Glossary entry (derived from question below)
inglés term or phrase:
A.D.
español translation:
the Assistant Director - director adjunto/subdirector
inglés term
España
Reliable and fast
Native in: gallego 
, español
Works in: inglés al español, francés al español, portugués al español, and 4 more.
A.D.
dos agentes del FBI están considerando ponerle una trampa a un criminal con un civil. Dicen:
Even if we could use a civilian as a bait, which the A.D. would never allow anyway, an attempted murder charge doesn't carry a severe-enough sentence...
¿Será algún departamento de defensa o algo así?
Gracias.
| 3 +1 | the Assistant Director |
Richard Boulter
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| 4 +3 | director adjunto/sub-director |
María T. Vargas
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Oct 18, 2008 14:42: Marina Soldati changed "Language pair" from "español al inglés" to "inglés al español"
Oct 23, 2008 20:28: Richard Boulter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/627420">Laura Rodríguez Gómez's</a> old entry - "A.D."" to ""the Assistant Director - director adjunto/subdirector""
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Proposed translations
Estados Unidos
USA English; a decade of experience.
Native in: inglés
Works in: español al inglés, inglés al español
the Assistant Director
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Note added at 19 mins (2008-10-18 14:58:34 GMT)
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Yes, 'district attorney' is the 'D.A.', but he would not be managing the Special Agents operations before the arrest while the 'Assistant Director' does exactly that. The A.D. would surely have to authorize such a dangerous practice as the use of civilians for this purpose as bait. They are supposed to use trained cops for baiting suspectss into an arrest, I should think.
Regards, All!
| It could be, Richard, because it is mentioned before in the text!! :). How would that be translated in Spanish?Thanks a lot |
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Salloz
: Director Adjunto, Subdirector...
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Thanks, Salloz. Yes, this would be great.
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España
Sworn and professional translations
Native in: español , inglés
Works in: inglés al español, español al inglés
director adjunto/sub-director
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Salloz
: Subdirector, sin guión.
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Gracias y tienes razón.
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Richard Boulter
: Yes, something like this is great.
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Thanks, Richard
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Maru Villanueva
10 horas
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Thanks, Maru
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Discussion
Gracias.