From adf8c827e479841060bc70d7aaa38cab47cef19a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Obiwon Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 21:32:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'act/27/12.md' --- act/27/12.md | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/act/27/12.md b/act/27/12.md index 656f994ca8..962b20d1a2 100644 --- a/act/27/12.md +++ b/act/27/12.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # harbor was not easy to spend the winter in -You can make explicit why it was not easy to stay in the harbor. Alternate translation: "harbor did not sufficiently protect docked ships during winter storms" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]]) +"harbor did not sufficiently protect docked ships during winter storms" # harbor @@ -8,17 +8,12 @@ a place near land that is usually safe for ships # city of Phoenix -Phoenix was a port city on the south coast of Crete. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]]) +Phoenix was a port city on the south coast of Crete. # to spend the winter there -This speaks about the season of winter as if it were a commodity that someone can spend. Alternate translation: "to stay there for the cold season" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"to stay there for the cold season" # facing both southwest and northwest - -Here "faces northwest and southwest" means the opening of the harbor was toward those directions. Alternate translation: "it opened to the northwest and southwest" - -# southwest and northwest - These directions are based on what one sees as one faces the setting sun. Northwest is a little to the right of the setting sun, and southwest is a little to the left of the setting sun.