Stainless Steel Translations...English to Spanish for Restaurants and Commercial Kitchens [Spiral-bound]

Jason Holben (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1997

Provides over 1600 words and phrases that are specific to the foodservice / restaurant industry translated from English to Spanish. The book is a "point-and-shoot" type format, making common phrases and words easily communicable between English-only and Spanish-only restaurant employees.

Covers Hiring, Training, Food Prep and Food Service and Safety plus complete lists of food and equipment.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Stainless Steel Translations has received outstanding praise from hundreds of restaurants that have adopted it as a significant part of their training materials. Of note, Wendy's Intl. , Brinker Intl. Concept restaurants and Dave and Busters have made it a standard addition to their reference libraries. Stainless Steel Translations has also received favorable mention in a number of publications around the U.S. including The Rocky Mountain News, The Beverage Analyst, and most recently on the front page of The Wall Street Journal (1-5-99). -- From the Publisher

From the Publisher

Stainless Steel Translations has been adopted by several thousand restaurants in the U.S. in response to a growing number of Hispanic employees in the industry. Of note, Wendy's Intl, Brinker Intl. Concept Restaurants and General Mills have made it a significant addition to their training materials. This book has received favorable reviews in a number of restaurant trade journals across The U.S. and most recently on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 220 pages
• Publisher: Stock Pot Publishing (July 1, 1997)
• ISBN-10: 0965971708
• ISBN-13: 978-0965971706
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,349,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not professional., June 13, 2000

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V. Ibrahim (Guatemala City, Guatemala) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stainless Steel Translations...English to Spanish for Restaurants and Commercial Kitchens (Spiral-bound)

The book is helpful for someone with no Spanish vocabulary at all. It explains how to pronounce the Spanish words and phrases, but it's targeted to those who need restaurant and 'some' kitchen translations at an intermediate level.

I imagined it as a dictionary, but instead, it classifies the terms and phrases by category, for eg. Equipment, Actions, etc. and inside each category, there is no alphabetical order.

There are many words repeated since one word fits several categories.

Many words can be found in any English to Spanish dictionary.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A big help, but......., January 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Stainless Steel Translations...English to Spanish for Restaurants and Commercial Kitchens (Spiral-bound)

This book has been a tremendous help in helping me train in my restaraunt. How about a south of the border book? There are distinctly different dialects. I found Mexican is very different than Spanish. Does anyone else agree?

Dee

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great resource, November 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Stainless Steel Translations...English to Spanish for Restaurants and Commercial Kitchens (Spiral-bound)

I'm a training representative for Hispanic employees in a major restaurant chain. This book has been an incredible aid to increased communication between management and staff. I appreciate that it uses real restaurant lingo, and the translations are pretty good.

My only concern is the fact that all verbs are presented in the familiar "tu" form. In certain cases such a familar address could be seen as offensive.