Jul 17, 2009 14:15
14 yrs ago
Russian term
Самолеты
Non-PRO
Russian to English
Bus/Financial
Aerospace / Aviation / Space
Используется ли слово "Самолеты" (Aircraft) во множ. числе на английском (Aircrafts)? Я был уверен, что нет и написал Aircraft (речь идет о договоре на поставку Самолетов, где Самолет (Самолеты) даются как термин).Но меня поправил (русскоговорящий юрист) на AircraftS.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +13 | Aircraft | Jack Doughty |
5 +1 | aircrafts | Denis Guchok |
4 +1 | Aircraft / Aircrafts | Olga Derenko |
3 | Aircraft | Gad Kohenov |
Change log
Jul 17, 2009 20:51: Oleksandr Melnyk changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Proposed translations
+13
10 mins
Selected
Aircraft
You were right! The plural of aircraft is aircraft, with no "s". I lived through the Second World War, I served 14 years in the Royal Air Force, and I have never known aircraft in the plural to be written as anything other than aircraft.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Jack!"
4 mins
Aircraft
The plural is aircrafts. Example: British aircrafts.
+1
5 mins
aircrafts
и правильно поправил, можете мне полностью доверять, я работаю в авиации уже не один год
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Note added at 1 час (2009-07-17 16:01:37 GMT)
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да
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Note added at 1 час (2009-07-17 16:01:37 GMT)
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да
Note from asker:
И Вы работаете с носителями языка? |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Olga Derenko
: You can trust BBC: Radar equipment at nearby RAF Lossiemouth showed the two aircrafts' contacts merging as they came to less than 200ft from each other. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/67672...
5 hrs
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+1
5 hrs
Aircraft / Aircrafts
Both variants seem to be acceptable.
See the BBC news:
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-07-17 20:12:08 GMT)
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Maybe this is the case when the language is changing? Perhaps plural was not used before, but now, as we can see, native speakers use both forms.
Example sentence:
No. 263 Squadron were on their way back from Rhubarb, they were just flying over North West France when two aircrafts were shot down by Me 109s.
Two aircraft have been involved in a "minor collision" while taxiing at Heathrow, the airport's operator says..
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