Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
kandidaten
English translation:
the person brought in for questioning/helping police with their enquiries
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Charlesp
Jan 7, 2021 08:29
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Norwegian term
kandidaten
Norwegian to English
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I am looking for a term other than the literal "candidate" for the Norwegian term kandidaten used in the context of a questioning in a police interview or with e.g. a commission of inquiry.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | the person brought in for questioning/helping police with their enquiries |
Carole Hognestad
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| 3 | suspect |
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the person brought in for questioning/helping police with their enquiries
I can't see that there is a natural one-word translation for this.
Note from asker:
| Thanks Carole. That's what I suspected. |
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suspect
A person thought to be guilty of a crime or offence.
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Note from asker:
| Thanks, but that may be too presumptive. Someone questioned may not actually be a suspect - though I am wondering if in Norwegian police/legal terminology if the term kandidaten does imply that the individual is suspected of committing the offence (i.e. not merely a witness). |
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