Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
plan de desconfinamiento
English translation:
plan to end lockdown / plan to ease lockdown measures
Added to glossary by
Robert Carter
May 19, 2020 18:46
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Spanish term
Spain
Native in: Spanish 
plan de desconfinamiento
COVID-19
Spanish to English
Other
Business/Commerce (general)
Este término aparece en un documento relativo a las consecuencias derivadas del cierre de fronteras para el comercio local.
"Además los planes de desconfinamiento gradual de ambos gobiernos no incluyen un procedimiento concreto que permita eliminar las incertezas existentes en relación a la regulación del tránsito en estas localidades transfronterizas"
¿Cómo se podría traducir?
Gracias
"Además los planes de desconfinamiento gradual de ambos gobiernos no incluyen un procedimiento concreto que permita eliminar las incertezas existentes en relación a la regulación del tránsito en estas localidades transfronterizas"
¿Cómo se podría traducir?
Gracias
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Jun 2, 2020 05:27: Robert Carter Created KOG entry
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Robert Carter
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plan to end lockdown / plan to ease lockdown measures
So many ways to translate this, take a look online.
These are from just one page:
"France set out plans for a phased ending of its coronavirus lockdown beginning on 11 May.
He outlined a conditional plan for the easing of lockdown measures"
https://www.cityam.com/coronavirus-lockdowns-which-countries...
These are from just one page:
"France set out plans for a phased ending of its coronavirus lockdown beginning on 11 May.
He outlined a conditional plan for the easing of lockdown measures"
https://www.cityam.com/coronavirus-lockdowns-which-countries...
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Joshua Parker
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Thanks, Joshua.
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Reuben Wright
: You can't really "end" something gradually;"ease" works better in this context, "end" no.
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Thanks, Reuben, but I disagree. It's as figurative as "easing restrictions"; you could say that you are either restricted or you aren't. "To end" is actually less ambiguous than "to ease" if you think about it. Also, "easing gradually" is a tautology.
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Carol Gullidge
: Either of the above, and also perhaps “relaxing / lifting” lockdown”
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Thanks, Carol, yes, those work for me too.
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AllegroTrans
: plan to ease lockdown measures
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Thanks, Chris.
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neilmac
: I disagree with Reuben's comment as well. To me it reeks of hubris.
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Thanks, Neil :-)
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Manuel Aburto
: Yes: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-52587988
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Thanks, Manuel.
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Daniel Hall
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Thanks, Daniel.
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
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easing/lifting of restrictions plan
Una posibildad.
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plan to relax confinement measures
Spain to begin return to work despite fears of resurgence ...www.theguardian.com › world › apr › spain-to-begin-r...
11 Apr 2020 - The Spanish government has defended its decision to allow some ... return to their jobs in factories and construction sites this coming week despite warnings that any relaxation of confinement measures could lead to a rise in contagion. ... to reduce the pressure on Spain's overstretched intensive care units.
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https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/easing-curbs-may-hasten-vi...
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Coronavirus: Israeli government approves plan to ease ...www.nbcnews.com › health › live-blog › ncrd1187306
19 Apr 2020 - Spanish PM to ease confinement of children but extend lockdown. Spain will relax strict measures that have kept children at home since Mar. 14 ...
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U.K. Coronavirus News: When and How Will the Lockdown ...www.bloomberg.com › news › articles › when-and-ho...
22 Apr 2020 - ... and pressure is building on the government to relax the confinement. ... In March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his aim was to “turn the ...
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Boris Johnson eases confinement despite record of ...www.web24.news › Business
11 May 2020 - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ease confinement measures in ... The full government plan will be released tomorrow, when a 50-page ...
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notice that "confinement" and "lockdown" are to separate concepts, IMHO
National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › National_responses_to_the_CO...
National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have been varied, and have included containment measures such as lockdowns, quarantines, ... Widodo has insisted not to share with the travel history details of patients tested positive with ...
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African countries start easing COVID-19 confinement measureswww.afro.who.int › news › african-countries-start-easin...
30 Apr 2020 - Countries are now starting to relax their confinement measures. Ghana was the first to lift its partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. However ...
France confirms plan to start easing Covid-19 lockdown on ...www.france24.com › Return to homepage › France
7 May 2020 - ... detailed his government's plan for easing Covid-19 confinement measures on May 11, warning that the exit from lockdown would be gradual ...
Belgium extends lockdown measures until May 3 – POLITICOwww.politico.eu › article › belgium-extends-lockdown-...
15 Apr 2020 - Belgium is extending its lockdown until May 3, maintaining confinement measures except for some small changes "to make the situation more ...
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above should read
two separate concepts
11 Apr 2020 - The Spanish government has defended its decision to allow some ... return to their jobs in factories and construction sites this coming week despite warnings that any relaxation of confinement measures could lead to a rise in contagion. ... to reduce the pressure on Spain's overstretched intensive care units.
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Note added at 12 mins (2020-05-19 18:58:29 GMT)
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https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/easing-curbs-may-hasten-vi...
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Note added at 12 mins (2020-05-19 18:58:55 GMT)
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Coronavirus: Israeli government approves plan to ease ...www.nbcnews.com › health › live-blog › ncrd1187306
19 Apr 2020 - Spanish PM to ease confinement of children but extend lockdown. Spain will relax strict measures that have kept children at home since Mar. 14 ...
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Note added at 14 mins (2020-05-19 19:00:30 GMT)
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U.K. Coronavirus News: When and How Will the Lockdown ...www.bloomberg.com › news › articles › when-and-ho...
