No. 5,430 in Russian
переквалифицировать
To retrain or requalify.
In a sentence
Меня решили переквалифицировать в другой отдел.
They decided to re-qualify me to another department.
In this sentence, 'переквалифицировать' is used to describe the action of changing someone's professional qualifications or specialization.
Чтобы работать в этой области, нужно переквалифицировать свои навыки.
To work in this field, you need to retrain your skills.
Here, 'переквалифицировать' indicates the need to acquire a new set of skills appropriate to a different professional field.
После длительного перерыва он решил переквалифицироваться в программисты.
After a long break, he decided to retrain as a programmer.
In this example, 'переквалифицироваться' is reflexive, describing someone undergoing the process of requalification or career change themselves.
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