Translations for Dairy Products
 

I am traveling to Europe in October for several months. I will be staying in apartments the whole trip so I can cook for myself; you see, I am severly lactose and peanut intolerant. I am looking for translations of different ingrediants for milk products in German and Italian:

butter
casein
caseinate (potassium, sodium,
calcium, magnesium, zinc and iron caseinates.
cream
cheese
curds
lactose
lactalbumin
lactoglobulin
margarine
milk (also buttermilk)
milk solid
whey
whey powder
yoghurt

At one time I found a few messages that were translations for common phrases I could use at resturants, however, I cannot seem to find them now. So if anyone has found these links, could you post them, or could I get a translation of something like:
"Please do not use any dairy products in the preparation of my meal" and/or "Dairy foods prohibited are: " and/or "I am severely allergic to Dairy Products, please do not use them in the preparation of my meal".

Thanks for all your help.

Suggestion: Buy a German - English pocket dictionary. Check that most of your terms/words are included.

I too would suggest getting a couple of good dictionaries, or try an online translation service, though that will be less succeful.
Assorted friends and family of mine have food intolerances, Coeliac, Lactose intolerant, and one with a severe (life threatening) nut allergy. If we are going out for a meal I always inform the restaurant a few days before of the allergies and/or intolerances that will be going with us. They then either are happy to make allowances for these, or say that they cannot guarantee to provide alergen free food.
It is unfair on a restaurant to turn up and expect them to prepare your food differently without warning. If you are severly intolerant then even a trace of butter could cause a reaction for instance.
Many packaged foods carry clear lists of alergens in them now. The easiest way to avoid them is to use only fresh products, which is what I do when the aformetnioned F & F are visiting.

For some of the less common terms (that you might not find in a pocket dictionary) you could try the EU terminology database, IATE: http://iate.europa.eu

Just enter the search term in English, select English from the list of Source languages, and then next to target languages tick "de" (German) and "it"(Italian).

You should get various results, some more technical and/or relevant than others, but it's a quick way of getting terminology in multiple languages. It's not an online translation tool though, so you can't use it to translate full sentences, just specific terms.

Alternatively, have a look at www.wordreference.com, which is an excellent language website with reliable, comprehensive Italian/English and German/english dictionaries.

Did you try the Babelfish website? Just paste in your list, click the languages you translate between and you'll get your list back translated. Hope it works for you.

Babelfish or other automatic translators aren't always reliable. A good online dictionary is www.leo.org. Or wait for the native speakers.

Here's the German:

butter - Butter
casein - Kasein
caseinate (potassium, sodium,
calcium, magnesium, zinc and iron caseinates. - Kaseinat (Kalium-, Natrium-, Calzium-, Magnesium-, Zink- und Eisenkaseinate)
cream - Sahne
cheese - Käse
curds - Quark/Dickmilch (products seem to be different here)
lactose - Laktose
lactalbumin - Laktalbumin
lactoglobulin - Laktoglobulin
margarine - Margarine
milk (also buttermilk) - Milch (Buttermilch)
milk solid - ? What's that supposed to be? Powdered milk - Milchpulver
whey - Molke
whey powder - Molkepulver
yoghurt - Joghurt

Thank you so much for all the responses.

I bought some excellent cards from...

www.dietarycard.com

If you have a severe intolerance it is best not to risk verbal translations as they can misinterpreted between yourself and the kitchen. Some words if mis-pronounced by you can mean something quite different to the listener from what you intended.

You can opt for standard alert cards, or customised cards (which I have). They cost around 7 GBP each

Better safe than sorry, IMO.

A hint for Germany: Look for those small shops named "Reformhaus". They are more expensive than normal supermarkets, but there you'll find all those special food products suitable for allergic people and trained staff who will be able to deal with your specific problems and needs.

Is there a store where I can buy the Dietary cards in the UK? I am about to hop on the plane and missed this the first time I read it.

Thanks,