Glossary entry (derived from question below)
español term or phrase:
cabo de mar
inglés translation:
quartermaster/petty officer
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JaneTranslates
Dec 20, 2007 06:06
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cabo de mar
español al inglés
Ciencias sociales
Historia
Military rank, Spanish colonial administration
One Vicente Ferré was a **cabo de mar** living in Guánica, Puerto Rico in 1898, when the U.S. Army invaded the Island during the Spanish-Cuban-American War. His house was on the beach where the troops landed.
This man was a Spanish/Puerto Rican officer, not U.S. I have found "seaman" and "petty officer" but I'm not sure which, if either, is correct. Is there a "standard" English translation for this rank, at this time and in this setting? I'm still looking for English sites about the U.S. landing in Guánica, but perhaps a colleague with specialized knowledge can save me some time? Thank you!
This man was a Spanish/Puerto Rican officer, not U.S. I have found "seaman" and "petty officer" but I'm not sure which, if either, is correct. Is there a "standard" English translation for this rank, at this time and in this setting? I'm still looking for English sites about the U.S. landing in Guánica, but perhaps a colleague with specialized knowledge can save me some time? Thank you!
Proposed translations
(inglés)
| 4 +2 | quartermaster |
P Forgas
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| 5 | petty officer or warrant officer |
AMR SAID
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Dec 21, 2007 16:06: JaneTranslates Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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quartermaster
como curiosidad te he escaneado todos los cabos que aparecen en un glosario militar viejísimo y destartalado que guardo como reliquia.
cabo -- steel wire rope, hawser, cable; headland, promontory, cape, point TOP
cabo de cañón -- gun captain NAG
cabo de columna -- prototype (in shipbuilding); leading ship (of formation) NAV
cabo de cuartel -- charge of quarters, CQ
cabo de escuadra -- CUB detachment commander; SPA team leader
cabo de fila -- prototype (in shipbuilding); leading ship (of formation) NAV
cabo de guardia -- corporal of the guard
cabo de labor -- running rope
cabo de luces -- light man NAV
cabo de mar -- quartermaster NAV
cabo de marinería -- quartermaster NAV
cabo de matrícula -- SPA petty officer responsible for personnel records NAV
cabo de rancho -- SPA mess treasurer NAV
cabo de rastreo de minas -- mine sweeping cable; magnetic coil sweep
cabo de remolque -- tow rope, tow cable, towing line, towing cable, towing rope
cabo de remolque del paraván -- paravane towing wire NAV
cabo de remolque del planeador -- glider towing cable AVI
cabo de ronda -- night patrol command
cabo guardabanderas -- senior signalman NAV
cabo primero -- SPA first corporal; seaman first class; ARG first corporal; seaman first class NAV
cabo principal -- ARG petty officer NAV; ARG senior corporal AVI
cabo segundo -- SPA seaman second class NAV; ARG seaman second class NAV
cabo y camaradas -- SPA (colloquial) ship's captain and officers NAV
saludos, P.
cabo -- steel wire rope, hawser, cable; headland, promontory, cape, point TOP
cabo de cañón -- gun captain NAG
cabo de columna -- prototype (in shipbuilding); leading ship (of formation) NAV
cabo de cuartel -- charge of quarters, CQ
cabo de escuadra -- CUB detachment commander; SPA team leader
cabo de fila -- prototype (in shipbuilding); leading ship (of formation) NAV
cabo de guardia -- corporal of the guard
cabo de labor -- running rope
cabo de luces -- light man NAV
cabo de mar -- quartermaster NAV
cabo de marinería -- quartermaster NAV
cabo de matrícula -- SPA petty officer responsible for personnel records NAV
cabo de rancho -- SPA mess treasurer NAV
cabo de rastreo de minas -- mine sweeping cable; magnetic coil sweep
cabo de remolque -- tow rope, tow cable, towing line, towing cable, towing rope
cabo de remolque del paraván -- paravane towing wire NAV
cabo de remolque del planeador -- glider towing cable AVI
cabo de ronda -- night patrol command
cabo guardabanderas -- senior signalman NAV
cabo primero -- SPA first corporal; seaman first class; ARG first corporal; seaman first class NAV
cabo principal -- ARG petty officer NAV; ARG senior corporal AVI
cabo segundo -- SPA seaman second class NAV; ARG seaman second class NAV
cabo y camaradas -- SPA (colloquial) ship's captain and officers NAV
saludos, P.
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Comment: "Thank you! I would love to know more about the glossary--without background it's hard to know whether this fits my context. But this is very useful, and Tracey's reference confirms it in reverse. Thanks again."
3 horas
petty officer or warrant officer
this is a historical context term
Note from asker:
| Yes, of course--can you explain more about why you believe your answer fits the historical context? |
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