Sep 11, 2008 07:40
15 yrs ago
English term

military snap

English to Japanese Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
This is the scene of newsreel of inaugural of new police cheif.

Narration goes;

New chief demands military snap from his men.

Is it something like, 士気を鼓舞する??
Proposed translations (Japanese)
4 +3 軍隊並みの機敏さ

Proposed translations

+3
45 mins
Selected

軍隊並みの機敏さ

兵士のようにきびきびと戦略的に動くという意味では。
Peer comment(s):

agree patent_pending
1 hr
agree Roger Johnson : Imagine the way a Marine Corps Silent Drill Team Performs...Quick, sharp movements..(its called snap and pop in the military)
1 hr
agree Natasha Lutes
10 hrs
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Reference comments

2 hrs
Reference:

With military snap and briskness the battalion was formed.
http://www.gramotey.com/?open_file=1195198385.18

てきぱき tekipaki seems to indicate not just quick, but also brisk, decisive, precise, and prompt, quickness with a military snap to it.
http://www.google.co.jp/search?q="military snap" prompt&hl=...
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