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Apr 25, 2017 23:48
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German term

Kommissionär

German to English Social Sciences History
Context: I'm translating a series of letters by a German POW who, after fleeing the German army in 1941, ends up being held in a French internment camp, having been arrested by the French who believe he might be a spy. He is now trying to sort out his papers to escape via steamer to Cuba.

He needs permission to get leave to travel to the nearest big city and go to the Consulate. The "Director" turns down this request initially, after which he goes to see the "Kommissionär", who, understanding the urgency of the situation, finally grants his request for leave.

What sort of position is this exactly? Anyone have an idea?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 commissaire
Change log

Apr 26, 2017 03:46: writeaway changed "Language pair" from "Dutch to English" to "German to English"

Discussion

Emma Rault (X) (asker) Apr 26, 2017:
more context: "Aber es kam anders, als ich dachte. Ich bekam keinen Urlaub fuer Dienstag. Der Director lehnte meinen Gesuch ab, ich sei schon oft genug in M. gewesen, ich wollte nur Urlaub bekommen und haette wahrscheinlich ueberhaupt schon mein Visum. Ich tobte, aber konnte nichts machen. Erst am Dienstag ging ich zum Commissionaer, legte ihm den Fall dar und bekam von ihm ein '[word missing] favourable' d.h. er schrieb unter meinem Gesuch: 'très urgent, permission à [word missing] jusqu’à demain soir'."
Emma Rault (X) (asker) Apr 26, 2017:
Camp des Milles.
franglish Apr 26, 2017:
@Emma What's the name of the internment camp where he is being held?
The info would help for research purposes.
writeaway Apr 26, 2017:
let the guessing begin... http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Kommissionär.html
Jacek Kloskowski Apr 26, 2017:
it could be the "commissary":
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtpEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=P...
writeaway Apr 26, 2017:
Leave out the names of people and places if it's confidential. Please post at least a sentence. Is this a German term for a French official?
Emma Rault (X) (asker) Apr 26, 2017:
From someone within the French internment camp. I can't copy and paste the German unfortunately as it's a confidential personal document (and I only have it as a PDF scan anyway, not as text).
philgoddard Apr 26, 2017:
Commissioner? Could we have the German context, please?
I'm not clear where he goes to get this permission. The police? And presumably these people are French.
Emma Rault (X) (asker) Apr 26, 2017:
Yes. Whoops!
Natasha Ziada (X) Apr 26, 2017:
German? Did you mean to post this in the German - English language pair?

Proposed translations

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commissaire

i.e. police inspector

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissaire_Maigret

Rank in the French police judiciaire (based on your context).
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : It's a reasonable assumption that if they were French, this was their job title.
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agree seehand : in die Richtung hatte ich auch gedacht ...
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