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Czech trade union name[edit]

How would 'Svaz báňských, střelců a dozorců' best be translated? What is the difference between 'báňských' and 'horniku' (with diacritcs)? 'střelců' is google translated as 'shooters', but this seems to imply a professional function in mining industry? And 'dozorců', is 'wardens' correct? --Soman (talk) 14:45, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think the comma shouldn't be there. In coal mining there is a step called "shooting coal" (see here), and the miner doing that, handling the explosives, is a "coal shooter" or just "shooter" (see here and here). In this context, "supervisor" may be a better translation of dozorce. Oh, and I think báňských is an adjective here, modifying střelců a dozorců. --Lambiam 21:26, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

With diacritics, it is horníků. --Lambiam 07:00, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Lambian! --Soman (talk) 14:30, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]