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cos de Mossos d’esquadra

English translation: Mossos d\'Esquadra [force]


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Catalan term or phrase:cos de Mossos d’esquadra
English translation:Mossos d\'Esquadra [force]
Entered by: Beatriz Candil Garcia
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10:03 Apr 20, 2011
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Law (general)
Catalan term or phrase: cos de Mossos d’esquadra
Its Catalan on a police report for a theft mixed with Spanish and I don't know how to translate this into English for the UK, help much appreciated thanks

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Mosso del cos de Mossos d’esquadra, amb TIP xxxx
Beatriz Candil Garcia
Local time: 00:08
Mossos d'Esquadra [force]
Explanation:
If you had to translate it literally, the best option would be to use "force" for "cos". However, I translate this type of police reports quite often and always translate it simply as "Mossos d'Esquadra", omitting the "force" part because it doesn't really add much information.
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Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Local time: 00:08
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thx
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5 +2Mossos d'Esquadra [force]
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
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Mossos d'Esquadra [force]


Explanation:
If you had to translate it literally, the best option would be to use "force" for "cos". However, I translate this type of police reports quite often and always translate it simply as "Mossos d'Esquadra", omitting the "force" part because it doesn't really add much information.

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Local time: 00:08
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thx

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Berni Armstrong: I usually leave it as is, adding in brackets (Catalan regional police force)
2 hrs
agree  Jenni Lukac: I like Berni's suggestion.
3 hrs
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8 mins
Reference: In Kudoz

Reference information:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/catalan_to_english/law:_contracts/...

For what it's worth, "cos" = "cuerpo" in Spanish. In this case, it will probably be subsumed into "police force," if you use the option suggested in the Kudoz reference.

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Changes made by editors
Apr 20, 2011 - Changes made by Andrés Martínez:
Language pairSpanish to English => Catalan to English
FieldOther => Social Sciences


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