Herbmione Granger Nov 14, 2018:

More issues OK I'll give them Bundespolizei = Federal Police, so they don't need to redo their graphics. Also BPOL is like police nationale or gendarmerie nationale in France and does not indicate a national base where they are located, despite what their "Imprint" says.

"Bundespolizei Supporter" and Wikipedia call the Präsidium "BPOL national headquarters":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272laaB2RdQ
The BPOL national headquarters (BPOL-Präsidium) in Potsdam performs all central control functions. Eight regional headquarters (BPOL-Direktion) control the BPOL stations conduct rail police and border protection missions.

Treating a headquarters as a bureau is fine. However, a headquarters performing a specific act would sound very unnatural to a civilian. After all, a headquarters in military/police speak is someone/something that an officer reports to. Also, is the Präsident of the Bundespolizeipräsidium a headquarter or a head? Why is Präsident Dr. Dieter Romann translated as "The President" (no name) in the Imprint?

PS So far, the central directorate of the German Federal Police is my best suggestion for Bundespolizeipräsidium. What should be used here depends on the rest of the text.

Lancashireman Nov 14, 2018:

directorate Very good. Meets TW's unit designation test. As for FPH being verbindlich, since when is EN usage subject to diktat from Germany? Apart from SAP, of course, a gift to the English-speaking world.

Herbmione Granger Nov 14, 2018:

National police directorate is better IMO.

The German police structure is something between France and Norway, eh?

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundespolizei_(Deutschland)#Bu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Nationale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Police_Directorate_(N...

Ted Wozniak Nov 13, 2018:

Rubbish Having been in a headquarters, I can affirm that it can indeed "test" something. It's a unit designation, not just a building.

Lancashireman Nov 13, 2018:

"Das Bundespolizeipräsidium hat etwas getestet" A headquarters (subject of sentence) is incapable of testing anything. This will require rewording.