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。現在，這一美味有了自己的官方英文名：Rougamo, 根據其中文發音而來。

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.

西安市質監局為肉夾饃創造出這樣一個英文名是為了進一步推銷這一美食。周四，據西安當地報紙西安日報報道，與此同時官方也發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”.

官方也發布了另外一些當地美食(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