With thousands of years of history in growing wheat, the southwestern Chinese city of Xi’an - an ancient Chinese capital famous for the Terracotta Warriors - is home to many kinds of flour-based food.

位于中國西南部的西安，是中國古都之一，因兵馬俑而聞名于世，也是眾多面食的起源地。

“Rou Jia Mo” - a popular “meat burger” or “meat sandwich” consisting of chopped meat inside a pita-like bun, is one of them. Now, the delicacy has got an official English name: Rougamo - a transliteration of its Chinese pronunciation.

“肉夾饃”就是其中之一。它是一種中國流行的“肉漢堡”或“夾肉三明治”，肉末夾于圓面餅之中。現(xiàn)在，這一美味有了自己的官方英文名：Rougamo, 根據(jù)其中文發(fā)音而來。

The burger is also known as “the world’s oldest hamburger”(as cited in a Huffington Post report in April 2015) –it is thought to date back to the Qin Dynasty, over 2,000 years ago.

據(jù)說，肉夾饃是世界上最古老的漢堡(外媒：漢堡起源于中國肉夾饃?!>>>)——其歷史要追溯到距今2000多年的秦朝。

The Xi’an Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau coined an English name for the burger in order to further promote the food. The authority has, at the same time, released a recommended recipe to make Rougamo in order to maintain its taste and reputation, according to the local newspaper Xi’an Daily on Thursday.

西安市質監(jiān)局為肉夾饃創(chuàng)造出這樣一個英文名是為了進一步推銷這一美食。周四，據(jù)西安當?shù)貓蠹埼靼踩請髨蟮溃c此同時官方也發(fā)布了一份制作肉夾饃的推薦食譜，從而保證肉夾饃的口感和聲譽。

Recipes to make several other local dishes (which are also well-received across China) have also been unveiled, including “Pita Bread Soaked in Beef Soup” and “Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup”.

官方也發(fā)布了另外一些當?shù)孛朗?享譽中國)的食譜，包括“牛肉泡饃”及“羊肉泡饃”。

中文菜名的英譯應該是我們大中華兒女人手必備的一項技能啊，為了把祖國的料理發(fā)揚光大安利向全世界，當然除了肉夾饃這樣，突然措手不及發(fā)布的“官方譯法”我們要背·誦·下來以外，其實中文菜名的英譯在實戰(zhàn)中是有一定技巧的，英語君來教你，以后翻譯菜名都不是事兒!

一、以主料開頭的翻譯方法

1、介紹菜肴的主料和輔料：

公式：主料(形狀)+(with)輔料

例：杏仁雞丁chicken cubes with almond

牛肉豆腐beef with bean curd

西紅柿炒蛋Scrambled egg with tomato

2、介紹菜肴的主料和味汁：

公式：主料(形狀)+(with,in)味汁

例：芥末鴨掌duck webs with mustard sauce

蔥油雞chicken in Scallion oil

米酒魚卷fish rolls with rice wine