reale

12:32 Nov 12, 2014 

Angela, it does seem that "reale" might be attributed to the belly as well, which might depend on regional variations (as pointed out here http://www.miamacelleria.com/Tagli/taglio_reale.htm). However, from the number of websites that refer to the upper location of "reale" (above the shoulder) and from the manual my culinary school adopted (Cucina Gourmet, Paolo Gentili, Calderini editore), the most diffused version seems to attribute to "reale" the same position as "chuck".

15:01 Nov 11, 2014 

see what happened when UK retailer Tesco started selling mis-labelled horse meat: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265638/Horse-meat-b... - my favourite is 'I used to work for Tesco, but I was fired. I got an email about a delivery of horse meat and I marked it as spam.'

14:58 Nov 11, 2014 

see it as offensive. Just a cultural difference. I certainly could point it out to the client as well though.

14:49 Nov 11, 2014 

I think you have a duty to tell the customer that this would be offensive to most people in the English-speaking world. That's a part of your job as a translator, because they probably haven't given it any thought.

13:46 Nov 11, 2014 

it's popular in some Italian regions. Phil's point is that it would be impossible to buy donkey meat in English speaking countries and so impossible to make this dish. I see that Walmart has been exporting it or making it in China interestingly. I have no idea if it is popular elsewhere. In any case, even if only for cultural interest, I have to translate it.

13:39 Nov 11, 2014 

for example agnolotti d'asino e salame d'asino, eaten in my region (Piemonte)

13:37 Nov 11, 2014 

Wikipedia reckons that the world population of donkeys is reported to be rapidly shrinking... 'The fall in population is pronounced in developed countries; in Europe, the total number of donkeys fell from 3 million in 1944 to just over 1 million in 1994' - the meat must be going somewhere?

13:30 Nov 11, 2014 

Well I see your point but that's the way it is. From the web it would seem that there are countries in the world that sell donkey meat, China for one.

13:17 Nov 11, 2014 

If it's not a silly question, why are you translating this in the first place? If this is a cookery book, no one wants to read donkey recipes. And even if they do, they won't be able to get the main ingredient.