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Difference between sweets & candy?


Hawkgirl September 28, 2007 04:55 PM

Difference between sweets & candy?
 
I'm trying to translate a phrase but I don't know how to say it in Spanish... I need to translate food preferences and this is what I got:

PLEASE CHECK WHAT CONSUMER PREFERS

Foods:
Candy What? _____________________
Sweets other than candy. What?__________________

The underlined phrase is my little trouble, I've heard that in Spanish they use the word "dulce" for sweets and candy. Does anyone know how could I translate this?

Thank you

Tomisimo September 28, 2007 06:26 PM

Normally sweets and candy are synonymous, but in this case, I think candy is referring to dulces, golosinas, caramelos, chocolates etc, and sweets would be like cake, cookies and maybe sweetened drinks. En este caso sweets other than candy serían cualquier comestible que sea dulce (que contenga mucho azúcar), pero que no sea un dulce (candy). I hope I´ve explained myself :)

So:

Dulces/golosinas: ¿Cuáles? ______________
Otras comidas endulzadas ¿Cuáles? _______________

Little September 29, 2007 11:35 AM

To me, sweets and candy are the same thing, so I'm not sure what they're talking about there.

sosia September 30, 2007 04:21 AM

Sure I'm not an english expert, but I have found this
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.bl...nd-sweets.html
Then it would be
Comidas:
Caramelos: ¿Cuáles? _____________________
Otro tipo de dulces/golosinas. ¿Cuáles?__________________


Hope that helps :D

Tomisimo September 30, 2007 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sosia (Post 3943)
Sure I'm not an english expert, but I have found this
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.bl...nd-sweets.html
Then it would be
Comidas:
Caramelos: ¿Cuáles? _____________________
Otro tipo de dulces/golosinas. ¿Cuáles?__________________


Hope that helps :D

Good info.

Hawkgirl-- Is the original document in American English or British English?


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