Re: Spanish labeling for Canned Salmon

Francisco Herrera Teran (alep@data.net.mx)
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 22:07:02 -0600

At 3:43 PM -0500 11/25/98, Christian Vogl (BCP) wrote:
>Fellow seafood listers...
>Could someone assist me...
>My company is trying to organize a shipment of canned salmon (various
>species and size) to Honduras for relief aid.
>We will need to label the product (we were thinking the just the cartons
>would do, as we cannot incur the cost of printing/labeling all the cans
>individually)
>Something simple, identifying the product and country of origin, will
>suffice in this instance...only...
>Yo no hablo espanol bueno por trabajo y yo no escribio espanol tambien (as
>you can see!)
>Could a Fluent Spanish lister help with the correct translation of what we
>need to label these with??
>We (and the Hondurans!) would appreciate the assistance.
>Yours,
>Senor Christian Vogl

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Dear Se=F1or Vogl:

You do honor your name with that gesture towards Hondurans -Christian.

The answer to your question is:

SALMON
HECHO EN CANADA (I believe it's Canada because of your email address)

However, you could also specify if the product is canned in water, oil,
brine, etc. In that case, the label could say something like

SALMON EN AGUA (or "SALMON EN ACEITE", or "SALMON EN SALMUERA", respectively=
)

You could also specify if it's CHUNK or GRATED:

SALMON EN "TROZOS" or "DESMENUZADO"

=46inally, I do suggest you try to print something like a cheap generic labe=
l
or sticker for each can, where you might also consider printing something
like "FOR HUMANITARIAN AID - NOT FOR SALE". "PARA AYUDA HUMANITARIA -
PROHIBIDA SU VENTA", because --unfortunately-- Salmon in considered a
luxury item in many parts of Latin America and it MAY end up in the "wrong"
place...know what I mean?

All in all, the label could say something like (filling in the blanks)

SALMON ______________________
HECHO EN CANADA

PARA AYUDA HUMANITARIA
PROHIBIDA SU VENTA

Hope this helps. I'm at your service if you need me.
Best regards,

=46rancisco Herrera-Teran

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