suelo de acogida

18:55 Jan 29, 2020 

You are indeed right! Sorry for any headaches this may have produced. My client is very quisquilloso and I don't think he'd be pleased if he Googled the phrase from his book and found it popping up in a translator's forum, which is why I opted for the same phrase in web quote. Thanks for your thoughtful comments!

17:29 Jan 26, 2020 

Hi Wendy,
it just means different things depending on context;
Suelo; from soil to land to country
De acogida (que acoge);

encontrar su lugar y echar raíces en el suelo de acogida
... referred to the soil where a plant is going to be [transplantada]

ha aprobado el cambio del uso de suelo para acoger la construcción de la planta de tratamiento de cenizas
... as land approved for construction

desarrollo del Medellín hasta ahora encajonado y recalentado por la ausencia de un suelo de acogida para todo su potencial económico
... as free land where to develop the economic potential of the city

And so, there is not just one translation for this; context is imprescindible.

16:22 Jan 26, 2020 

I found all of these on Google, but I presumed it was about the first one, and that the others had been added to pad it out a bit. If this is about countries welcoming refugees, m answer doesn't fit.

15:22 Jan 26, 2020 

Why don't you give us the sentence you're translating? We can't provide a single answer for three different contexts.

12:56 Jan 26, 2020 

These are all examples taken from the web. If you Google the phrase in between quote signs, you'll see them all (and more!). It's an odd phrase because at times it seems to mean "the country" (or place of destination) that welcomes an immigrant/refugee--I was just trying to see if anyone had a better term for it.

09:17 Jan 26, 2020 

I agree with Phil that some explanation as to context would be helpful.