Baklava is a rich sweet from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East: many paper-thin sheets of pastry stacked with chopped nuts, baked, then soaked in sugar syrup or honey so it is sticky and shiny. You cut it into diamonds or squares. It is not a soft sponge cake; it is crisp, layered, and very sweet.

Baklava is a rich sweet from the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle Eastbaklava是來自東地中海和中東地區的一種濃郁甜點: many paper-thin sheets of pastry stacked with chopped nuts一層層薄如紙的酥皮夾著切碎的堅果, baked烤過, then soaked in sugar syrup or honey再泡進糖漿或蜂蜜裡, so it is sticky and shiny所以吃起來黏黏亮亮的。You cut it into diamonds or squares你把它切成菱形或方形。It is not a soft sponge cake它不是鬆軟的海綿蛋糕; it is crisp, layered, and very sweet它是酥脆、有層次，而且非常甜的。

You buy it in bakeries and at celebrations. Greek, Turkish, Lebanese and many other kitchens all have a home version, and they do not always agree whose dish it is. In English we treat it as one sweet with small local changes.

You buy it in bakeries and at celebrations你會在麵包店和喜慶場合買到它。Greek, Turkish, Lebanese and many other kitchens all have a home version希臘、土耳其、黎巴嫩，還有很多地方的廚房都有自己的家常版本, and they do not always agree whose dish it is而且大家對這道甜點到底是誰的也常常有爭議。In English we treat it as one sweet with small local changes在英文裡我們把它當作同一種甜點，只是各地有些小差異。

Though actually the word came into English through Turkish, from Ottoman Turkish, and some scholars think an older Inner Asian word for a bundle or package may sit behind that — that last step is only a possibility, not a settled fact.

Though actually不過其實 the word came into English through Turkish這個字是經由土耳其語進入英文的, from Ottoman Turkish源自鄂圖曼土耳其語, and some scholars think an older Inner Asian word for a bundle or package may sit behind that有些學者認為背後可能還有一個更古老、指「一捆」或「一包」的內亞語詞根 — that last step is only a possibility, not a settled fact不過這最後一步只是一種推測，不是定論。