Sardinian and English/Lexical selection

srd → eng

• Cases of a one-to-many translation:

• Rule #1: "pro" in Sardinian can be translated as both "for" and "to":

Pro bider s'artìculu → To read the article

Pro su libru meu → For my book

• Rule #2: "de" translates to "to" and "of":

Custu artìculu chircat de bogare a pizu → The article tries to shed light on

Duos de sos libros meos → Two of my books

• Generalizations:

• Rule #1: when "pro" is followed by a verb, we should have the mapping "pro → to"
• Rule #2: when "de" preceded by a number, we should have the mapping "de → of"

(When these rules don't apply, the translations "pro → for" and "de → to" are used.),,