Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
poche à douille
English translation:
pastry bag
French term
United States
MA in Translation + Trados
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
poche à douille
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Travelin Ann
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Melzie
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Geraldine Oudin
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Tony M
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Sep 17, 2009 10:05: Tony M changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Sep 17, 2009 10:05: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "à la poche à douille" to "poche à douille"
Sep 21, 2009 01:11: Yolanda Broad changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Sep 26, 2009 10:17: Travelin Ann changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/80631">Crystal Samples's</a> old entry - "poche à douille"" to ""pastry bag""
Non-PRO (1): Melzie
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Proposed translations
Timely translations
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
pastry bag
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probably want to say "with a pastry bag"
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Jean-Louis S.
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jean-jacques alexandre
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Expialidocio (X)
: correct for US English
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United Kingdom
Low Stress Solutions
Native in: French 
Works in: Japanese to French, English to French
icing bag
A Google Image search will confirm.
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Note added at 17 minutes (2009-09-17 02:33:03 GMT)
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http://www.google.com/search?q=icing bag&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&a...
piping bag
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Note added at 32 mins (2009-09-17 02:48:06 GMT)
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All three terms given are used.
I think pastry bag is US English
Icing bag is less used than piping bag, though it is correct.
As this is for meringue and not cake icing, the generic term might be preferable.
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Melissa McMahon
: This is the term I'm familiar with, as you say depends on target audience
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thank you, Melissa.
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Evans (X)
: This would be used in British English
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Thank you, Gill.
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Colin Morley (X)
: I chose piping bag because of asker's US origin. Icing bag would certainly be OK in British English I think
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Thank you, Colin.
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Sheila Wilson
: Agree on all counts - I know all the terms, but this is the safest bet
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Thank you, Sheila.
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Carol Gullidge
: this is the one that's familiar to me
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Thank you, Carol.
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Lianne Wilson
: This is most familiar to me as a BE speaker.
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Thank you, Lianne.
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: I'm familiar with this term as a Br English user - both icing and pastry bags sound too heavy for use with meringue to my ears.
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Thank you.
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Mark Nathan
5 hrs
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Thank you, Mark.
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Tony M
: I've only ever heard this in BE
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Thank you, Tony.
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Jeanette Phillips
14 hrs
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Thank you, Jeanette.
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