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superintendents

Italian translation: sovrintendenti/commissari

17:29 Jan 5, 2021
English to Italian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: superintendents
Ciao a tutti,
per caso ve ne intendete di gradi della Polizia britannica? A che grado italiano corrisponde quello di "superintendent"?

Devo infatti tradurre questa frase:

"His greatest fault was exerting full control over the police force, refusing any autonomy to the assistant commissioner or the superintendents."

il cui soggetto è un commissario (Commissioner) di Scotland Yard.

Ora, secondo Wikipedia, il "superintendent" è il nostro commissario capo, e non il sovrintendente, quindi sarebbe un grado più alto di quello del mio personaggio, ma non credo che lui possa esercitare il controllo su quelli di rango più alto, anche con tutte le smanie di potere di sto mondo.

Voi come lo tradurreste?

Qui il riferimento: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polizia_di_Stato

Grazie,
Elena
Elena Volpato
Germany
Local time: 07:29
Italian translation:sovrintendenti/commissari
Explanation:
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Anche: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintendent_(police)#Italy
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Elia Gasparini
Italy
Local time: 07:29
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4 +1sovrintendenti/commissari
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commissario


Explanation:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/italian-english...

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a superintendent is below assistant commissioner in the ranking system

The rank system within the Metropolitan Police Service is slightly different, and is as follows (ending with the highest ranking):

Constable
Sergeant
Inspector
Chief Inspector
Superintendent
Chief Superintendent
Commander
Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Assistant Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner
Commissioner



liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Angie Garbarino
22 hrs
disagree  Raffaella Benelli: Si sta parlando della MET Police/Scotland Yard, Polizia di Londra (quindi non UK Police), il commissario (Commissioner) ne è la massima carica (al momento Cressida Dick). Superintendent lo tradurrei quindi "sovraintendente".
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sovrintendenti/commissari


Explanation:
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Note added at 3 hrs (2021-01-05 20:35:01 GMT)
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Anche: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintendent_(police)#Italy


    https://www.wordreference.com/enit/superintendent
    https://iate.europa.eu/search/standard/result/1609874930869/1
Elia Gasparini
Italy
Local time: 07:29
Native speaker of: Italian
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agree  Raffaella Benelli: Sovrintendenti
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Reference comments


19 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: see

Reference information:
https://www.debretts.com/expertise/forms-of-address/professi...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Angie Garbarino
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