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 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 (I need a (car) battery); мне нужна батарейка (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: *
 * --Anatoli 01:54, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

RFD discussion: June–August 2016
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; 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)