Hi - I think I'd go with "a small seedless grape of the Mediterranean
region" then say like a very, very, very small raisin.
"Seppo Sipilä" > wrote in message
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> Hi all, I'm translating Roald Dahl's memoirs and got stuck with
> "currant cake". As "currant" has two meanings (berries and raisins), I
> don't know which one is correct.
>
> He's telling about his childhood in an English boarding school in the
> 1920's (St Peter's in Weston-super-Mare), and currant cake is
> something that mothers would send in the mail to their sons. So...
> berries or "raisins of Corinth"?
>
> Thanks,
> S.