Verfall; Hauptverfahren; PB etc

English translation: see below

04:31 Jul 2, 2000

German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Verfall; Hauptverfahren; PB etc

Towards the end of a charge for dealing in cocaine, one paragraph immediately after the description of when/where the accused was seen doing it:
Es wird beantragt werden, den Verfall eines Betrages von DM 424 anzuordnen (ss 33 BtMG, 73, 73a, 73d StGB). Is this a fine, costs or what?
Then right at the end
Es wird beantragt, das Hauptverfahren zu eröffnen.. Main proceedings?
In between, the witnesses - all policepeople - are listed as PB, PM, PK. I gather these stand for Polizeibeamter etc. but how do I render them?
Thanks for any ideas,
Annie

Anne Humphreys (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 23 (none open) Answers: 68 Germany
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English translation:see below

Explanation:
Verfall = forfeiture; in this context I would definitely believe it involves a fine. "A fine of ...DM is requested..."
Hauptverfahren (im Strafprozeß) = main proceedings. Source: Dietl/Lorenz.///
I would refer to police Beamter as police officer. As a generic designation you might consider using
"police official," but it might be better to find out exactly what the M and K stand for. HTH, Beth.

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Beth Kantus
United States
Local time: 01:45

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Beth Kantus

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Cami Townsend (X)

Polizeibeamter, Polizeimeister, Polizeikommissar

Dierk Seeburg

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Beth Kantus
United States
Local time: 01:45
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Explanation:
To get the sense of "anordnen," it might be better to say "impose a fine of DM 424."
As for the Hauptverfahren, Romain refers to it as the "principle proceedings."
If PB is "Polizeibeamte," then police officer is fine. PK might be "Polizeikräfte," simply "police," but I'm not sure about PM. If you already know from context that these initials stand for individual police officers involved, witnesses, are you sure that the letter after the P isn't the first letter of their last name?

Cami Townsend (X)
PRO pts in pair: 227

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Polizeibeamter, Polizeimeister, Polizeikommissar

Explanation:
I agree with Beth and yourself in regard to forfeiture and main proceedings. The police official abbreviations are designated as above. The second URL below shows abbreviations although none for PB.
Cheerio,
Dierk

Reference: http://www.users.comcity.de/~patches/Schulter.htm
Reference: http://beamte.freepage.de/bernd.jungbluth/dienstgrade_daten....

Dierk Seeburg
Local time: 23:45
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German
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