Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

escadron porté

English translation:

mobile police squad

Added to glossary by Una D.
Feb 3, 2020 10:53
4 yrs ago
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French term

escadron porté

French to English Other Military / Defense
Context: a report about military and defence in Burkina Faso
Sentence: "Les unités spéciales de la gendarmerie, essentiellement l’USIGN et l’escadron porté de la gendarmerie, sont à l’avant-garde de la réponse antiterroriste depuis l’arrivée au pouvoir du président Kaboré."

I have found this definition online: Un escadron porté utilise des camions et autres véhicules tous chemins pour ses missions militaires mais ne dispose pas de véhicules blindés.

I'm not sure what this would be in English, 'mounted squadron' comes to mind, but then isn't that just cavalry?

Thanks for your help!

Discussion

Carol Gullidge Feb 3, 2020:
just wondering... and this is only a vague suggestion, but would "special unit" or something similar fit the bill?
I'm afraid I don't currently have the time to look further into this intriguing question!

Proposed translations

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mobile police squad

An officer from the mobile police squad was spotted using a ballot box to wash his uniform inside the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission
https://akahinews.org/photo-of-the-day-policeman-uses-ballot...

According to the employees, the beatings followed an incident on a bus between a Blohorn employee and a member of the mobile police squa
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2013...

The policeman was identified as Sgt. Anthony Jawa, from Mobile Police Squad
https://bloomgist.com/2016/08/16/breaking-2-police-men-shot-...
Note from asker:
thank you!
Peer comment(s):

agree Clément Dhollande : would fit the meaning in French pretty well to me
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Many thanks, Clement D :-)
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worn squadron

escadron porté:worn squadron
Peer comment(s):

disagree polyglot45 : nonsense
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disagree mchd : traduction littérale dont le sens devient risible
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disagree Carol Gullidge : agree with both the comments above - sorry, but there is no such thing
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mechanized police squadron

In an armoured regt, it is a mechanized infantry squadron (G.B.) or "Company" (U.S.)
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