Sounds like the word you want is "issue", as in "the November issue of the magazine". And we would just say "a missing issue" or "this issue is missing" - I don't think there's a particular English word for it. Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: koha-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:koha-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Paul POULAIN Sent: 05 August 2004 14:26 To: Koha-devel Subject: [Koha-devel] Serials (next translation questions...) Hi, In french, for a given subscription (=abonnement), you wait for effective items. Repeated items are called "bulletins" (= explains the word "bulletinage" -see previous post-) What word should we use in english ? Items is very poor, as it's used for something else. In french, "numéro" is a synonym for "bulletin", and can be translated by "number". I think number is poor in english too. still in french, a "bulletin" that is late and will never arrive is called "lacune". I don't know the exact translation, but is "missing" OK ? A "bulletin" that is late will be marked "late". Is this word correct ? A "bulletin" that should arrive soon is marked "waited" (= ie : is planned, but not yet late). Is it correct ? I think it's all for today (a very raining one in Marseille...) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/koha-devel **************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 8272 5300, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. ****************************************************************************