Chief Deputy
German translation: Stellvertretender Generalstaatsanwalt
| 01:05 May 24, 2000 |
| English to German translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Law (general) | ||||
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|  Selected response from: Claudia Tomaschek Local time: 23:16 | |||
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| na | Erster Stellvertreter (des Sheriffs) |
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| na | Vorsitzender Stellvertreter |
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| na | Stellvertretender Generalstaatsanwalt |
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| na | Stellvertreter des Polizeipräsidenten |
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| na | siehe unten |
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| na | Erster Hilfssheriff or Erster Stellvertreter (des Sheriffs) |
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12 mins
Erster Stellvertreter (des Sheriffs) Explanation: Pons Fachwörterbuch Recht |
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17 mins
Vorsitzender Stellvertreter Explanation: Although these two words are used adjectively maybe this translation will work for you. I expected a noun of some sort following this, as in chief justice and then chief deputy justice or something. Cheerio, Dierk |
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1 hr
Stellvertretender Generalstaatsanwalt Explanation: It depends if you really want to translate this title as it is a typical American title that might refer to a law enforcement officer. However I don't think so. If you are going to translate it, you need to check what the Chief Deputy refers to. In the link the Chief Deputy would be a "Stellvertretender Generalstaatsanwalt" or even "erster stellvertretender Generalstaatsanwalt". However I have no idea if there are Chief deputys in common DA offices. In this case it would be "stellvertrentender Staatsanwalt" or "... Oberstaatsanwalt". I've also attached a link with a German content where Chief Deputy is not translated because it is a title for a law enforcement officer. Cheers Claudia In your context "Chief deputy" is the title awarded to an ADA, in the District Attorney's office. Cheers Claudia Reference: http://rhein-zeitung.de/magazin/kino/galerie/aufderjagd/ Reference: http://www.attorneygeneral.state.tn.us/adbennett.html |
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Stellvertreter des Polizeipräsidenten Explanation: In spoken US English at least here in the South of the US, the Chief is mostly the Chief of Police (Polizeipräsident). Unless you give me more of the context, I cannot be certain however. But my gutt feeling is the above answer is correct. I live in Texas by the way. |
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siehe unten Explanation: Since the category is "Art/Literary", I assume that this is a film or a book. In this case, I would suggest either leaving "Deputy" in German (by now the reader or moviegoer knows what this means). Or (assuming that you mean the deputy who is standing at the door guarding the courtroom) I would translate it as "Wachmann" oder "Wachposten". I think that would come closest in German. In this case, it's more of a job description than a title. hth Nina |
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Erster Hilfssheriff or Erster Stellvertreter (des Sheriffs) Explanation: deputy Let me try again before we all get so confused that you have no answer at all. The only "deputy" that would be used in a courthouse in an art/literary context would be a "chief deputy sheriff" = "Erster Hilfssheriff" = "Erster Stellvertreter (des Sheriffs)" as Pons said in the first answer above. Such answers as "deputy judge" or "deputy state's attorney" or "deputy court chairman" or "deputy police chief" would not be used without the noun to show what is meant because such usages are as rare as hen's teeth in the US. Whenever "deputy" is used without context to show what sort of deputy, it must mean "deputy sheriff". In smaller towns (without an own police department) and in county legal proceedings, the county sheriff and his deputies perform all sorts of functions at a trial. They guard the doors, escort people in and out, maintain order, and so on. As we have all seen thousands times in films, these "deputies" are often completely unqualified, to the extent that "Erster Hilfssheriff" would probably ever be better than "Erster Stellvertreter (des Sheriffs)". |
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