# Then they were all encouraged

This can be stated in active form. AT: "This encouraged all of them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# We were 276 people in the ship

"We were two hundred and seventy-six people in the ship." This is background information. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])