My name is Roberta and I am from Brasil. I am translating some material about hand and arm signals , but I am having some difficulty because I do not understand what some of these words mean in the military context. I wonder if anyone could help me. The expressions are in this site : http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/mil...m_signals.html


The expressions that I have doubt with are:

DISMOUNT (maybe it means get off
the vehicle ? ), NEUTRAL STEER,BUTTON UP , UNBUTTON,
ASSEMBLE , QUICK TIME, COIL ,
STAGGERED COLUMN, HERRINGBONE, CONTACT RIGHT OR
LEFT,ACTION LEFT OR RIGHT, HEAD COUNT,RADIOTELEPHONE
OPERATOR FORWARD , IN HAUL THE MAIN WINCH , PAY OUT
THE MAIN WINCH , RAISE OR LOWER THE SPADE


I would be very very thankful if someone could clarify these expressions to me!

I don't speak Portuguese. I do speak Spanish if that helps I can translate into Spanish.

do you need the actual translation into portuguese or the definition of the words that you listed (in english)?

I can say I love you in portugese............................

DISMOUNT - get out of the vehicle
MOUNT UP - get back in the vehicle
CONTACT LEFT/RIGHT - hostile enemy on your left or right side
ASSEMBLE - everybody group back up
HEAD COUNT - make sure everyone is accounted for
QUICK TIME - move at a faster pace

Some of these phrases could be different in certain situations.

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Thank you all very much!
I was asked to translate this material to Portuguese language, but although I speak English , I don´t know exactly what those signals mean . People think it is easy to translate stuff, but if you don´t know the context , it is almost impossible!
Any idea of what button up or unbutton mean ?
Hugs to all!

Button up --Armor vehicle crews use the term to signify closing the hatches on tanks and IFV's. Unbutton is to open.

Thank you so much!!
I would never know this information if it weren't for you!

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