| effort /endeavor /struggle | çaba |
| their effort | çabaları |
| in their effort | çabalarında |
| lazy /sluggish /idle/ paresseux/faul | tembel |
| laziness /sluggishness/paresse/Faulheit | tembellik |
| there is | var |
| there was | vardı |
| there is not | yok |
| there was not | yoktu |
| (it) is not | değil |
| (it) was not | değildi |
| In their efforts was a laziness. | çabalarında bir tembellik vardı. |
| of course | elbette ki |
| the Skaa (name for slave workers in this book) | skaalar |
| such /like this | böyle |
| Of course the Skaa were like this. | Elbette ki skaalar böyleydi. |
| There was a sluggishness to their efforts, but of course the Skaa were like this. | Çabalarında bir tembellik vardı ama elbette ki Skaalar böyleydi. |
| here it is /you see | işte |
| There was a sluggishness to their efforts but that's of course what the Skaa were like. | Çabalarında bir tembellik vardı ama elbette ki Skaalar böyleydi işte. |