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55 [femtifem] Arbeide

What do you do for a living?	Kva jobbar du med?
My husband is a doctor.	Mannen min er lege.
I work as a nurse part-time.	Eg jobbar deltid som sjukepleiar.
We will soon receive our pension.	Snart blir vi pensjonistar.
But taxes are high.	Men skattane er høge.
And health insurance is expensive.	Og helseforsikringa er dyr.
What would you like to become some day?	Kva har du lyst til å bli?
I would like to become an engineer.	Eg vil bli ingeniør.
I want to go to college.	Eg vil studere ved universitetet.
I am an intern.	Eg er praktikant.
I do not earn much.	Eg tenar ikkje mykje.
I am doing an internship abroad.	Eg tek praksis i utlandet.
That is my boss.	Det er sjefen min.
I have nice colleagues.	Eg har hyggelege kollegaer.
We always go to the cafeteria at noon.	Vi et lunsj i kantina.
I am looking for a job.	Eg ser etter arbeid.
I have already been unemployed for a year.	Eg har vore arbeidslaus i eitt år.
There are too many unemployed people in this country.	Her i landet er det for mange arbeidsledige.

Long words, short words

The length of a word is dependent upon its informative content. This has been shown by an American study. Researchers evaluated words from ten European languages. This was achieved with the help of a computer. The computer analyzed various words with a program. In the process, it used a formula to calculate the informative content. The results were clear. The shorter a word is, the less information it conveys. Interestingly, we use short words more often than long words. The reason for this could lie in the efficiency of speech. When we speak, we concentrate on the most important thing. Therefore, words without much information mustn't be too long. This guarantees we don't spend too much time on unimportant things. The correlation between length and content has another advantage. It ensures that the informative content always remains the same. That is to say, we always say the same amount in a certain period of time. For example, we can use a few long words. But we can also use many short words. It doesn't matter what we decide: The informative content remains the same. As a result, our speech has a consistent rhythm. This makes it easier for listeners to follow us. If the amount of information were always varied, it would be difficult. Our listeners couldn't adapt well to our speech. Comprehension would thus be made difficult. He who wants the best chance of being understood should use short words. Since short words are better comprehended than long ones. Therefore, the principle goes: Keep It Short and Simple! In short: KISS!