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casualise

English translation: make it less formal

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English term or phrase:casualise
Selected answer:make it less formal
Entered by: S.J

19:54 Apr 15, 2021
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Food & Drink
English term or phrase: casualise
I can't take the fine dining out of me, as much as I've tried over the years. I've just tried to casualise it a little bit, so I'm going to make mine really pretty.

A chef is talking about preparing his dish to be ready to eat.

Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 06:12
make it less formal
Explanation:
Casual is the opposite of formal.
Selected response from:

philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +7make it less formal
philgoddard
5 +4make it more casual / less 'formal'
Tony M
4tone the fact down that it is indeed haute cuisine and concentrate on emphasising the presentation
David Hollywood
4 -1make it less fancy
Kiet Bach


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
make it less formal


Explanation:
Casual is the opposite of formal.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 119
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Assem AlKhallouf
34 mins
agree  Tony M
43 mins
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: less formal or less strict, maybe taking a few liberties
2 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
agree  BdiL
11 hrs
agree  James A. Walsh
18 hrs
agree  Daryo
2 days 12 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
make it less fancy


Explanation:
Make it less fancy, less decorated.

Kiet Bach
United States
Local time: 03:12
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: This doesn't seem to make sense because of the "so I'm going to make mine really pretty".
1 hr
neutral  Tony M: Can only agree with Cilian here: it's not about making it less visually attractive, so much as less elitist.
8 hrs
disagree  Yvonne Gallagher: the opposite of what the ST actually says
13 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tone the fact down that it is indeed haute cuisine and concentrate on emphasising the presentation


Explanation:
emphasizing the "pretty" presentation

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Note added at 6 hrs (2021-04-16 02:34:57 GMT)
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Emphasise and emphasize are two spelling variants of a verb that means to highlight the importance of something. Historically, emphasise was standard in British English, but today, emphasize is more common in both British and American English.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2021-04-16 02:37:10 GMT)
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he's dumbing his culinary genious down and facing reality

David Hollywood
Local time: 07:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 116
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
make it more casual / less 'formal'


Explanation:
A chef who is ingrained with 'fine dining' (top-notch elegant cuisine) may find it fifficult to produce simple, everyday food — which is 'casual'.
So this chef is holding on to his talent for high-quality food, but trying to make it more 'casual' — maybe keeping its quality, but simplifying it so it can be enjoyed by more 'ordinary' people.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2021-04-16 07:14:17 GMT)
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To a certain extent, this is the Jamie Oliver [UK TV celebrity chef] touch: making 'posh' food less intimidating, accessible to all.
This is quite a general trend in my industry, at least in certain quarters — trying to make 'casual' dining high-quality too, something better than just industrial fast food.
The 'casual' here is mainly about the diners' attitude, not the actual objective quality of the food.

Tony M
France
Local time: 12:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 309

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Assem AlKhallouf
33 mins
  -> Shukran, Assem!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: Exactly 100%! "Fine" dining is seen as being for the rich and those on expense accounts or for special rare occasions for the rest of us mere mortals! Also, more expensive ingredients often used in fine dining
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yvonne!
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: That's a lot of confidence Tony. Where does your 'ordinary people' come from? Could also mean providing excellent food but cutting a few corners. And to compensate, he enhances the appearance ('makes it pretty').
3 hrs
  -> I was simply trying to express in terms that Asker was likely to be familiar with; 'fine dining' tends to be regarded as the exclusive privilege of a few lucky people, and in our industry, 'casualise' is something of a 'buzzword'.
agree  BdiL
11 hrs
  -> Grazie, Maurizio!
agree  Daryo
2 days 12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Daryo!
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