Combat engineer

Romanian translation: militar genist

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English term or phrase:Combat engineer
Romanian translation:militar genist
Entered by: Camelia Colnic

16:01 Feb 11, 2013
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Science - Military / Defense
English term or phrase: Combat engineer
Combat engineers primarily supervise, serve or assist as a member of a team when they are tackling rough terrain in combat situations. They provide their expertise in areas such as mobility, countermobility, survivability and general engineering.
Camelia Colnic
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:10
militar genist
Explanation:
There are no advanced academic qualifications required to be a combat engineer. The term "engineer" is not to be confused with the term applied to Professional Engineer or Chartered Engineer. A combat engineer, also called pioneer or sapper in many armies, is a soldier who performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions.
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Augustin Dragoste
Romania
Local time: 00:10
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5 +6militar genist
Augustin Dragoste
4Inginer militar
Gabriela McCusker


  

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combat engineer
Inginer militar


Explanation:
Inginer in domeniul militar

Gabriela McCusker
Local time: 17:10
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Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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combat engineer
militar genist


Explanation:
There are no advanced academic qualifications required to be a combat engineer. The term "engineer" is not to be confused with the term applied to Professional Engineer or Chartered Engineer. A combat engineer, also called pioneer or sapper in many armies, is a soldier who performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions.

Example sentence(s):
  • GENÍST, geniști, s. m. Militar din trupele de geniu (III). – Geniu + suf.-ist. Sursa: DEX '98 (1998), Geniu= Armă militară care cuprinde trupe specializate pentru executarea lucrărilor de fortificații, de drumuri, de poduri etc.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_engineer
Augustin Dragoste
Romania
Local time: 00:10
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Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4

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