Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
Egenferdighet
English translation:
Shooting skills/ proficiency
Added to glossary by
Plamen Nenchev
Jul 1, 2023 09:40
11 mos ago
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Norwegian term
Egenferdighet
Norwegian to English
Other
Military / Defense
Military Training
Egenferdighet skyting
Subject in a military training transcript
Subject in a military training transcript
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | Shooting skills/ proficiency |
Andrew Bramhall
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| 4 +1 | (practical) proficiency |
Michele Fauble
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| 3 -1 | intrinsic skilfulness |
Adrian MM.
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Proposed translations
+1
4 hrs
Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Flair and accuracy tailored to your text
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
Shooting skills/ proficiency
According to my learned friend Dr.Deepl.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
-1
13 hrs
Adrian MM.
Austria
Austria
Native in English
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
intrinsic skilfulness
The term could refer not only to rifle shooting, but also to other types of pursuit e.g. cookery.
Example sentence:
The basic mechanism of the underlying skill of rifle shooting are whole body stabilization and rifle steadiness
Peer comment(s):
| 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
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| disagree |
Christopher Schröder
: It’s not intrinsic or inherent, it’s learned
19 hrs
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| 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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+1
9 hrs
Michele Fauble
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
(practical) proficiency
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
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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
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