French term
United States
Very fast turnaround
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Arabic to French, and 1 more.
naufrage de son Armada
| 5 +1 | sinking of his armada |
Hal D'Arpini
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| 4 | the wreckage of his Armada... |
Pierre POUSSIN
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| 4 | the wrecking/destruction of his fleet |
Noni Gilbert Riley
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Dec 16, 2011 10:06: Carol Gullidge changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Ronald van Riet, B D Finch, Carol Gullidge
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Proposed translations
France
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Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Latin to French, and 2 more.
the wreckage of his Armada...
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
the wrecking/destruction of his fleet
The word Armada is indicative of the Spanish fleet, but is so strongly associated with the 1588 rousting that I would stick to fleet.
Not wreckage, because that refers to one wrecked vessel. And we can't us shipwreck or sink, because many of the vessels broke up onshore.
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Hal D'Arpini
: Interesting remark on the usage of "wreckage;" I'll have to research that further. Fleet is perfectly acceptable, of course, but I'm wondering if lower-case "armada" might likewise be okay. I think it's generically used to indicate a fleet of warships.
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sinking of his armada
"Sinking" is one of the acceptable translation of "naufrage," and is specifically used when referring to a fleet of warships that has been defeated in battle. The most common example, of course, is "the sinking of the Spanish Armada," or, as my second reference below refers to it, "THE PROVIDENTIAL GLORIOUS SINKING OF THE SPANISH ARMADA." [Caps in original]
I spelled "armada" with a lower-case because that's the spelling used when referring to any warfleet that's not the Spanish Armada (upper-case a).
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-12-16 12:14:27 GMT)
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Correction: at the very end, I meant to say "upper-case a" rather than "lower-case a" in referring to the Spanish Armada. (Sorry.)
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Lara Barnett
: This seems the more usual way to express this. I would go with capital A for Armada.
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