Glossary entry

Serbian term or phrase:

Narodna milicija

English translation:

People\'s militia

Added to glossary by Bogdan Petrovic
Nov 1, 2014 14:44
9 yrs ago
Serbian term

Narodna milicija

Serbian to English Law/Patents Military / Defense Private security sector
Nakon Drugog svetskog rata, odredbama Zakona o Narodnoj miliciji iz 1946. godine, definisana je narodna milicija kao izvršni organ državne uprave u narodnim republikama i administrativno-teritorijalnim jedinicama sa zadatkom očuvanja javnog reda i mira, državne, društvene i privatne imovine i bezbednosti građana, kao i za pomoć organima radi obezbeđenja pravnog poretka. Pored toga, Ministar unutrašnjih poslova imao je ovlašćenja da pravilnikom propiše osnivanje posebnih grana narodne milicije za izvršenje zadataka iz nadležnosti FNRJ, te je tako u industrijskim preduzećima, zavodima i ustanovama, obrazovana industrijsko-zavodska narodna milicija.

People's Militia mi ne zvuči baš najbolje.
Change log

Nov 1, 2014 14:56: Bogdan Petrovic changed "Language pair" from "English to Serbian" to "Serbian to English"

Proposed translations

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People's militia

Ovo mi vise pasuje sa idejom komunizma,otud people's .

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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-11-01 19:59:51 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Militia_(Soviet_U...
Peer comment(s):

agree Mihailolja
8 mins
Hvala :)
disagree Aleksandar Stanković : Milicija i militia su lažan jezički par. Militia je narodna vojska ili paravojna formacija, a ne državna policijska/milicijska služba
57 mins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia.'The national police force in several communist states such as Soviet Union but also in non-aligned former SFR Yugoslavia.
agree Daryo : that is exactly what it is supposed to mean
2 hrs
Thanks :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Hvala!"
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6 hrs

People's Police (Force/Service)

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Peer comment(s):

disagree Daryo : Police (Force/Service)? you are transplanting another system into a country and time where and when the system in place was something entirely else.
1 hr
Obzirom da se radi o običnoj državnoj policijskoj službi, mislim da bi upotrebom reči militia samo nepotrebno zbunili engleskog čitaoca i opteretili tekst traženjem logike kojom su se vodili Staljin i Tito prilikom imenovanja institucije.
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National Militia

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POLICE - RADISTA - Telecommunication Equipment ex ...
www.radista.info/policija/en_index.html
The 1946 Constitution established National Militia Directorate, National Militia ... functioning according to province laws, although being constituents of Serbia.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-11-02 01:45:39 GMT)
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After further consideration, I think that "People's Militia" is better. I was misled by Google.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Aleksandar Stanković : Milicija i militia su lažan jezički par. Militia je narodna vojska ili paravojna formacija, a ne državna policijska/milicijska služba
5 hrs
disagree Daryo : you are relying on a translation by someone who hasn't got a clue about Yugoslavia - using "national" when it comes to ex-Yugoslavia was and is like walking straight into a minefield of misleading "shifted meanings"
7 hrs
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