maciejm Feb 22, 2010:

From my experience with the American military, the preferred terms would be "career/contractual/contract-based" not "professional", which would be understood as "well-trained". And, once again, "army" is only "land forces', not the whole military/armed forces as is the meaning of the word "armia" in Polish.

Michael Sangster (X) Feb 21, 2010:

I think "professional" would be apt in this case. Rather than referring to the standard of training, I see "armia zawodowa" as referring to the move away from a draft-based army towards a contract-based one, i.e., a "professional army".

Pozdrawiam.

maciejm Feb 21, 2010:

Trzeba tylko pamiętać, że po polsku "armia", to ogólnie wojsko, a po angielsku "army", to wyłącznie "siły lądowe", więc w angielskiej wersji należy napisać "armed forces". Podobnie "professional", to raczej "dobrze wyszkolony", niż "zawodowy". M