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Argentina
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partidas de trabajo
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A memoir from WWI that was written in English, translated to Spanish, and is now being translated (by me) back into English. I know, I know...
En septiembre fuimos ubicados en reserva, y entonces seguimos desarrollando partidas de trabajo, en el lodo en el peor invierno, entremezclados con deportes, baños en el Nieppe, para un cambio de atmosfera.
En septiembre fuimos ubicados en reserva, y entonces seguimos desarrollando partidas de trabajo, en el lodo en el peor invierno, entremezclados con deportes, baños en el Nieppe, para un cambio de atmosfera.
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| 4 | task/s |
Adrian MM.
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| 4 | work parties |
Andrew Bramhall
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Adrian MM.
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Austria
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Spanish term (edited):
partida/s de trabajo
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task/s
No, not a working party, squad or brigade, but - in the context - tasks performed in and out of the trenches.
-> y entonces seguimos desarrollando partidas de trabajo : and then we went on (by) devising (performing?) tasks.
-> y entonces seguimos desarrollando partidas de trabajo : and then we went on (by) devising (performing?) tasks.
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At night, the trenches often became hives of activity. Despite the continued risk of night bombardment or trench raids, the cover of darkness allowed troops to attend to vital supply and maintenance tasks.
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work parties
In September we were placed on reserve, and then we continued to develop work parties, in the mud in the worst of winters, interspersed with sports, bathing in the Nieppe, for a change of mood..
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2. (Military) a group of soldiers or prisoners assigned to perform some manual task or duty
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I'm not confident enough to put this up as an answer but maybe its a possibility if it was originally translated incorrectly into Spanish from English.