Title: Mechanic's words in five languages, English, Norwegian and Northern Sámi editions
Tags: english, docbook
-Date: 2021-08-04 12:00
-Publish: 2021-08-04 12:00
+Date: 2021-08-04 15:30
<p>Almost thirty years ago, some forward looking people interested in
metal work and Northern Sámi, decided to create a list of words used
<a href="https://gitlab.com/petterreinholdtsen/mekanikerord">my gitlab
repository</a>.</p>
-<p>A typical dictionary entry (from the Norwegian edition) can look
-like this, with the term "dreiebenk" translated into English, Northern
-Sámi, Swedish and Finnish, and with a description of the term in
-Norwegian:
+<p>The dictionary entries look slightly different, depending on the
+language in focus. This is the same entry in the different editions.
+
+<p><em>English</em></p>
+
+<blockquote>
+<dl>
+ <dt><strong>lathe</strong></dt>
+
+ <dd><p>dreiebenk (nb) várve, várvenbeaŋka, jorahanbeaŋka, vátnanbeaŋka (se) svarv (sv) sorvi (fi) </p></dd>
+
+</dl>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p><em>Norwegian</em></p>
<blockquote>
<dl>
</dl>
</blockquote>
+<p><em>Northern Sámi</em></p>
+
+<blockquote>
+<dl>
+ <dt><strong>várve, várvenbeaŋka, jorahanbeaŋka, vátnanbeaŋka</strong></dt>
+
+ <dd><p>dreiebenk (nb) lathe (en) svarv (sv) sorvi (fi) </p></dd>
+
+ <dd><p>(se): mašiidna mainna čuohppá vuolahasaid jorri
+ bargoávdnasis</p></dd>
+
+ <dd><p>(nb): sponskjærande bearbeidingsmaskin der ein med
+ skjæreverktøy lausgjør spon frå eit roterande
+ arbetsstykke</p></dd>
+
+<dl>
+</blockquote>
+
<p>The database included term description in both Norwegian and
Northern Sámi, but not English. Because of this, the Northern Sámi
edition include both descriptions, the Norwegian edition include the