Talk:I need a battery

battery

In Russian a car battery and a small (e.g. remote control) battery are different words - аккумулятор and батарея/батарейка. Which one was meant? --Anatoli 01:42, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I believe the small (remote control) battery is more common; should we ignore the car battery? Or perhaps split this entry into two definitions? --Daniel. 01:44, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I'd say add both translations, using {{qualifier}} to distinguish the two types of battery. Nadando 01:49, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I thought the car battery would be more important - if you have a problem on the road :) Please split into two but I will leave it up to you. Perhaps two senses would be better than two entries. Can you please add Russian then? мне нужен аккумулятор (mne núžen akkumuljátor) (I need a (car) battery); мне нужна батарейка (mne nužná bataréjka) (I need a (small) battery)

You have been adding some translation requests. If you also add Chinese and Russian translation requests to your phrasebook, I or other contributors will come and add:

Chinese is trickier, just copy from here:

* Chinese:	 
*: {{trreq|Mandarin}}

* {{trreq|Russian}}

--Anatoli 01:54, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

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I need a battery

Meh. I need ... + battery --Daniel Carrero (talk) 16:57, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

As it stands, I'd like to think it means an electrical battery. Could it conceivably be any of other meanings of battery?

More to the point, I don't think many people would want to use that specific phrase and translate it into other languages. I'm afraid they would want to be more specific like "I need 2 AA batteries" anyway. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 17:08, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Nowadays, people are more likely to say I need a charger anyway. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 20:02, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

• Delete; google books:"I need a battery" phrasebook finds only one item. There are enough English phrasebooks around for us to use something like the lemming heuristic for the English part of the phrasebook. --Dan Polansky (talk) 07:36, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
• RFD failed. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 19:55, 26 August 2016 (UTC)