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law enforcement agency

Portuguese translation: agência impositora/executora da lei

16:20 May 28, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Law (general)
English term or phrase: law enforcement agency
Não encontro nenhuma tradução para isso que soe bem e que seja de uso comum na língua portuguesa.
Se alguém tiver uma boa idéia, agradeço!
Vejam trechos para contextualizar:
"The fight against corruption is a key focus for the world's law enforcement and regulatory agencies"
"Despite the efforts of some governments, NGOs and law enforcement agencies, such risk remains prevalent"
:)
CicaBarth
Local time: 12:23
Portuguese translation:agência impositora/executora da lei
Explanation:


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Não necessariamente algum órgão policial.
Por exemplo, o próprio Ministério Público.
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Flavio Steffen
Brazil
Local time: 12:23
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6agência impositora/executora da lei
Flavio Steffen
4 +2órgão policial
Marcos Antonio
5 +1agências legalmente autorizadas
lenapires
4 +1agência encarregada de assegurar o cumprimento da lei
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
5...as Autoridades Polícias
airmailrpl
4as autoridades
Elvira Alves Barry
4serviços responsáveis pela aplicação da lei
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4autoridade policial
David Alexandre (X)
4Policia Militar
Katarina Peters


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
órgão policial


Explanation:
Sug.

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Marcos Antonio
Local time: 12:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 73

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roberto Cavalcanti: agência policial
2 hrs
agree  Adriana Maciel
4997 days
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
agência impositora/executora da lei


Explanation:


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Note added at 5 mins (2008-05-28 16:25:20 GMT)
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Não necessariamente algum órgão policial.
Por exemplo, o próprio Ministério Público.

Flavio Steffen
Brazil
Local time: 12:23
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
10 mins
  -> Obrigado, Ralph.
agree  Andrea Munhoz: Agências executoras da lei. Perfeito!
12 mins
  -> Obrigado, Andrea.
agree  reginakersten
14 mins
  -> Obrigado, REgina.
agree  Maria Folque: Concordo
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Maria.
agree  Nitin Goyal
9 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Goyal.
agree  Luciana Roppa
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Luciana.
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
as autoridades


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 16:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
agências legalmente autorizadas


Explanation:
Cecilia, podem haver várias traduções:

Pode ser agências autorizadas, agências legalmente autorizadas, serviços de segurança, agências de segurança.

Eu pessoalmente colocaria "agências legalmente autorizadas".

Dê uma olhada no IATE, tem lá exemplos de direito e em vários idiomas.

lenapires
Portugal
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 97

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida: agências legalmente autorizadas
29 mins
  -> Obrigada Isabel.
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
serviços responsáveis pela aplicação da lei


Language variant: PT(pt)

Explanation:
Diria assim...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 16:23
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 930
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
agência encarregada de assegurar o cumprimento da lei


Explanation:
enforcement=cumprimento

Parlamento Europeu Textos aprovados pelo Parlamento Edição ...... em particular nos órgãos judiciais e noutros órgãos encarregados de assegurar o cumprimento da lei; reafirma que a reforma do sistema judicial deve ser ...
www.europarl.europa.eu/omk/omnsapir.so/pv2?PRG=CALDOC&TPV=P... - 104k -


Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 17:23
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Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 460

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Meneses
9 hrs
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
...as Autoridades Polícias


Explanation:
law enforcement agency

world's law enforcement and regulatory agencies => as Autoridades Polícias e Reguladoras

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 12:23
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 106
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
autoridade policial


Language variant: Português de Portugal

Explanation:
n\ao sei como ninguém ainda disse esta...

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:) :)

David Alexandre (X)
Local time: 16:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Policia Militar


Explanation:
"...of Sao Paulo, a law enforcement agency..." (see link:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polícia_Militar_do_Estado_de_Sã...

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 11:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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