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Aspirante

14:53 Oct 24, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / Patente
Portuguese term or phrase: Aspirante
Gostava de saber como se diz a patente de "Aspirante" em inglês.

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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Officer Cadet
Nick Taylor
4 +1Midshipman (Navy) / Officer candidate (Army & Air Force)
Gilmar Fernandes
4Aspirant / Aspirant Officer
Marlene Curtis


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Aspirant / Aspirant Officer


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Brazil

http://books.google.com/books?id=r3dez4JhXUQC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6...


Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
disagree  T o b i a s: Outside the wonderful world or translationese, 'aspirant' means " Striving for a higher position, seeking distinction" (OED).
8 hrs
  -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Brazil
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Midshipman (Navy) / Officer candidate (Army & Air Force)


Explanation:
Se for da Marinha : midshipman

Exército e Força Áerea: Officer candidate/cadet

Michaelis Dictionary
as.pi.ran.te
s m+f aspirant, candidate, one who aspires. adj aspiring, drawing up by suction (as a pump), aspirant. aspirante a oficial officer candidate. aspirante de marinha midshipman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midshipman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_candidate

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  T o b i a s: 'Midshipman' (Navy)
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Toby :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Officer Cadet


Explanation:
Officer Cadet

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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-10-24 17:57:11 GMT)
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French military conscription required all men to serve for almost their entire active lives. They passed from the Active Regiments through the Reserve and eventually into the Territorial units. At 18 years old, Aspirant (Officer Cadet) Leuregans was a lot younger than his reservist soldiers—and was in fact two years younger than French conscription required.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_cadet
Nick Taylor
Local time: 05:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 39

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  T o b i a s: Army
1 hr
  -> thanks Tobias
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