Translation Request: Norwegian
I have a Norwegian cousin with a lengthy criminal record. I found issues of Polititidende at https://www.nb.no/search?mediatype=tidsskrift&seriestitle=Polititidende&viewability=ALLviser and have extracted the relevant entries into a text document. I used google translate to get a rough gist of what was going on but it has a hard time with the numerous abbreviations used in the document.
I was wondering if I could get a translation of the entries? There are 21 of them, so I'm not sure if that's too big of an ask. If it is, there are a few entries that give a pretty good physical description of him that would be the priority.
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ChatGPT is quite good at interpreting and translating such records. Here is the translation of the first:
Casual laborer Kristen Eriksen, born 19 November 1882 in Nedre Eiker, residing in Skien. Height: 1.71 meters. Blue eyes, blond hair, small light-colored sideburns, scars on both sides of the chin, large mouth.
He is wanted by order of the Skien magistrate's court as he is suspected of theft. As he cannot be located, he is hereby declared wanted. If encountered, he is to be arrested and transported to this jurisdiction.
— Skien Police Department
and the second:
The Kristen Eriksen mentioned in No. 82 A.3, born 19 November 1882, residing in Skien, was apprehended on 8 November. Therefore, the warrant is hereby withdrawn.
— Skien Police Department
and the third:
The Kristen Eriksen referred to in No. 88 B.2, born 19 November 1882, was on 12 November sentenced by the Skien magistrate's court to 21 days of imprisonment, conditionally (i.e., a suspended sentence), for a violation of Penal Code § 257.
— Public Prosecutor in Bratsberg and Nedenes
Note: Norwegian Penal Code § 257 typically refers to theft, so this confirms he was convicted of theft but received a suspended sentence.
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@Ulrich Neitzel thanks for the suggestion. I used Google's Gemini and it works similar to ChatGPT, so I got decent translations.
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