GR translation: Seaman Bodine

[Mike Jing]

That's what I thought.  Thanks all.


On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Seaman is one of the lowest rates  in the Navy (not rank).   It's not a
> name but used as a title.   Petty Officer Jones or Seaman Bodine.    In the
> army it might be like  Private Ryan or Sergeant Preston,
>
> Bek
> whose dad and son and  late hubby were all seamen of some sort -
>
>
> On Jul 14, 2013, at 2:49 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Are you sure? I mean, you wouldn't translate that in any other language
> as well, as you wouldn't translate Colonel, for example.
> >
> >
> > 2013/7/14 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> > The published translation treated "Seaman" as Bodine's first name.  That
> can't be right, can it?  I thought I'd ask just to be absolutely sure,
> since I'm often wrong.
> >
>
>
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