"Zidarii și tâmplarii lucrează."

Translation: The masons and the carpenters work.

[Paolo70924]

what's the difference between "tamplarii" and "dulgherii"?

[Claudia400546]

The dictionary returns "zidar" when you enter "bricklayer", but "bricklayer" is marked as incorrect here.

[Chris265302]

Zidar = BRICKLAYER as well as mason. Accept it please. It is MUCH more commonly used than stonemason/mason which imply a more narrow speciality.

[villajidiot]

This sounds like they're working on a cathedral in the twelfth century. Historically, masons were stone workers and bricklayers. In the present day, "mason" means a member of the Freemason fraternal organization.

[hippietrail]

I'm happy to read a story set in the twelfth century. Wouldn't it be capitalized Mason when referring to a Freemason?

[LABv7L1N]

Saying 'they work' seems obvious; 'they are working' seems to make more sense.

[Inga89619]

true. and it has been accepted just now. :)

[Joe.T.]

To say that they work hard, would one simply add 'greu' at the end?

[bluchill]

Mason = builder? No?

[hippietrail]

No. A mason is a stoneworker. They're probably not very common in Australia/Canada/US/New Zealand these days, but they still exist in Europe working on old buildings. And even in the new world we have some older buildings using stone.