Yes, he told me, both these things were major problems; many of these people were out of work or spending years ‘out of the action’ at university, and practical people, people who were skilled with their hands, were hard to come by in his part of the world.
Effectivement, m’a-t-il dit, ces deux points formaient des problèmes majeurs: nombre de ces personnes étaient sans emploi ou passaient des années «hors service» à l’université, et les praticiens, les personnes habiles de leurs mains, étaient difficiles à trouver dans la région.