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paióis

English translation: caches

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Portuguese term or phrase:paióis
English translation:caches
Entered by: Chris Williams

10:15 Nov 3, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Landmines
Portuguese term or phrase: paióis
(...) apesar de ainda existir paióis de engenhos explosivos espalhados pelo território.

In a text about demining in Angola.
I'm thinking of "stockpiles". Any improvements/other ideas?
Solomon Wright
Germany
Local time: 16:17
caches of explosive devices
Explanation:
I think the word could be "cache" in English.
They always talk about "caches of weapons etc," don't they?

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Note added at 4 hrs 40 mins (2005-11-03 14:55:39 GMT)
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Caches simply means places where things are hidden away, and is often used in this context, EG IRA arms caches.
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Chris Williams
Local time: 15:17
Grading comment
Good healthy discussion as usual! I think I'll go for caches in the end - it seems to work best. Thanks everyone though!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6magazine for military stores / hold, bunker
Karen Haggerty
4 +2caches of explosive devices
Chris Williams
5stockpiles of explosives [explosire remnants]
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
5bunkers
airmailrpl
4Munitions dumps
Chris Williams
3see explanation
Chris Williams


Discussion entries: 1





  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
paióis
see explanation


Explanation:
Stockpiles = Delibrately placed there to store things for future use.
Doesn't this sound like "pockets" or "clusters"?

Chris Williams
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes it is Stockpiles in this kind of context.
3 hrs
disagree  airmailrpl: sorry ...a "paiol" is a bunker
1 day 22 hrs
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
paióis
magazine for military stores / hold, bunker


Explanation:
paióis is the plural version of paiol.

http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/definir_resultados.aspx
paiol = casa, lugar em que se guarda pólvora e outros apetrechos de guerra; parte do navio onde se guardam as munições e as provisões alimentares;



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Note added at 39 mins (2005-11-03 10:54:21 GMT)
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I took my English translation from Michaelis Portugues/English dictionary. The web reference is to UOL's dictionary online.

Good luck!


    Reference: http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/definir_resultados.aspx
    Reference: http://cf.uol.com.br/michaelis/dicionar.cfm?dicion_id=13&Tex...
Karen Haggerty
Local time: 07:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Williams: sounds good
42 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Claudio Mazotti: living and learning...lol
1 hr
  -> Obrigada! ;-)
agree  Norbert Hermann
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
agree  Clauwolf
1 hr
  -> Obrigada!
agree  airmailrpl: bunkers
2 hrs
  -> obrigada!
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): this may be one of the meanings But this is not the journalistic or NGO term commonly used
3 hrs
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
9 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
paióis
Munitions dumps


Explanation:
Thanks to karen really

Chris Williams
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
paióis
stockpiles of explosives [explosire remnants]


Explanation:
In 2002-2003 this capacity has been deployed to Lebanon, Angola, ... to respond
to the burgeoning problem of stockpiles of explosive remnants of war, ...
www.icbl.org/lm/2003/appendices/unicef.html - 36k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.icbl.org ]

Weapons stockpiles and the arms trade
The accumulation of massive stockpiles of armaments is an undeniable ... while in
Luanda (Angola), there are 700 000 weapons of various calibres for a ...
www.euforic.org/courier/168e_ada.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

Explosive remnants of war and the Movement strategy on landmines
or [11] welcoming the conclusion of a new Protocol on explosive remnants of war,
... Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Pakistan, Chad, Eritrea, Lebanon, Syria, ...
www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/ iwpList249/55225ABA592B9912C1256E4A004946E1 - 62k - Cached - Similar pages



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Note added at 3 hrs 39 mins (2005-11-03 13:54:24 GMT)
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stockpiles is the term used in the press. Not anything else.

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  airmailrpl: a bunker (paiol) is the physical location where the explosives are stored..the text says "apesar de ainda existir paióis"..Results 1 - 10 of about 11,500,000 for bunker
43 mins
  -> i doubt they are referring to "bunkers" of weapons..how much reading have you done on the issue of these landmines, stockpiles etc? HOw often does bunker occur? Not Often.
agree  Karen Haggerty: It think this also works.
7 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
paióis
caches of explosive devices


Explanation:
I think the word could be "cache" in English.
They always talk about "caches of weapons etc," don't they?

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Note added at 4 hrs 40 mins (2005-11-03 14:55:39 GMT)
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Caches simply means places where things are hidden away, and is often used in this context, EG IRA arms caches.

Chris Williams
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Good healthy discussion as usual! I think I'll go for caches in the end - it seems to work best. Thanks everyone though!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes whatever..caches or stockpiles..not freakin' bunkers...
48 mins
disagree  airmailrpl: a "paiol" is a bunker
2 hrs
agree  Karen Haggerty: I think caches can also work.
6 hrs
agree  Amilcar: Much better, not just one more.
1 day 58 mins
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
paióis
bunkers


Explanation:
Results 1 - 10 of about 128 for "weapons bunkers" angola. (0.54 seconds)

Jack Boulware :: Writing » Unexploded Ordnance in Iraq
... Korea, Germany, El Salvador, India, Angola, Ethiopia and Mozambique. ...IEDs can also be used to booby-trap vehicles, weapons bunkers, even a package ...
www.jackboulware.com/writing/index.php?p=3

Bruce Sterling [email protected] Literary Freeware: Not for ...
... cannon are credited with being of great help to Jonas Savimbi's UNITA war in Angola; ... Bull had the run of ominous weapons bunkers like the "Saad 16" ...
www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/SGbull.htm

Powell: Iraq armed to the teeth - Daily Iowan - Nation
... In the meetings with Powell, Angola was very supportive of the US ... He showed satellite photographs allegedly showing chemical-weapons bunkers and convoys of ...
www.dailyiowan.com/news/2003/02/06/Nation/Powell.Iraq.Armed...

RSA-Overseas Discussion Forum
... History in Angola proved that a guerilla war grinds on interminably - 16 years before ... left after 24 hours and less than 50% of the weapons bunkers had been
www.rsa-overseas.com/mboard_dir/1389.shtml

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Note added at 6 hrs 50 mins (2005-11-03 17:05:25 GMT)
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Bruce Sterling. Think of the prestige
... with being of great help to Jonas Savimbi's UNITA war in Angola; they were also ... Bull had the run of ominous weapons bunkers like the "Saad 16" missile-testing ...
www.samal.kz/cgi-bin/moshkow/koi/STERLINGB/f_sf_03.txt

[PDF] Chemical Weapons Convention Bulletin 34 -- December 1996
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
battalion destroyed weapons-bunkers there in March 1991 [see. 21 Jun, see also 9 Jul], ... 14 October Angola [see 16 Feb] accedes to the nuclear- ...
www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/spru/hsp/CWCB34.PDF

lgf: The Rubber Doll Analogy
US Soldiers armed with photos of "Chem weapons bunkers" stormed such sites as ... the Congo could have slipped their moon rocks and alien porno into Angola. ...
www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=6817 -

The Washington Monthly
... in Angola claimed to have bought down another such aircraft, killing 130. ...reasons was to be able to adequately secure weapons bunkers, hospitals, ...
www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_11/00511...

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Note added at 8 hrs 29 mins (2005-11-03 18:44:46 GMT)
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Results 1 - 10 of about 11,500,000 for bunker

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 11:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karen Haggerty
4 hrs
  -> thank you
disagree  Chris Williams: I'm sorry but bunkers sounds like a place where you would find James Bond fighting SMERSH, or Adolph Hitler and his Stormtroopers.
16 hrs
  -> a "paiol" is a bunker... Results 1 - 10 of about 11,500,000 for bunker
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