Aug 25, 2019 16:18
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term

maniobras de evasión

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Military / Defense
This is from a screenplay for an Argentine movie that takes place in a submarine in the 70s. After a failed attempt at launching a torpedo, the captain orders:
Preparen maniobras de evasión

Prepare withdrawal??

Thanks
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 evasive maneuvers
3 +1 evasive action
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Non-PRO (1): philgoddard

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Proposed translations

+3
20 mins
Selected

evasive maneuvers

prepare to evade the enemies with evasive maneuvers
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
1 hr
agree Manuel Aburto
4 hrs
agree Robert Carter
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
18 hrs

evasive action

(2) Damage, loss, or injury due to evasive action taken to avoid enemy fire.
AR 385-10 11/27/2013 THE ARMY SAFETY PROGRAM , Survival Ebooks
https://books.google.de/books?id=PRCUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA...

I took the controls from the copilot and began evasive action
https://books.google.de/books?id=cWPZdzomodsC&pg=PA120&lpg=P...

Indian Army soldiers take evasive action as a 105mm Indian Field Gun is readied for firing during Exercise Sarvatra Prahar
https://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/indian-arm...

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Note added at 18 hrs (2019-08-26 11:10:02 GMT)
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The submarine immediately executes its evasive actions after detecting the torpedo.
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/36725639.pdf

Submarines could and did use this dead interval to take evasive action.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-submarine_mortar

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Note added at 23 hrs (2019-08-26 15:18:44 GMT)
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Prepare for evasive action!
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac
3 hrs
Muchas gracias, Neil;-)
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