Spanish: acantonamiento/acantonar tropasEnglish translation: quartering / to quarter troops 
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Social Sciences - History / military expression | | Spanish term or phrase: acantonamiento/acantonar tropas | Hi ProZ,
After some searching I've wound up with the terms "station", "billet" and "canton", but I think I'm rather looking for a set phrase here.
Context describes a country struggling to put an end to a civil war in which successive ceasefires, truces and peace accords have all been broken. The UN demands both parties to show their commitment to peace and this follows:
"...hay encuentros, acercamientos, acuerdos, acantonamiento de tropas y se envían fondos millonarios para la rehabilitación del país."
The idea of demobilization also came to mind, but I don't think it applies either. The idea seems to be "keep the troops in their camps", but I feel there might be a set phrase for this.
Thanks for your help!
Álvaro :O) :O) |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseÁlvaro Blanch: 1:46pm Apr 18, 2007: contradictory note - I ought to add that the next sentence goes on to add "pero los acuerdos están lejos de cumplirse y las violaciones del alto el fuego son constantes".
Swatchka: 2:21pm Apr 18, 2007: Hola Álvaro: Encontré esto.I gual te sirve:
acantonar.DRAE
(De cantón1).
1. tr. Distribuir y alojar las tropas en diversos poblados o poblaciones. U. t. c. prnl.
Álvaro Blanch: 11:25am Apr 25, 2007: Explanatory note - Hi everyone.
First and foremost, thanks a million for your help - such good ideas and suggestions. I finally found a reference which described the situation in my exact context and it matched Gerardo's answer:
Angola: Peace Monitor, IV, 2- [ Traduzca esta página ]According to figures published by the UN, by 7 December 1996 69821 *****UNITA troops were quartered for the disarmament and demobilisation process***** (APM no.4, ...
www.africaaction.org/docs97/ang9711.htm - 33k - En caché - Páginas similares
Sorry it took so long - it's a very long report and I'm only just starting to review what I'd already done.
:O) :O) :O)
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| | quartering / to quarter troops | Explanation:
Hola Álvaro:
Así lo traduce el Larousse inglés-español y me parece más preciso si nos atenemos a la definición del DRAE enviada por Swatchka. En esencia acantonar significa "dar alojamiento [a tropas]". Suerte. :-)
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Note added at 7 días (2007-04-25 15:41:56 GMT) Post-grading
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¡Gracias a ti, Álvaro! :o) |
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Gerardo Noriega Rivero
Mexico
| Note from asker to answerer¡Mil gracias Gerardo! :O) :O)
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +4
