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the national liberation army

Spanish translation: Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional

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English term or phrase:the national liberation army
Spanish translation:Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional
Entered by: jmf (X)

20:06 Mar 7, 2002
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: the national liberation army
I am talking about the drug problems of Columbia and it is one of the rebel groups.
helen aspinall
Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional
Explanation:
ok

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Note added at 2002-03-07 20:12:44 (GMT)
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www.angelfire.com/la/cominternet/rev.html
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jmf (X)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +15Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional
jmf (X)
5Ejército de liberación nacional, Eln
Miguel Falquez-Certain
5 -3Ejército de Liberación Nacional
Jairo Contreras-López
4 -5fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de colombia (FARC)
cotasur


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +15
Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional


Explanation:
ok

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Note added at 2002-03-07 20:12:44 (GMT)
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www.angelfire.com/la/cominternet/rev.html

jmf (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 22
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José Luis Villanueva-Senchuk (X)
0 min
agree  Bertha S. Deffenbaugh: Yes, but with the 2 tildes that are missing. :))
1 min
agree  Hans Gärtner: Ejército ... Liberación ...
4 mins
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
4 mins
agree  Thomas Collins (X)
9 mins
agree  Claudia Sanchez Bajo - Roelants du Vivier: Correct, this is their name: ELN
12 mins
agree  Jairo Contreras-López: Yes... or ELN for short...My answer arrived late...
13 mins
agree  mirta
47 mins
agree  Fiona N�voa
54 mins
agree  Felipe Castillo Ruiz
2 hrs
agree  mgonzalez (X)
2 hrs
agree  Paulina Gómez
2 hrs
agree  elenali
3 hrs
agree  olv10siq
3 hrs
agree  Consult Couture: 100% agree, although the asker needs to spell Colombia correctly!
4 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -5
fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de colombia (FARC)


Explanation:
hope it's what you need.

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Note added at 2002-03-07 20:15:23 (GMT)
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FARC is the name that these revolutionaries go by in Colombia

cotasur
Chile
Local time: 04:37
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jairo Contreras-López: This is another group...
3 mins
disagree  Hans Gärtner: ese es otro grupo guerrillero diferente
3 mins
disagree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.: This is another guerrilla group, not the one of the question.
4 mins
disagree  José Luis Villanueva-Senchuk (X): No! that is another group: http://www.farc-ep.org/
5 mins
  -> oops!
disagree  Paulina Gómez: Es un grupo muy diferente, aún históricamente.
2 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -3
Ejército de Liberación Nacional


Explanation:
What a misnomer but terrorist groups always try to coin noble names for themselves... But that is their OFFICIAL name, or ELN.


Jairo Contreras-López
United States
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 276

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Felipe Castillo Ruiz: you should read some latin American history
2 hrs
disagree  Paulina Gómez: The problem is, unfortunately, not that simple. When they formed as a group, they we protesting against medieval-like, impoverishing,feudalism. Later on it turned to be an intractable conflict, which easily enough evolves into terrorism.
2 hrs
disagree  Consult Couture: thank you for your thoughtful responses, escrutador & semantiks! de acuerdo
4 hrs
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Ejército de liberación nacional, Eln


Explanation:
n/a

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Note added at 2002-03-07 21:06:25 (GMT)
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Acronyms in Spanish don\'t take upper case after the first and, in any case, that is the way is spelled out in Colombia, Eln

Miguel Falquez-Certain
United States
Local time: 04:37
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 347

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  José Luis Villanueva-Senchuk (X): ELN...upper case
2 mins
neutral  Paulina Gómez: ELN
2 hrs
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