I'm trying to get a stylized translation without too complex kanji for "Mega
city police".

The kanji for police for example is too complicated for what I need so I was
trying to get the Katakana translation but I did this online and I'm not sure
how right or wrong it is.

  1. メガシティポリス (this is the one I would like to use)
  2. メガ 市 ポリス (Unless a version with a kanji in between will make it better)

Which option is better and why? Can you help me decide or tell me a better
way? Thanks in advance :)

Edit: Not sure why I got downvoted :( a comment telling me what I'm doing
wrong will be helpful. Didn't I came to the right place to ask this maybe?
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word-choice katakana
Choice of シティ and 市 in translating "Mega city police"
「メガシティポリス」 would be a valid and natural-looking transliteration. (Please note
that this is not called "translation".) It just flows on the native level.

「メガ 市{し} ポリス」 would make **no sense** to us native speakers (if you are trying
to appeal to native speakers, too.) This would be possible only if the city's
name were actually 「メガ」.

A natural-sounding and non-katakana term would be 「巨大都市警察{きょだいとしけいさつ}」, but
you obviously would not go for it.
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The katakana form シティ is used in Japan for City” and would be recognised as
shown in the “City Hall” below.

[![City
Hall](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NdLsm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NdLsm.jpg)

I think メガ for “mega” is also acceptable this is used in アニメ{anime}. However,
even in the “mega city” 都{と} of 東京{とうきょう} or 府{ふ} of 大阪{おおさか} the same words
for police and police station are used. While ポリス would be recognised as the
foreign word for “police”, the kanji are far more common: 警察{けいさつ} for
“police” and 交番{こうばん} for “police station” or “police box”. Police stations
differ to other countries, even in big cities there are many smaller
neighbourhood 交番{こうばん} serving as a point of assistance for each community.
For example, this is one on a suburban street corner is in a large city (over
1 million people) and they can even be found in train stations.

[![Police
Station](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MWjTC.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MWjTC.jpg)

Note that they use different words for larger cities rather than using “mega”.
都{と} or 府{ふ} translate better to “metropolis” rather than “mega-city”
(メガ市{し}). 市{し} implies a different administrative urban area of fewer wards
区{く}. This not a matter of word choice: city boundaries and status are defined
in Japanese law.

While you are free to use katakana for style. I think depending on the context
(and cultural accuracy) you ought to consider kanji here instead. I recommend
to use 交番{こうばん} rather than ポリス or 警察{けいさつ} unless you need to refer to the
police themselves rather than their office.

Note that the kanji 都{と} and 区{く} are always used with the name of the city or
district:

> 東京都{とうきょうと}
>
> Tōkyō metropolitan area
>
> 江戸川区{えどがわく}
>
> Edogawa Ward
>
> 新町{しんまち}交番{こうばん}
>
> Shinmachi (new town) police box
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