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English translation: Shooting skills/ proficiency

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Norwegian term or phrase:Egenferdighet
English translation:Shooting skills/ proficiency
Entered by: Plamen Nenchev

09:40 Jul 1, 2023
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / Military Training
Norwegian term or phrase: Egenferdighet
Egenferdighet skyting

Subject in a military training transcript
Plamen Nenchev
Bulgaria
Local time: 10:22
Shooting skills/ proficiency
Explanation:
According to my learned friend Dr.Deepl.
Selected response from:

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:22
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1Shooting skills/ proficiency
Andrew Bramhall
4 +1(practical) proficiency
Michele Fauble
3 -1intrinsic skilfulness
Adrian MM.


Discussion entries: 1





  

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Shooting skills/ proficiency


Explanation:
According to my learned friend Dr.Deepl.

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Schröder
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thankyou!
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
egenferdighet
intrinsic skilfulness


Explanation:
The term could refer not only to rifle shooting, but also to other types of pursuit e.g. cookery.

Example sentence(s):
  • The basic mechanism of the underlying skill of rifle shooting are whole body stabilization and rifle steadiness

    Reference: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/274729364_Determinan...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Ellis: Agree, but I would use "Inherent skill". See any NO/EN dictionary to see that NO 'egen' prefix tends to mean EN 'inherent'.
10 hrs
disagree  Christopher Schröder: It’s not intrinsic or inherent, it’s learned
19 hrs
disagree  Michele Fauble: Agree with Ice Scream’s comment. And “etymological analysis” is no substitute for knowing the language.
20 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(practical) proficiency


Explanation:
A distinction is made between ‘teoretiske kunnskaper’ and ‘egenferdigheter’.


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Note added at 1 day 9 hrs (2023-07-02 19:36:53 GMT)
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…” opptrening av egenferdighet …”
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/30865958.pdf


Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 01:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Schröder
22 hrs
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