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Translation error or just weird, you call it.

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Post by OpanaPointer » 24 Nov 2021, 20:52

d. Visual communications will be used mainly for communications with a unit within sight.

P. 276, Japanese Monograph #118: Operational History of Naval Communications, 1941 Dec-1945 Aug18,

The "mainly" has me perplexed.
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Re: Translation error or just weird, you call it.

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 25 Nov 2021, 17:43

OpanaPointer wrote:
24 Nov 2021, 20:52
d. Visual communications will be used mainly for communications with a unit within sight.

P. 276, Japanese Monograph #118: Operational History of Naval Communications, 1941 Dec-1945 Aug18,

The "mainly" has me perplexed.
To me it looks logical. Beyond visual range comms better served by radio.


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Post by OpanaPointer » 25 Nov 2021, 17:57

I read it as "even if they're not within sight visual communications may be used."

It could also be read as "Visual communications will be the main system for communications with a unit within sight." Translated document by admittedly non-technical personnel could be part of the problem.
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Post by Eugen Pinak » 06 Dec 2021, 17:02

OpanaPointer wrote:
25 Nov 2021, 17:57
I read it as "even if they're not within sight visual communications may be used."
You can relay message from A to B - even if they're not within sight - via other ships. Of course in the relay relay line each ship had to be within sight.

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