LL-L "Lexicon" 2006.02.11 (04) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 11 February 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon"

I have bee checking since a couple of weeks whether or not food imported in
the Benelux got Dutch names.
Most of the time no effort is done for translating and the original names
are kept.

When translating is done, the translation may be silly though.

I bought some fruit juice in the Delhaize-shop in Kontich (B) today: "Ceres
100% pure fruit juice blend, youngberry and other fruit".
As law in this country prescribes, it has a sticker with translations:
- Dutch: Jonge bessen ...
- French: Jeunes baies de fruits rouges...
- German: Brombeer

The German translation is close but not correct, since it gives the name for
blackberries.
The other 2 are silly, since "Young" refers to a person

cf. Merrian-Webster
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=youngberry
Main Entry: young·ber·ry
Pronunciation: 'y&[ng]-"ber-E
Function: noun
Etymology: B. M. Young fl 1900 American fruit grower
: the large sweet reddish black fruit of a cultivar of a hybrid bramble
closely related to the boysenberry and loganberry and grown in the western
and southern U.S.; also : a bramble bearing youngberries

So the traslator was trapped.

Regards,

Roger 

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