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przysposobienie obronne

English translation: military and civil defense training

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Polish term or phrase:przysposobienie obronne
English translation:military and civil defense training
Entered by: maciejm

09:59 Mar 19, 2002
Polish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / education
Polish term or phrase: przysposobienie obronne
przedmiot szkolny (pamiętamy, pamiętamy:)
jackk
military training
Explanation:
po prostu.
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maciejm
Poland
Local time: 00:42
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3military training
maciejm
4 +2civil defense training
pidzej
4 -1riffle
Ivona McCormick


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
military training


Explanation:
po prostu.

maciejm
Poland
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 36
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jacek Krankowski (X)
3 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  kataryna
3 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  bartek
838 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
civil defense training


Explanation:
w różnych okresach było to bardziej civil defense albo bardziej military

pidzej
Poland
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  maciejm: pewnie zgodzimy sie na military/civil defense, lub vice versa :-)
4 mins
  -> yeah, like
agree  wojtekl (X): z tego co sam pamietam to byly raczej maski gazowe, sygnaly ostrzegawcze i sztuczne oddychanie, czyli civil defense
3 hrs
agree  Jaroslaw: To chyba najbardziej trafne okreslenie.
2 days 15 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
riffle


Explanation:
riffle

(I am looking at my husband's old high school diploma from Niles West High School and it says "Riffle"

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Note added at 2002-03-19 19:39:54 (GMT)
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proper spelling is of course rifle.
They also call it RTCO - it has something to do with corps traning, but my 39 years old husband can\'t remember what it satnds for...

Ivona McCormick
United States
Local time: 17:42
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  pidzej: ff? no "riffle" definition even hints at defense
25 mins
disagree  Lota: I would not give it such a translation. I had First Aid as a subject in a US HS. For a semester, I think.
2 hrs
  -> I wouldn't either. I'm just saying what is on his American High School report card - I guess we know better than them...
neutral  maciejm: ROTC = Reserve Officer Training Corps, it is very roughly speaking an equivalent of Polish "studium wojskowe"
5 hrs
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