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Re: DCKL translation problems: {Sup}

Steven Boozer ([email protected])

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: DCKL translation problems: {Sup}
• Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:41:18 -0600

Quvar:
 > >     "resource" s. {Sup}; "resources" s. pl. {jo}
 > >
 > > is it acceptable to simply translate this to
 > >     "Ressource" s. {Sup}; "Ressourcen" s. pl. {jo}
 > > or does one prefer the "real" german word, "Hilfsquellen"?

Jens-Wolfhard:
 >No, use "Ressource", maybe "Rohstoff", too...

As Quvar noted, {Sup} is the singular form only: "a/the resource".  The
plural form is {jo} "resources".

It's another one of those noun sg./pl. pairs like {DoS}/{ray'} "target(s),
{jengva'}/{ngup} "plate(s)", {peng}/{cha} "torpedo(es)", etc.



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Voragh
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