Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
coffee mix
French translation:
préparation pour café (instantané)
English term
coffee mix
sachant que le terme "soluble coffee" figure déjà dans la phrase
| 4 +4 | préparation pour café |
Tony M
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| 4 | un mix café |
mchd
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Aug 29, 2018 17:39: Tony M Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
préparation pour café
In many culinary fields, where it is not a 'blend' (i.e. of several varieties of the same thing: coffee, tea, whisky, ...), a 'mix' is in fact a 'préparation' — e.g. a cake mix > préparation pour gâteau.
Clearly, the key point here is that it is a pre-mixed combination of instant coffee + creamer (at least); to me, that fact alone makes it a 'préparation'.
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Note added at 5 hrs (2018-08-27 21:58:37 GMT)
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'préparation pour...' always seems to me to have the sense of 'mix for making...' — in this case, for making some kind of vile coffee-like substance...
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