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Post captain

03:16 Jun 6, 2011
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English to Russian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / Ranks
English term or phrase: Post captain
Мультитран уже видела. Хотелось бы обоснованной и выверенной информации.
Заранее спасибо!
Natalia Zakharova
Ukraine
Local time: 13:09


Summary of answers provided
4командир корабля в звании капитана
Katerina O.
2капитан первого ранга
Igor Antipin


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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
post captain
капитан первого ранга


Explanation:
Я бы особо голову не ломал. Читатель скользнет взглядом и поймет, что этот - важный капитан.

Igor Antipin
Russian Federation
Local time: 13:09
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PRO pts in category: 88
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
post captain
командир корабля в звании капитана


Explanation:
Post-captain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy.

The term served to distinguish those who were captains by rank from:

Officers in command of a naval vessel, who were (and still are) addressed as captain regardless of rank;
Commanders, who received the title of captain as a courtesy, whether they currently had a command or not (e.g. the fictional Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander or the fictional Captain Horatio Hornblower in Hornblower and the Hotspur); this custom is now defunct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Captain

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-06 04:25:29 GMT)
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Корабль был слишком маленьким, чтобы отдать его под командование офицера в звании капитана...

Katerina O.
Russian Federation
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Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 175
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