Comida de mentira

English translation: fake food

22:58 Dec 7, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Nutrition
Spanish term or phrase: Comida de mentira
I am translating a text based on real food and I am interested in hearing what people think about what the translation of comida de mentira should be. It is an idea of fakeness and falseness but it is not junk food as that would be comida de basura. I am translating material about ultra-processed food.

https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/372109987939096551/ photo for context

I think it should be fake food. What do you all think of lie food? Or lying food. To show this idea of falseness?

The next is from Spain into UK English. Target audience is urban foodies.

Many thanks!
Sarah Jamieson
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:33
English translation:fake food
Explanation:
I think you are right.

These Photos Show the Secret Tricks of Food Photographypetapixel.com › 2016/03/24 › photos-show-secret-trick...
Mar 24, 2016 — This type of fake food photography exists, but I don't see why this is ... technique or making your model laugh buy telling a joke. what reality are ...

How Fake Is Food Styling? - Fast Companywww.fastcompany.com › how-fake-is-food-styling
Sep 9, 2014 — But editorial food photography is adopting a more natural look. Part of this is a legal issue–passing off fake food as real is false advertising–and ...

200+ Food Photography ideas - Pinterestwww.pinterest.ch › homeselfhome › food-photography
Learn how to create fake ice cream for food photographs. CONTENTS: Truth in Advertising: 0:13 Food Styling for Photographers: 2:36 Steps to making the ice cr...
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 17:33
Grading comment
Thank you so much for your help and valid analysis!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8fake food
patinba
2 +1artificial food
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3BrE Grub's up for mealy mouths
Adrian MM.


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
fake food


Explanation:
I think you are right.

These Photos Show the Secret Tricks of Food Photographypetapixel.com › 2016/03/24 › photos-show-secret-trick...
Mar 24, 2016 — This type of fake food photography exists, but I don't see why this is ... technique or making your model laugh buy telling a joke. what reality are ...

How Fake Is Food Styling? - Fast Companywww.fastcompany.com › how-fake-is-food-styling
Sep 9, 2014 — But editorial food photography is adopting a more natural look. Part of this is a legal issue–passing off fake food as real is false advertising–and ...

200+ Food Photography ideas - Pinterestwww.pinterest.ch › homeselfhome › food-photography
Learn how to create fake ice cream for food photographs. CONTENTS: Truth in Advertising: 0:13 Food Styling for Photographers: 2:36 Steps to making the ice cr...

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 17:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you so much for your help and valid analysis!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cecilia Gowar
5 mins
  -> Thank you!

agree  David Hollywood: covers all bases and ok IMO
3 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  matt robinson
10 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  neilmac: Carrots masquerading as hotdogs? Definitely "fake", as fake as Trump's cucumber claim...
10 hrs
  -> Thanks! I had missed that claim...

agree  Michele Fauble
17 hrs

agree  Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
19 hrs

agree  Elisabel Gomez Sanchez
5 days

agree  Michelle Lodge Gonzalez: Fake food sounds about right
12 days
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
artificial food


Explanation:
Maybe.

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https://www.encyclopedia.com/food/encyclopedias-almanacs-tra...

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 16:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Muriel.
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
BrE Grub's up for mealy mouths


Explanation:
... or mowts, as pronounced by my Irish acquantances.

'Target audience is urban foodies' suggests tongue-in-cheek turns of phrase might not be out of place.

Example sentence(s):
  • Mealy-mouthed about food. We grew up learning that even the last crumb on the plate must not go to waste because many kids go to bed hungry.

    Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/grubs-up.2961664/
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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