Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
liten svampsoppa
English translation:
small portion of mushroom soup
Added to glossary by
KEVIN QUINLAN (X)
Sep 15, 2004 07:04
19 yrs ago
Swedish term
liten svampsoppa
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Termen liten svampsoppa förekommer i en meny. Jag förstår inte riktigt hur det kan översättas? Tacksam för alla förslag
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +6 | mushroom soup |
KEVIN QUINLAN (X)
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| 4 +2 | wild mushroom soup |
Terence Ajbro
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| 3 | soup with fungi |
Christine Andersen
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| 1 | below |
George Hopkins
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Proposed translations
+6
15 mins
Selected
mushroom soup
Depends on what the soup actually consists of. Most Englishmen, I would guess, have never experienced eating fungus from a forest, as is common in Sweden. Most Englishmen, I think, generalise and call all fungus mushrooms. I think fungus soup would sound disgusting to most Englishmen.
Peer comment(s):
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Christine Andersen
: I call them 'forest fungi' or specify the 'chantrelles', 'oyster mushrooms', 'ceps' etc. t o make them sound more attractive!
12 mins
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| agree |
George Hopkins
17 mins
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| agree |
ohemulen
: I think "liten" is used here as a quaint little addition. It doesn´t need to be translated.
19 mins
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| agree |
Mario Marcolin
: What you get is probably a small portion of mushroom soup :)
1 hr
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| agree |
Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X)
4 hrs
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| agree |
LinguaLab.net
: you could translate "liten" as well, and say something like "small serving of mushroom soup"
6 hrs
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Well, it was the "liten" I wondered about. But it's probably true that it just means a small portion. Thanks all."
+2
21 mins
Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Sweden
A multilingual Englishman
Native in: English 
Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
wild mushroom soup
Straight from the forest, yummy!
20 mins
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Works in field
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
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11
soup with fungi
I would simply drop the 'liten'.
At this time of year it is of course the season for exciting, more lor less wild, fungi, 'forest fungi', or the various specific sorts which have to be defined individually.
Most of these are served with the later courses, not as soup, in my experience, but you do get very delicious 'tragtkantareller' in Sweden which are lovely in soup.
The classic is 'cream of mushroom soup', but I would then expect the Swedish to call the main ingredient 'champinjon'.
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Note added at 30 mins (2004-09-15 07:34:22 GMT)
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My English book on fungi gives no common name for the \'tragtkantareller\' and classifies them as \'rare\', so they are probably not used here.
Fungi or forest fungi are much prized by anyone who has tried them!
At this time of year it is of course the season for exciting, more lor less wild, fungi, 'forest fungi', or the various specific sorts which have to be defined individually.
Most of these are served with the later courses, not as soup, in my experience, but you do get very delicious 'tragtkantareller' in Sweden which are lovely in soup.
The classic is 'cream of mushroom soup', but I would then expect the Swedish to call the main ingredient 'champinjon'.
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Note added at 30 mins (2004-09-15 07:34:22 GMT)
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My English book on fungi gives no common name for the \'tragtkantareller\' and classifies them as \'rare\', so they are probably not used here.
Fungi or forest fungi are much prized by anyone who has tried them!
32 mins
below
small-mushroom soup, or, small mushroom-soup.
No, I'm only joking.
The correct answer is of course, mushroom soup.
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Note added at 2 hrs 41 mins (2004-09-15 09:45:29 GMT)
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\"liten\" refers most likely to a small portion of soup.
No, I'm only joking.
The correct answer is of course, mushroom soup.
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Note added at 2 hrs 41 mins (2004-09-15 09:45:29 GMT)
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\"liten\" refers most likely to a small portion of soup.
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