Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Farro for Spelled or Spelt
English translation:
spelt
Italian term
Italy
Farro for Spelled or Spelt
I am a 16 years experienced and professional translator; at the momento I am translating some breadsticks labels and for the Italian "Farro" I have found "Spelled" and "Spelt"... can't figure out which one is the best because I have seen that some translators for other Food Industries have used "spelled" and some translators have used "spelt". - The target audience are foreign (not Italian) food wholesalers.
I am considering "Spelt" is the classical, accademic and British term while "Spelled" sounds more popular yet I have found both terms surfing the net.
Thank you in advance. Claudia
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Cedric Randolph
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toasty
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Mar 14, 2016 15:15: Barbara Carrara changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Mar 21, 2016 07:51: Cedric Randolph Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): philgoddard, toasty, Barbara Carrara
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Proposed translations
Italy
Reliable, punctual and accurate
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English
spelt
Farro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farro
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/8853200/Fantastic-farro-and-spelt-recipes.html
| Thank you so much! I don't know how to select this answer as best, I have selected the previous one because it was useful, but yours is the one I wil decide to use. Thanks again and scuse me for not being so good with ProZ. |
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philgoddard
: You do have a point. The dictionary gives "spelt" as a translation, but it may not be correct in this context. Sometimes ingredient lists contain the Latin name to avoid confusion.
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Thank you. yes, I think maybe a few years ago "spelt" would have been acceptable, but now "farro" is commonly used. Plus, if this is a food label, best to be precise should anyone have an allergy...
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Joel Schaefer
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thank you
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Shera Lyn Parpia
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grazie!
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Reference comments
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Farro is an ethnobotanical term derived from Italian Latin for a group of three wheat species: spelt (triticum spelta), emmer (triticum dicoccum), and einkorn (triticum monococcum) which are types of hulled wheat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farro
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Il farro, nome comune usato per tre differenti specie del genere Triticum, rappresenta il più antico tipo di frumento coltivato, utilizzato dall'uomo come nutrimento fin dal neolitico. Si distinguono:
farro piccolo o farro monococco (Triticum monococcum);
farro medio o farro dicocco o semplicemente farro (Triticum dicoccum);
farro grande o farro spelta o semplicemente spelta (Triticum spelta).
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farro
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philgoddard
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Thanks, Phil
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toasty
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Thanks, toasty
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