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the captain of fifty ... the respected citizen ... the counselor ... the expert craftsman ... the skillful enchanter
This is a list of categories of people that others depend on. Since they do not refer to particular individuals, they can all be translated with plural nouns as in the UDB. Alternate translation: "the captains of fifty ... the respected citizens ... the counselors ... the expert craftsmen ... the skillful enchanters" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-genericnoun)
the captain of fifty
Possible meanings are 1) the word "fifty" represents the exact amount of soldiers that the captain led. Alternate translation: "the captains of 50 soldiers" or 2) the word translated as "fifty" does not represent an exact number, but is the name of a small military unit. Alternate translation: "the captain of a small military unit" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
fifty
"50" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)