acantonamiento/acantonar tropas

English translation: quartering / to quarter troops

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Spanish term or phrase:acantonamiento / acantonar tropas
English translation:quartering / to quarter troops
Entered by: Gerardo Noriega Rivero

13:43 Apr 18, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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)
moken
Local time: 22:47
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
Local time: 16:47
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¡Mil gracias Gerardo! :O) :O)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4stationing of troops
PeterIII
5quartering / to quarter troops
Gerardo Noriega Rivero
4billeting
liz askew
4restricted to quarters
Carol Gullidge
4cantonment of troops
Lydia De Jorge
3stationing troops on several locations
Swatchka


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
stationing of troops


Explanation:
According to Oxford
acantonar- to station

PeterIII
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billeting


Explanation:
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:c72E0d0Od2wJ:www.global...

billeting

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:nHKFuBHsyZwJ:www.undp.o...

page 23 = “billeting of fighters”


liz askew
United Kingdom
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restricted to quarters


Explanation:
This is what your description sounds like...:

Pro-government troops and officials were able to talk them into standing down. ... and Bumindang went back to barracks and were restricted to quarters. ...
www.bulatlat.com/news/6-25/6-25-oakwood.htm - 31k - Cached - Similar pages


Manila Standard Today -- News --

It said the four “are restricted to quarters and they have no official working role ... Under VFA, which provides legal protection to US troops on official ...
www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news04_jan13_2006 - 19k - Cached - Similar pages



Manila Standard Today -- Franco restricted to camp -- feb28_2006

... with reports that they were recruiting [troops to join the rallies],” Lomibao said. ... The military had earlier restricted to quarters Army Brig. Gen. ...
www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news06_feb28_2006 - 16k - Cached - Similar pages



People's Daily Online -- Philippine judge issues warrants for US ...

... ended two weeks of military exercises with Philippine troops in October. ... they were being restricted to quarters and had no official working role. ...
english.people.com.cn/200601/14/eng20060114_235488.html - 24k - Cached - Similar pages



People's Daily Online -- Philippine government to give US more ...

The accused American soldiers were among the 4000 US troops who took part in the ... at least be restricted to quarters in military parlance,"

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Note added at 36 mins (2007-04-18 14:20:06 GMT)
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Without the actual sentence, it's hard to give the correct syntax, but what I should perhaps have said is

"to restrict to quarters"

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Note added at 39 mins (2007-04-18 14:23:13 GMT)
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or

"restrict the troops to quarters"

Good luck!

Carol Gullidge
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
stationing troops on several locations


Explanation:
He encontrado solamente esta parafrasis:
Wagon Bed Springs Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail- [ Traduzca esta página ]General James H. Carleton, commanding the Department of New Mexico, sent troops to several locations that summer, stationing Major Joseph Updegraff and 100 ...
www.stjohnks.net/santafetrail/wagonbed/spring.html - 16k - En caché - Páginas similares - Anotar esto
20000 Seven African Heads of State Address Security Council in Day ...- [ Traduzca esta página ]It also considered the question of stationing United Nations liaison officers and ... military liaison officers have been positioned at several locations. ...
www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2000/sc1179.html - 33k - En caché - Páginas similares - Anotar esto

Foreign Policy In Focus | Policy Brief | U

Kokkina exclave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia- [ Traduzca esta página ]On 8 April 1964, the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) managed to arrange a ceasefire which was enforced by stationing UNFICYP troops at several ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkina_exclave - 27k - En caché - Páginas similares - Anotar esto
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Swatchka
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cantonment of troops


Explanation:
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Lydia De Jorge
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Local time: 16:47
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
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)

Gerardo Noriega Rivero
Mexico
Local time: 16:47
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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¡Mil gracias Gerardo! :O) :O)
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