sitenci—n
English translation: demilitarized zone or peace laboratory
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|  Selected response from: Andrea Bullrich Local time: 18:34 | ||||||
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| 5 | Estimado/a SJH |
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| 4 +1 | zona de distensión |
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| 4 | a couple more sites, this time in English... |
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| 1 | silencio |
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15 mins confidence: 
Estimado/a SJH Explanation: ¡Qué situación! Para peor no hay mayúsculas. Esa palabra extraña y cortada podría ser el nombre de la zona, pero ni siquiera está con mayúscula... Yo, en casos así, o consulto al cliente ( si es que se puede) o dejo el espacio en blanco y entre paréntesis escribo "ilegible". No es mucha ayuda, pero esto es terrible! Buena suerte! BSD |
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32 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1zona de distensión Explanation: From your context I think the word could actually be "distensión" (a euphemism for "truce, temporary cessation of hostilities), since it seems to refer to an effort at achieving peace in Colombia which is widely known as laboratorio de paz. Here are a few sites for you to review, most on this "laboratorio", the last one on Neiva-Huila. HTH http://www.colombialibre.org/editori/procesopaz.html http://www.alleanzacattolica.org/languages/spanish/acnews001... http://www.eln-voces.com/ultno/un_crisis_proceso.htm http://www.cajpe.org.pe/cronolog/novco2.htm http://www.terra.com.co/actualidad/nacional/27-07-2001/nota3... see above |
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3 hrs confidence:
silencio Explanation: Tal vez podría tratarse de una zona del silencio. |
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23 hrs confidence:
a couple more sites, this time in English... Explanation: They talk about a "demilitarized zone" and a "peace laboratory", with variations such as "laboratory of peace", "laboratory for peace", etc. http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_30/b3639223.htm http://lists.cat.org.au/pipermail/imc-sydney-digest/2001-Jun... Good luck with the rest! Andrea |
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