translation question

[Charles Mills]

paratroopers or airborne?

On 12/18/09, Krystyna Steiger <steiger at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I'm working on a P'etsukh text, Novaia moskovskaia filosofiia, publ. 1987.
> One of the characters has served in the military and sports on his shoulder
> a "vozdushno-desantnaia tatuirovka," [воздушно-десантная татуировка] which I
> have tentatively translated as an "Air-Landing Forces tatoo."
> Can anyone verify that for me or offer an alternative?
> Sorry if my Cyrillic doesn't come through.
> Thanks so much in advance, and Season's Greetings to all,
> Krystyna
>
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