Jan 23, 2009 17:00
15 yrs ago
Catalan term

Podríem dir que nosaltres treballem en base a la cuina

Catalan to English Other Cooking / Culinary
This is the voice over ("verbatim") for a video for a food institution.

I assume the first part means "you could say", and I don't understand the second part - so thought I'd better ask about the whole section! :-)

"Podríem dir que nosaltres treballem en base a la cuina i donem respostes culinàries, és adir fem plats, fem el.laboracions, fem tècniques que puguin servir per segons quin tipus de gent, des de gent que està malalta o té algun tipus de malaltia específica, o fins a gent de restauració. "

Thank you!

Proposed translations

+2
4 mins
Selected

Our focus is on cookin (and...)

I think I'd be inclined to drop the "you could say".

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Note added at 4 mins (2009-01-23 17:04:58 GMT)
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Note added at 28 mins (2009-01-23 17:29:09 GMT)
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I think "focus on" is the better option: "we work based on cooking"!

Yes, I think "you could say" would be okay (just sounds a bit superfluous to me).
Note from asker:
Thanks, Ross. So, you think it's "focus on" then...? (obviously, or you wouldn't have put that as your answer LOL). I feel I should leave the first part since it is a subtitle for the video - do you agree that would be "you could say"? Thanks!
Peer comment(s):

agree Sheila Hardie : Yes, 'our focus on cooking' or even 'we focus on cooking' (without 'you could say')
24 mins
Thanks, Sheila.
neutral Alex Lago : "Podriem dir" is not "you could say", it is "we could say"
59 mins
The literal translation isn't necessarily the best one.
agree ormiston : you could get round the 'we' or 'one' could say with soemthing like 'actually' here I think
18 hrs
Thanks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks everyone!"
1 hr

Our work is based on cooking and we provide culinary answers, that is....

As I understand it they provide cooking solutions, recipes, techniques, dishes, etc to different clients, so I think this conveys their message.
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