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dødebrik

English translation: dog tag

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Danish term or phrase:dødebrik
English translation:dog tag
Entered by: Maria Rosich Andreu

11:02 Mar 20, 2008
Danish to English translations [PRO]
History / forensic medicine in war
Danish term or phrase: dødebrik
Hvad hedder det på engelsk? Jeg har aldrig hørt om den, men hvis nogen kan hjælpe ved at finde den engelske term, så søger jeg videre efter den spanske.

Kontekst:
Identifikation af soldater er i en del tilfælde ret enkelt på grund af den såkaldte ***dødebrik***, eventuelt personlige papirer, finger- og fodaftryk, og i mange lande er der efterhånden indført bestemmelser om, at soldater skal DNA-types

tak!
Maria Rosich Andreu
Spain
Local time: 03:42
dog tag
Explanation:
sounds like this is what's meant

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-03-20 11:09:08 GMT)
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ordbogen.com says: dog tag » hundetegn - Soldaterne måtte aldrig tage deres hundetegn af
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 02:42
Grading comment
Tusind tak!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +3dog tag
Diarmuid Kennan


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
dog tag


Explanation:
sounds like this is what's meant

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-03-20 11:09:08 GMT)
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ordbogen.com says: dog tag » hundetegn - Soldaterne måtte aldrig tage deres hundetegn af

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Tusind tak!

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agree  Hanne Rask Sonderborg
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agree  Randi Stenstrop
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agree  farmor
2 days 6 hrs
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