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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

sucreries et bonbons

English translation:

sweets

Added to glossary by TransWolf
Sep 28, 2005 07:55
19 yrs ago
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French term

sucreries et bonbons

French to English Marketing Food & Drink Confectionery
Whats the difference between sucreries and bonbons?

I have a list of items including confiserie, sucreries et bonbons. Confiserie is of course confectionery - but would maybe chocolate bars (Mars, Bounty etc.) be counted as sucreries?

Merci d'avance
Proposed translations (English)
4 sweets
4 +8 sweets and candy
3 +2 confectionary and sweets
3 +1 sweets, treats/candy and chocolate
4 candy bars and sweets
3 sweets (general term) and candies (more specific)
2 sweets/sweetmeats and candies (= confectionery)
4 -3 sucreries are all the sweets made up with the use of sugar and bonbons stands only for chocolates

Proposed translations

11 mins
Selected

sweets

I wouldn't put Mars and Bounty bars in the "sucreries et bonbons" shelf. These are more in the "goûters" or "barres chocolatées" class of food. Hope it helps
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, I think this is the best solution. As Suezen says, they are both sweets in the Collins/Robert. The customer is happy anyway. Thanks to everyone else too."
+8
9 mins

sweets and candy

Lots of hits on google searching for "sweets and candy"
For example

Old fashioned sweets, buy sweets, British sweets and British candy... chocolate. english gifts , british gifts. retro sweets aquarterof.co.uk have similar nostalgic sweets to us. star bar and cyber sweets and candy. ...
www.britishcandy.com
Peer comment(s):
agree RHELLER : I agree wholeheartedly (I was a little slow)
3 mins
thanks Rita, I guess I was a little quicker but usually it's the other way round.
agree Béatrice Sylvie Lajoie
4 mins
thanks Béatrice
agree Ghyslaine LE NAGARD : Parfaitement ! It reminds me of "polos" which I cannot find here !
9 mins
saw polos being made when I did CAD training at Rowntree Mackintosh. Not to mention Kit Kats, Smarties ......Bliss
agree Francis Lee (X) : ach ... I still suffer from Star Bar withdrawal symptoms ... ;-( // Terry's are no fun, as they lack that horizontal segregation/removal element (Double Decker being the classic here)
12 mins
thanks for reminding me ....and what about the Terry's chocolate oranges ....Francis, I bow to a higher authority, mes respects
agree David Goward
13 mins
thanks David
agree French Foodie : all sounds good to me :-)
1 hr
I agree Mara, I think a trip to the sweetie cupboard is in order
agree peekay : MMMM YUMMM!
3 hrs
makes your mouth water just thinking about it!!!!
agree Philippe Maillard
3 hrs
Thanks Philippe
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+1
9 mins

sweets, treats/candy and chocolate

Interestingly, the dictionary has sweets (Brit) and candy (US) for both terms. However, I think we would make a difference with chocolate and the folllowing link does that. Also, it's quite common in English (UK) to speak about sweets, chocolate and candy (bars)
www.napayellowpages.com/napa-food-bev/candy.htm - 22k
A note on spelling: a purveyor of confections, a confectionary, ... Gum/Gelatin candies: Based on (An edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and ...
www.absoluteastronomy.com/ encyclopedia/c/co/confectionery.htm
Favourite Sweets and Toffees: Traditional Home-made Confectionary (Favourite ... Sweets and Chocolates; Paperback ~ Jacki Pan-Passmore; Ultimate Candy Book; ...
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1898435669 - 50k
or this one sweets, treats
Peer comment(s):
agree Carmen Schultz
4 mins
Thanks Carmen
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-3
10 mins

sucreries are all the sweets made up with the use of sugar and bonbons stands only for chocolates

sucreries could be made without the use of cocco but bonbon will be made with the help of cocco
Peer comment(s):
disagree alvanice : bonbon in France is a sweet, when talking of chocolate, you use "chocolats", un chocolat
2 mins
disagree Ghyslaine LE NAGARD : but I agree with Alvanice !
7 mins
disagree David Goward : No "cocco" in a "fraise tagada"!!
9 mins
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11 mins

candy bars and sweets

"Candy bar" would cover any type of confectionary in bar form, which may not necessarily be made of chocolate. "Sweets" would be any individual small items of confectionary.
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11 mins

sweets (general term) and candies (more specific)

I think sucreries include all sweets including chocolate bars

Boire beaucoup d'eau, faire de la gym, arrêter les sucreries : bonbons et chocolat" Claude, 53 ans. "Boire beaucoup d'eau, manger beaucoup de légumes et ...
www.linternaute.com/femmes/ forme/0403regime/enquete/verbatim.shtml
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14 mins

sweets/sweetmeats and candies (= confectionery)

http://www.answers.com/topic/confectionery
Surely confiserie would INCLUDE sucreries and bonbons, wouldn't it?
http://www.bonbecalou.com/GB/default.htm
(although a poorly translated website ...)
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+2
55 mins

confectionary and sweets

Maybe that does the trick?

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Note added at 55 mins (2005-09-28 08:51:00 GMT)
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Peer comment(s):
agree Jennifer White : yes, for the UK. We don't use "candy" very much (but Confectionery)
6 mins
Thanks Jennifer
agree Anna Kiff : Sounds better than candy if it's for British readers.
25 mins
Thanks Anna, candy is US Eng. alright
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