værnsfælles

11:00 May 29, 2008
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Danish to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / -
Danish term or phrase: værnsfælles
Værnsfælles myndigheder
Helle B
Local time: 02:00


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4joint
Diarmuid Kennan
3over / for / all services
Christine Andersen


  

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joint


Explanation:
Check 'værnsfælles' on http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQueryEdit.do

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 01:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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over / for / all services


Explanation:
You will not find a single word in English, so you will have to rephrase it to fit your context, but it means authorities with command over all the defence services.

You might be able to use inter-service, but this is tricky, as shown in this extract, which uses it in two slightly different senses:

The collapse of the Soviet Union revealed that the US had overestimated its military strength. The Pentagon developed a vested interest in exaggerating it. **Inter-service rivalries,** particularly between US Navy and US Airforce, resulted in an arms race between them. The MoD from time to time plants stories about Pakistan's growing military power. Most are self-serving. We cannot allow an uncontrolled nuclear arms race by fuelling raw passions. The military can be very good at this and we must guard against it.

Since nuclear weapons are not war fighting-weapons the traditional military must not have them. **A separate inter-service command** under full and direct civilian and political control must be evolved.

http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19980605/15650044....



Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 02:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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