22 Apr 2020 - ... and pressure is building on the government to relax the confinement. ... In March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his aim was to “turn the ...
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Note added at 15 mins (2020-05-19 19:01:48 GMT)
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Boris Johnson eases confinement despite record of ...www.web24.news › Business
11 May 2020 - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ease confinement measures in ... The full government plan will be released tomorrow, when a 50-page ...
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Note added at 18 mins (2020-05-19 19:04:12 GMT)
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notice that "confinement" and "lockdown" are to separate concepts, IMHO
National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › National_responses_to_the_CO...
National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have been varied, and have included containment measures such as lockdowns, quarantines, ... Widodo has insisted not to share with the travel history details of patients tested positive with ...
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Note added at 19 mins (2020-05-19 19:05:30 GMT)
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see:
Search Results
Web results
African countries start easing COVID-19 confinement measureswww.afro.who.int › news › african-countries-start-easin...
30 Apr 2020 - Countries are now starting to relax their confinement measures. Ghana was the first to lift its partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. However ...
France confirms plan to start easing Covid-19 lockdown on ...www.france24.com › Return to homepage › France
7 May 2020 - ... detailed his government's plan for easing Covid-19 confinement measures on May 11, warning that the exit from lockdown would be gradual ...
Belgium extends lockdown measures until May 3 – POLITICOwww.politico.eu › article › belgium-extends-lockdown-...
15 Apr 2020 - Belgium is extending its lockdown until May 3, maintaining confinement measures except for some small changes "to make the situation more ...
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above should read
two separate concepts
Peer comment(s):
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Robert Carter
: I'm not sure there's any real difference between lockdown and confinement to be honest (etymology aside), but it's certainly another way to put it, and less ambiguous than "restrictions" to my mind.//Frankly, I don't understand what that means (my bad?).
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Cheers! Well, how would you translate Belgium is extending its lockdown until May 3, maintaining confinement measures
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Joshua Parker
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EirTranslations
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neilmac
: The UK deffo uses "lockdown" more frequently than quarantine/confinement, which feel a bit legalese/officialese.
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MollyRose
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Katarina Peters
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plan to ease restrictions
another version
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gradual lockdown easing plans
just to make the sentence flow more easily
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Reuben Wright
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plan of easing restrictions gradually
I think this works in the context, and this syntax emphasizes the nature of "gradual", or lack of defining concrete measures that the author is calling into question.
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As suggested, this phrasing is unnatural; "plan to ease" is much better.
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As suggested, this phrasing is unnatural; "plan to ease" is much better.
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AllegroTrans
: Right idea but word order sounds unnatural
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Yes, "plan to ease" is better.
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neilmac
: The "plan of + -ING" structure seems odd to me too.
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Of course; "plan to ease".
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unlockdown plan
The simplest solutions are often the best.
Below, the Sun is England's bissest selling newspaper.
"The Herald is the longest running national newspaper in the world"
And Hansard is "the traditional name of the transcripts of Parliamentary debates in Britain"
Boris Johnson wants to fast-track unlockdown plan ... - The Sun
www.thesun.co.uk › boris-johnson-near-normality-in-july
4 days ago - Boris Johnson wants to fast-track unlockdown plan and return to 'near-normality' in July. Exclusive. David Wooding, Assistant Editor. 16 May ...
Boris Johnson signals some lifting of lockdown measures ...
www.heraldscotland.com › news › 18430362.johnson-s...
6 May 2020 - BORIS Johnson has signalled that the UK Government's “unlockdown plan,” to lift some of the coronavirus restrictions across the country, will…
Engagements - Hansard
hansard.parliament.uk › commons › debates › Engage...
6 May 2020 - ... to make sure that we get the unlockdown plan completely right. What he says is absolute common sense: it would be an economic disaster
Below, the Sun is England's bissest selling newspaper.
"The Herald is the longest running national newspaper in the world"
And Hansard is "the traditional name of the transcripts of Parliamentary debates in Britain"
Boris Johnson wants to fast-track unlockdown plan ... - The Sun
www.thesun.co.uk › boris-johnson-near-normality-in-july
4 days ago - Boris Johnson wants to fast-track unlockdown plan and return to 'near-normality' in July. Exclusive. David Wooding, Assistant Editor. 16 May ...
Boris Johnson signals some lifting of lockdown measures ...
www.heraldscotland.com › news › 18430362.johnson-s...
6 May 2020 - BORIS Johnson has signalled that the UK Government's “unlockdown plan,” to lift some of the coronavirus restrictions across the country, will…
Engagements - Hansard
hansard.parliament.uk › commons › debates › Engage...
6 May 2020 - ... to make sure that we get the unlockdown plan completely right. What he says is absolute common sense: it would be an economic disaster
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plan to reopen
This is the way I have been seeing it in the U.S. and Tennessee. The plan is to reopen businesses that were shut down, gradually relaxing the safety guidelines.
Discussion
https://www.krakowwitkingallery.com/exhibitions/the-everyday...
The lessons from that extensive discussion are that there are many ways to approach the translation, as references to "easing COVID-19 restrictions" can be regional.
I'm inclined to go with Reuben's suggestion, but that's because, in most parts of Canada, they refer to it as precisely that: easing of (COVID-19) restrictions. However, in Québec, the English press uses the calque "deconfinement," which is a term used more in physics.
However, other people from other regions will come up with perfectly valid answers, too.
Who will be the target audience exactly (and which country)?