Manipuri to English:
ꯔꯤꯀꯥꯔꯗꯣꯒꯤ ꯋꯥꯈꯜꯂꯣꯟ ꯑꯗꯨꯗꯤ ꯃꯈꯣꯏꯒꯤ ꯆꯥꯡꯗꯝꯅꯕꯒꯤ ꯀꯥꯟꯅꯕ, ꯀꯥꯟꯅꯕꯗ ꯈ꯭ꯋꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤ ꯑꯊꯣꯏꯕ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯤꯕ ꯄꯣꯠꯆꯩ ꯃꯄꯥꯟꯗ ꯊꯥꯗꯣꯛꯇꯨꯅ ꯌꯣꯟꯕ, ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯀꯥꯟꯅꯕꯒꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯆꯥꯡꯗꯝꯅꯔꯒꯗꯤ ꯅꯦꯝꯕ (ꯀꯥꯟꯅꯕ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯦꯅ ꯍꯥꯏꯔꯕꯁꯨ) ꯃꯄꯥꯟꯗꯒꯤ ꯄꯣꯠꯆꯩꯁꯤꯡ ꯆꯦꯟꯕ ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯨꯡ ꯏꯟꯅ ꯂꯥꯂꯣꯟ ꯏꯇꯤꯛ ꯇꯧꯕꯅ ꯂꯝ ꯑꯁꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕ ꯑꯃꯅ ꯀꯟꯅꯕ ꯐꯪꯒꯅꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯕꯁꯤꯅꯤ꯫
Ricardo's insight was that such a country would still benefit from trading according to its comparative advantage, exporting products in which its absolute advantage was greatest, and importing products in which its absolute advantage was comparatively less (even if still positive).