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05:21 Jul 11, 2011 |
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Indonesian to English translations [PRO] Transport / Transportation / Shipping / inter-island transport of passengers and goods | |||||||
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5 | regular ship |
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4 | ferry crossing |
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3 | scheduled ships |
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scheduled ships Explanation: available for public, not for hire/rental -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 57 menit (2011-07-11 06:18:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It depends on what island, you can't go to Lombok island with a boat from Bali. You go to Rinca Island to see the Komodo then you will need boat, no ferries. |
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regular ship Explanation: This can be translated directly. |
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ferry crossing Explanation: In the context sentence, "reguler" implies a scheduled departure/arrival and then "kapal" can have meaning from boat, ferry, ship to vessel, etc. However in travel world, ferry is more commonly used to describe a scheduled inter-island mean of transport. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 hrs (2011-07-11 22:12:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oops, I didn't see the tiny islands coming. Perhaps you can apply it to larger islands with further distance in between:) Example sentence(s):
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