Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Reparto carabinieri

English translation:

Carabinieri unit

Added to glossary by Sarah Gregg
Aug 2, 2017 12:51
6 yrs ago
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Italian term

Reparto carabinieri

Italian to English Other Military / Defense Carabinieri
I need to translate the title "Reparto Carabinieri Parco Nazionale di..." for a visiting card. Carabinieri obviously stays in Italian, but I'm not sure how best to render "Reparto". Any ideas? Thanks.

Proposed translations

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Carabinieri unit

I think "unit" would work

The Commander General Del Sette also visited the Carabinieri unit within the MIADIT mission in Jericho aimed at training the Palestinian ...
http://www.tiph.org/carabinieri-commander-general-visit-tiph...
Peer comment(s):

agree Inter-Tra : contemporaneita'..Unit (Capital Letter) - http://it.bab.la/dizionario/italiano-inglese/reparti
1 hr
Sorry, don't agree with the capital - it's not an English term but a translation of the Italian
agree Helen Pringle : Agree but no capital letter for unit.
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks to you all. It's never easy finding an equivalent to terms which just don't exist in English, but this communicates the idea just fine. "
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Caribinieri Unit

term usually translates military 'reparto'

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Note added at 8 mins (2017-08-02 12:59:52 GMT)
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of course, your other option is to leave the whole thing in Italian
-Reparto Caribinieri

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Note added at 11 mins (2017-08-02 13:02:32 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruppo_di_intervento_speciale

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Note added at 13 mins (2017-08-02 13:05:04 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_...
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : But with the correct spelling :-)
10 mins
oops!
agree martini : Carabinieri :-)))
43 mins
cara, cara, cara!
agree Inter-Tra
3 hrs
Thanks!
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