DI

English to Czech Art/Literary

also DS and BT if possible.
Translating a thriller,(British), this is how policemen are addressed. I assume that "I" might stand for "inspector", "S" for "superintendent" but I am not sure. Czech equivalent would be great, English explanation would be also appreciated. Thanks.

Proposed translations (Czech)

4	DI = Detective Inspector, DS = Detective Sergeant	27450 (X)
3 +1	Detective Inspector	smeagol

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Nov 17, 2002: BT BT - There is no context and only one sentence. Imagine a criminal police roundup. The commander says: "Ask BT to patch us through to the base, Clerkenwell nick and sb�s flat".I just could not imagine "Cesk� Telecom" being asked by the criminal police during a top secret action to install some kind of bugging device for tapping the telephone calls. But it seems that British Telecom is the most likely translation. Thank you very much. Any idea about the rest?
Pro Lingua Nov 17, 2002: Are you sure, that BT is a rank of a police officer (BT is usually British Telecon and BTP is British transport police)?
Pro Lingua Nov 17, 2002: Are you sure, that BT is a rank of a police officer (BT is usually British Telecon and BTP is British transport police)?

Proposed translations

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27450 (X)

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268 answers

Selected

DI = Detective Inspector, DS = Detective Sergeant

Reference:

http://joan.simmons.edu/~macwhinn/project/pranks.html

BT is not listed anywhere as a police rank. It may really be the British Telecom - its BT abbreviation is used commonly.