10-12-2009, 03:43 AM
Nota Bene Wrote:TsKV stands for Tsentral'noe Kazachie Voisko or Central Cossack Host (?). Desantnik, how would you translate Voisko in this case?
Alexei
I would go with "Troops" in the plural since it is meant to represent a "host" of disparate Cossack organizations and reflects a particular type of historically irregular forces.
The word "voisko" is another slippery word like "boevoi" when people who don't know what they're talking about cry foul about the translation of "Combat Service Medal", but other suggested improvements are equallly assailable.
The word "voisko" is also used in the plural for "Airborne Forces", but in this case for a few reasons, I would lean toward "Troops".
"Host" could fit too, but for my taste in English invokes either religious or other historical connotations, less suited than "troops".
Additionally, I should have added that the "fez" is a poor representation of the Cossack hat. The original is flatter and wider. This does kind of look like a fez :).
