17:03 Dec 16, 2011 

What more answer do you need? You have three answers already all corroborating the fact that 'siège' in FR in this sort of context translates as 'siege' in EN; there is nothing at all about 'governement' (sic) in it. There is nothing 'weird' about saying that the stronghold was besieged for 3 months, this is perfectly normal in this sort of historical context, I don't see what is causing you a real problem here? This is a common-enough term available in any decent dictionary, and in your historico-military context, the word is clearly not out of place.
If the answers are not satisfactory to you, then please explain exactly what the problem is in your specific context, and we'll try to help...

16:48 Dec 16, 2011 

Ok Kaskew , you are right , and sorry BD Finch, but my concern here is not tenses, I already know this, I have an urgent translation and my only worry for the moment and concern is the meaning of siège here...is it governement that started form Sep to Dec...or you would keep the word siege, though, It will be weird to say a siege started in Sep to ...my question is the use of siege in this context ,, that's all , if anybody has an idea about it please answer

16:11 Dec 16, 2011 

1. We write history in a past tense.
2. You should be grateful for a free English lesson.

14:17 Dec 16, 2011 

@ BD Finch , Arretez de répondre a mes questions , vous ne m'aidez bien au contraire,

13:56 Dec 16, 2011 

You should really post that as a separate question. However, as the error is grammatical rather than terminological, KudoZ isn't the correct forum. English does not use the present tense when talking of the past in the same way that French does.

12:48 Dec 16, 2011 

I wonder whether it's correct to say " the siege starts in september and finishes in december...." I think that they reffer here here to governing the city which was from september to december...please advise

10:04 Dec 16, 2011 

The suggestion on the KudoZ question-posting page that one should first try using a dictionary.