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English translation: Captain


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French term or phrase:CNE
English translation:Captain
Entered by: Marco Solinas
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11:56 Nov 11, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / French Foreign Legion
French term or phrase: CNE
It appears in the service record of a member of the French foreign legion. It precedes what appears to be a person's last name and a signature: "LE CNE XXXXXXXXXX [Signature] [Stamp], where XXXXXXXXXXXX seems to be a proper name (it is partly obliterated by the signature and the stamp]
Thank you for all suggestions.
Marco Solinas
Local time: 22:59
Captain
Explanation:
CNE = Capitaine
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNE_(homonymie)
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Claire BUSIGNY
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:59
Grading comment
Thank you Claire. How dumb of me. Why did I not figure it out?
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4 +7Captain
Claire BUSIGNY
4captain -- capitaine (CNE, CPT )
Cristina intern


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Captain


Explanation:
CNE = Capitaine
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNE_(homonymie)

Claire BUSIGNY
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:59
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you Claire. How dumb of me. Why did I not figure it out?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Colin Rowe: :-)
0 min
  -> Thanks Colin
agree  Sylvie Chartier
14 mins
  -> Merci Sylvie
agree  Cristina intern: faster than I
32 mins
  -> thanks Cristina ;o)
agree  mimi 254
40 mins
  -> thank you Mimi
agree  liz askew
3 hrs
  -> Thank you Liz
agree  GeoS
18 hrs
  -> Thank you GeoS
agree  Michel F. Morin: Absolument. Pour une saisie mécanographique (ou informatique), chaque grade est identitifé par un trigramme. LTN pour lieutenant, CNE pour capitaine, LTC pour lieutenant-colonel etc.
21 hrs
  -> Merci Michel
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
captain -- capitaine (CNE, CPT )


Explanation:
***CNE oder CPT = Capitaine*** --> Hauptmann CBA = Chef de Bataillon ... COMLE = Commandement de la Légion Étrangère --> Oberkommando der ...
www.lalegion.ch/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=804&start=0

A captain in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa tries to keep the peace and battle bandit tribes while also taking care of his son, who lives with ...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0047717/

Cristina intern
Germany
Local time: 07:59
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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