Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
Rigspolitiet
English translation:
(Danish) National Police
Added to glossary by
Michele Fauble
Jul 8, 2006 07:55
17 yrs ago
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Danish term
Rigspolitiet
Danish to English
Other
Government / Politics
Politiet
Der er sådan set ingen sammenhæng. Jeg vil bare gerne vide, hvad politiets officielle navn, "Rigspolitiet" kaldes på engelsk...?
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +4 | (Danish) National Police | Michele Fauble |
4 +1 | The National Commission of the Danish Police | Eliza-Anna |
Proposed translations
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(Danish) National Police
According to the Danish National Police (Rigspolitiet) exchanges of fingerprints of asylum seekers are taking place "without problems" on a bilateral basis ...
www.fecl.org/circular/5407.htm
www.fecl.org/circular/5407.htm
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This is, of course, the correct answer, according to the Danish Police themselves. My brain must have had a momentary shut-down in the Spanish heat wave... could have thought of looking at their web site myself...:-)"
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The National Commission of the Danish Police
I am sure this is correct. I looked up in Dansk - Engelsk Institutionsnavne which seems to confirm it. It also 'googles' well.
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Suzanne Blangsted (X)
: Vinterberg & Bodelsen's dictionary/
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Tak:)
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Erik Macki
: This is a defensible translation given the dictionary and glossary sources, but I would be less reluctant to use this if the term actually appeared on the English-language version of Rigspolitiet's own Web site (it doesn't).
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Yep, take your point there and I think I agree with you.
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Michele Fauble
: Google results - 496 for "Danish National Police", 70 for "National Commission of the Danish Police"
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Yes, I agree with you after having thought about it and done more research.
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