changeling  +  512159 Sat, 10 May 08 07:16 PM Hi everybody! I’m a greenhorn here. this is actually my first thread. I'm trying to make a good translation of a recipe. Could you read a few sentences and say if they make sense to your as native speakers. I'm pretty disappointed at the following translation (esp. with juice part): Cutlets are ready when they become golden brown. Juice should be bright when pressed The point is that ready cutlets, when pressed, should give a clean (bright?) melted fat. I though you could just show me the right way of saying this. Thanks in advance changeling Joined on Sat, May 10 2008 Junior Member 75 Translation

	nona the brit  +  512166 Sat, 10 May 08 07:57 PM Hello - welcome to the forum. When we are talking about telling when meat is ready (well, certainly with chicken) we say that the 'juices should run clear' - i.e. no colour, no trace of blood etc. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	changeling  +  512172 Sat, 10 May 08 08:14 PM Thanks a lot. So can I articulate the idea as followed: Cutlets are ready when they become golden brown. When pressed, their juice should run clean changeling

	Grammar Geek  +  512176 Sat, 10 May 08 08:27 PM Please note: clear, not clean   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,653 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!