French term
France
laissez vous tenter par une brassée de crevettes en nage indienne
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Proposed translations
dive into some curried prawns
France
EN-FR-EN BY BIRTH - 45 YEARS IN FRANCE
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English
Laissez vous tenter par une nage de crevettes à l'indienne
succumb to a shrimp/prawn stir-fry in Indian sauce
or curried shrimp stir-fry
or prawns, too, depending on your target audience
not as eloquent as nage Indienne, I grant, but I find that on a menu a loose translation is best, otherwise it just sounds stilted in English. If you must keep the "swimming" pun, try "bathed in Indian sauce".
Italy
work, work, work!!
Native in: English , French
Works in: Italian to English, Italian to French, French to English, and 3 more.
let yourself be tempted by a handfull of shrimp, swimming in indian aromatic court bouillon
or give in to temptation, have a handfull of shrimp....
why don't you show us the funny translation?
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Note added at 49 mins (2008-08-29 13:11:31 GMT)
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cute!!
| Hello Mary Carroll, I thought "prawns doing the breast stroke in Indian sauce" ? ! |
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Jack Dunwell
: The words, Mary. I've counted them out and I've counted them in. 15 isn't it? Daring!
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do I win something with fifteen? quite a good number really....
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let yourself be tempted by a plateful of shrimps with an Indian nage
indulge in a plate of shrimps bathed in a spicy Indian broth
A "nage" is a clear liquid.
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Shannon Summers
: or "in an Indian-spiced" broth. "Spicy" can infer hot, but I like the straightforward, no need to be cute here.
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thanks shannon
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sidestroke your way through some prawns and curry sauce
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Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
: why not backstroke? I suppose if you must eat while swimming it's as good as sidestroke (otters do it too)
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Nage indienne is SIDESTROKE far as I know and practice it! It leaves one hand relatively free to feed yourself the prawns!
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Talila
: The shrimps are the ones swimming
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Yes, too complicated/subtle - it didn't work for you!
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Be tempted by shrimp in a curry bouillon
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