Sep 14, 2023 11:36
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Spanish term
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indicativo radiopatrulla
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Police Report of Burglar
Usually I would take "indicativo" to mean a serial or reference number , but in this case it seems to refer to a police car or unit.
I'm actually quite confused by the whole sentence, as follows:
" Que aviso a la policia nada mas llegar, personandose en el lugar un indicativo radiopatrulla y funcionarios de la Brigada Local que Policia Cientifica que han realizado Inspeccion Ocular Tecnico-Policial"
Thank you and apoligies for the lack of diacritics.
I'm actually quite confused by the whole sentence, as follows:
" Que aviso a la policia nada mas llegar, personandose en el lugar un indicativo radiopatrulla y funcionarios de la Brigada Local que Policia Cientifica que han realizado Inspeccion Ocular Tecnico-Policial"
Thank you and apoligies for the lack of diacritics.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | patrol car |
AllegroTrans
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| 4 | representative of/from the Radio Car |
liz askew
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| 3 | police unit in a vehicle with a radio |
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
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References
| radiopatrulla |
Althea Draper
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Proposed translations
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patrol car
8 CHASE AND CATCH A MUGGING SUSPECT
https://www.nytimes.com › 1973/09/15 › archives › 8-ch...
15 Sept 1973 — Minutes later, a patrol car arrived with Police Officers John Reilley and Francis Orlando, who made the arrest. The woman's purse and wallet ...
A Study on Securing Safety via Application of the Blind ...
University of Portsmouth
https://pure.port.ac.uk › portalfiles › portal › K...
by B Aziz · Cited by 1 — Automatic arrival. This feature is a binary Yes/No, where Yes means a patrol car arrived within 50m of the incident scene, a GPS attached .
https://www.nytimes.com › 1973/09/15 › archives › 8-ch...
15 Sept 1973 — Minutes later, a patrol car arrived with Police Officers John Reilley and Francis Orlando, who made the arrest. The woman's purse and wallet ...
A Study on Securing Safety via Application of the Blind ...
University of Portsmouth
https://pure.port.ac.uk › portalfiles › portal › K...
by B Aziz · Cited by 1 — Automatic arrival. This feature is a binary Yes/No, where Yes means a patrol car arrived within 50m of the incident scene, a GPS attached .
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Alan Otero
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Marie Wilson
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philgoddard
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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representative of/from the Radio Car
https://www2.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-contracts...
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https://www2.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/automotive-ca...
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https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=rad...
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Note added at 8 минути (2023-09-14 11:45:23 GMT)
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https://www2.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/automotive-ca...
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https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=rad...
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
philgoddard
: (a) 'Radio car' has a 1960s ring to it, (b) all police cars have radios, (c) I'm sure there's more than one of them, and (d) I don't think they have 'representatives'.
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well, do you have anything better? "police car" works.
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AllegroTrans
: Nono to "representative"
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Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
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police unit in a vehicle with a radio
"...pasó un indicativo de Policía Local de XXX y mientras realizaban funciones de su cargo, procedieron a la identificación de dos mujeres..."
The context of the report containing this sentence leads me to believe that it is a unit of law enforcement officers, and that is how I translated. In the same report, "indicativo" is also used to identify a specific police unit located in a nearby airport.
The context of the report containing this sentence leads me to believe that it is a unit of law enforcement officers, and that is how I translated. In the same report, "indicativo" is also used to identify a specific police unit located in a nearby airport.
Peer comment(s):
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AllegroTrans
: Not really "wrong" but clumsy and longwinded // in that case why not shorten it to "police patrol unit" if it's vital to retain "unit"?; "radio" is pretty obvious assuming this is the 21st century
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True. Perhaps "police unit in a radio-equipped patrol car" might be better or the asker or a colleague can come up with something more concise. My main point is that "indicativo" means "police unit/patrol unit" in this context.
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Reference comments
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Althea Draper
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Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Reference:
radiopatrulla
Collins Dictionary and Wordreference give "patrol car" as the translation
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english...
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=rad...
Tureng gives the following options - patrol car, squad car, police patrol and communication center for the police (the last one is for Ecuador).
https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/radiopatrulla
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/spanish-english...
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=rad...
Tureng gives the following options - patrol car, squad car, police patrol and communication center for the police (the last one is for Ecuador).
https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/radiopatrulla
Discussion
I requested that no more units attend. Local brigade and forensic officers arrived by car and carried out a visual inspection.