Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
companheiro de diligência
English translation:
colleague
Added to glossary by
Andrea Shah
May 4, 2020 14:40
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Portuguese term
companheiro de diligência
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
I'm translating a novel and this term appears in a line of dialogue spoken by a police magistrate: "Hoje o ócio é meu mais importante companheiro de diligência"
The only other references I can find to the term are in the Portuguese translation of the Pickwick Papers, and newspaper articles from the 19th century. I'm guessing one police officer would use it to refer to another officer with whom he walks a beat, but I'm not certain.
The only other references I can find to the term are in the Portuguese translation of the Pickwick Papers, and newspaper articles from the 19th century. I'm guessing one police officer would use it to refer to another officer with whom he walks a beat, but I'm not certain.
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colleague
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Comment: "Thanks, Mark! Looks like I might have been overthinking this one."
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Work companion
I think that in this context "diligência" simply means "work".
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faithful companion
faithful companion
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-05-04 15:40:11 GMT)
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or maybe "watchful" companion
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-05-04 15:40:11 GMT)
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or maybe "watchful" companion
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inspection mate/companion // a fellow inspector
Sugestão
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partner at work
Another option, if it is in reference to a plain policeman:
https://www.quora.com/Do-police-officers-have-partners-anymo...
https://www.quora.com/Do-police-officers-have-partners-anymo...
Discussion
"a civil officer charged with the administration of the law. a minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace or the judge of a police court, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with serious crimes."
Some examples:
Forbes insists. “Have you got any better ideas of what it might be if it isn't a UFO then, Craig?” Tyler wonders looking for a plausible solution from his fellow bailiff.
He addresses his supposed fellow bailiff very politely as brother and with the deferential pronoun yow.
Sheriff Paul Bailey, who delivered the tragic news to the public a week ago, said he's still hurting from losing two friends, Kienzle and fellow bailiff Joe Z.