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Jack Dunwell
France
Local time: 20:47
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1let yourself be tempted by a handfull of shrimp, swimming in indian aromatic court bouillon
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
5let yourself be tempded by a plateful of sidestroking shrimps
Talila
4succumb to a shrimp/prawn stir-fry in Indian sauce
NancyLynn
2 +2dive into some curried prawns
Jack Dunwell
3 +1indulge in a plate of shrimps bathed in a spicy Indian broth
Caroline Vignard (X)
4Be tempted by shrimp in a curry bouillon
emiledgar
3Laissez vous tenter par une nage de crevettes à l'indienne
John ANTHONY
3let yourself be tempted by a plateful of shrimps with an Indian nage
carolynf
3sidestroke your way through some prawns and curry sauce
kashew
2dip into a tempting pool of spicy prawns
Emma Paulay


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Laissez vous tenter par une nage de crevettes à l'indienne


Explanation:
Juste une adaptation... :o))

John ANTHONY
France
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
laissez vous tenter par une brassée de crevettes en nage indienn
succumb to a shrimp/prawn stir-fry in Indian sauce


Explanation:
or an Indian shrimp stir-fry
or curried shrimp stir-fry

or prawns, too, depending on your target audience

not as eloquent as nage Indienne, I grant, but I find that on a menu a loose translation is best, otherwise it just sounds stilted in English. If you must keep the "swimming" pun, try "bathed in Indian sauce".

NancyLynn
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
let yourself be tempted by a handfull of shrimp, swimming in indian aromatic court bouillon


Explanation:
let yourself be tempted by an armful of shrimp in indian aromatic court bouillon
or give in to temptation, have a handfull of shrimp....
why don't you show us the funny translation?

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Note added at 49 mins (2008-08-29 13:11:31 GMT)
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cute!!


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poaching_(cooking)
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
Italy
Local time: 20:47
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Asker: Hello Mary Carroll, I thought "prawns doing the breast stroke in Indian sauce" ? !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Dunwell: The words, Mary. I've counted them out and I've counted them in. 15 isn't it? Daring!
3 hrs
  -> do I win something with fifteen? quite a good number really....
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dive into some curried prawns


Explanation:
Doing the Breast Stroke

Jack Dunwell
France
Local time: 20:47
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche: diving sounds wild too!
2 hrs
  -> LaFlèche! You ARE incorrigible! Steve and I are of course related.
agree  kashew: Could be exactly what asker wants.
1 day 3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
let yourself be tempted by a plateful of shrimps with an Indian nage


Explanation:
It is quite common to see "nage" used on a menu now, so it might well fit in here, depending on the context of the phrase.

carolynf
France
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
indulge in a plate of shrimps bathed in a spicy Indian broth


Explanation:
A suggestion.

A "nage" is a clear liquid.

Caroline Vignard (X)
France
Local time: 20:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shannon Summers: or "in an Indian-spiced" broth. "Spicy" can infer hot, but I like the straightforward, no need to be cute here.
4 hrs
  -> thanks shannon
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sidestroke your way through some prawns and curry sauce


Explanation:
If one wants to play with words!

kashew
France
Local time: 20:47
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PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche: why not backstroke? I suppose if you must eat while swimming it's as good as sidestroke (otters do it too)
1 hr
  -> Nage indienne is SIDESTROKE far as I know and practice it! It leaves one hand relatively free to feed yourself the prawns!
disagree  Talila: The shrimps are the ones swimming
5 days
  -> Yes, too complicated/subtle - it didn't work for you!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Be tempted by shrimp in a curry bouillon


Explanation:
Of course, curry is not a real Indian recipe, but to suggest Indian cooking in one word, it works. (I've been cooking real Indian food professionally for over 30 years).

emiledgar
Belgium
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
dip into a tempting pool of spicy prawns


Explanation:
Just had to give it a shot!

Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 20:47
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43
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8 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
let yourself be tempded by a plateful of sidestroking shrimps


Explanation:
"sidestroking" keeps the idea of freshness of the shrimps.

Talila
United States
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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