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Spanish term

Kirstin Sutherland

United States

2 questions

demandas ciudadanas de reclamo y resistencia

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general) A record/constancia

I am translating a record. They are talking about a family that has been involved in "las diferentes demandas ciudadanas de reclamo y resistencia en contra la dictadura."

For some reason the order and word use is throwing me off...

I have: "civil demands of claims and resistance" It doesn't quite sound right...
I am also considering: "civil resistance and claims against the government"
I thought about getting more creative for example: "Civil demonstrations of complaints and resistance"

I am in search of a balance between being too literal but not straying away from the meaning of the text. Thanks!

Proposed translations (English)

2	various campaigns of civil disobedience and resistance /to dictatorship/	Adrian MM.
4	citizen demands of protests and resistance against the dictatorship	Yudith Madrazo
3	redress of grievances filed by citizens	Steven Huddleston
3	(involvement in) public protests against the dictatorship	ormiston

Proposed translations

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Adrian MM.

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Spanish term (edited): Lat Am /Carib> las diferentes demandas ciudadanas de reclamo y resistencia /en contra la dictadura/

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various campaigns of civil disobedience and resistance /to dictatorship/

Would help to know what country this is - the Spanish suggests a Latin American scenario.

Otherwise, the Wiki entry for civil disobedience conflates the ideas of non-violence with a citizens' initiative, the lines being blurred IMO by violent civil 'insurrection' or sedition.

Example sentence:

The movement Yo No Coopero Con La Dictadura commonly called Yo No for short, is a civil disobedience campaign against the government....

Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government. By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called "civil".

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience

http://atlascorps.org/civil-insurrection/

Note from asker:

I think this is as close to the context as I can get...Thank you for your help!

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