Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
brigade fluviale
English translation:
river police
French term
India
brigade fluviale
| 3 +3 | river police |
Alain Pommet
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| 4 | River Brigade |
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
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| 4 -1 | fluvial brigade |
Sylvie LE BRAS
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| 4 -1 | flood control squad |
narasimha (X)
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| Brigade fluviale de Paris |
Sylvie LE BRAS
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Non-PRO (1): Julie Barber
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Proposed translations
river police
It operates out of its HQ at Wapping River Police station, about a mile downstream from Tower Bridge, the third police station on this site since the first marine police station was opened in 1798.
http://www.the-river-thames.co.uk/police.htm
France
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, French, and 1 more.
fluvial brigade
"The First Fluvial Brigade of the Naval Infantry was founded with the main purpose of grouping the direction, organization and control of all fluvial units of the former Fluvial Fleet of Magdalena and the Oriente."
http://tripatlas.com/Bolivarian_Armada_of_Venezuela
http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Colombian_Naval_Infantry
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Julie Barber
: Hi Sylvie - if this was for army it might be correct, but it doesn't suit the context of police http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_police
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thank you for this explanation
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Israel
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Native in: English 
, Romanian
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River Brigade
Pauline Frommer's Paris
http://tinyurl.com/38hreb2
"Its other spheres of jurisdiction include relatively unrecognised areas such as lost property, veterinary services, the police’s “17” emergency line, the Paris fire service, the river police, support for homeless people, etc."
http://www.prefecturedepolice.interieur.gouv.fr/Pied-de-page...
flood control squad
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-07-21 08:50:42 GMT)
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Taking note of Chris's suggestion, I think you should use retain the word 'fluvial', as it can be used as such in English and translate only the 'brigade' as 'squad', the term used in English for this. So, this now becomes 'Fluvial squad'
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chris collister
: Not necessarily flooding which is infrequent. More frequent for the police to deal with are floating bodies, collisions etc.
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Julie Barber
: Hi, I agree with Chris and also think that the second suggestion of fluvial squad really wouldn't be used for the police in English. They are commonly known as the river police. Other options for different countries are on wiki.
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Reference comments
France
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, French, and 1 more.
Brigade fluviale de Paris
Brigade dépendant de la Préfecture de police, créé en 1910 par le préfet Louis Lépine et dont la compétence s'étend dans les quatre départements de la région parisienne.
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