Vernehmungsbeamter

English translation: Interviewing officer / person conducting the interview

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German term or phrase:Vernehmungsbeamter
English translation:Interviewing officer / person conducting the interview
Entered by: mary austria

09:18 Feb 20, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / legal proceedings
German term or phrase: Vernehmungsbeamter
I would normally have translated this as 'interrogating officer'. However, the accused is being summoned to attend a Vernehmung at which the Staatsanwalt is the Vernehmungsbeamter. It is a fraud case.
stephkg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:10
Interviewing officer / person conducting the interview
Explanation:
Despite all the old Hollywood movies, the word "interrogation" is no longer politically correct. Nowadays it's called an interview!! Grüße!
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mary austria
Local time: 13:10
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4 +1Interviewing officer / person conducting the interview
mary austria
4 +1interrogator
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Interviewing officer / person conducting the interview


Explanation:
Despite all the old Hollywood movies, the word "interrogation" is no longer politically correct. Nowadays it's called an interview!! Grüße!

mary austria
Local time: 13:10
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agree  franglish
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
interrogator


Explanation:
or "interrogating official" might work. "Interrogator" is the translation in Romain, Dictionary of Legal and Commercial Terms.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-20 10:38:28 GMT)
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I'm pretty sure that the public prosecutor himself or herself would be conducting the interview.

Eike Katharina Adari-von Kleist (X)
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agree  KARIN ISBELL: 'INTERROGATING OFFICER' VIELLEICHT ETWAS GENAUER
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