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campo di sosta

English translation: stationing camps

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Italian term or phrase:campo di sosta
English translation:stationing camps
Entered by: Laura Morarelli

11:21 Sep 12, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / sociological study about Roma people
Italian term or phrase: campo di sosta
La sociologia, in particolare quella urbana, ha analizzato la logica e le conseguenze sociali del vivere in "campi di sosta"

I would say
temporary camps

Please check, thanks


Laura
Laura Morarelli
Italy
Local time: 01:42
stationing camps
Explanation:
oppure Nomadic Camps
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Pompeo Lattanzi
Italy
Local time: 01:42
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Summary of answers provided
4spaces of rest and respite or:
Ellen Kraus
4makeshift camps
moranna (X)
4halting site
Patricia Crotty
3stationing camps
Pompeo Lattanzi
3transient camps
mosuzi


  

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stationing camps


Explanation:
oppure Nomadic Camps

Pompeo Lattanzi
Italy
Local time: 01:42
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spaces of rest and respite or:


Explanation:
respite-granting (or -providing) places.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 01:42
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transient camps


Explanation:
If the article is talking about the tendency to move from place to place, I would use "transient camps" or "nomadic camps"

Example sentence(s):
  • Sociology, particularly urban sociology, has analyzed the logic and social consequences of living in "transient camps."
mosuzi
Italy
Local time: 01:42
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makeshift camps


Explanation:
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moranna (X)
Italy
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halting site


Explanation:
this is what they're called in Ireland but I see they're mentioned on a Roma web-site too
http://www.romnews.com/community/modules.php?op=modload&name...

Patricia Crotty
Local time: 01:42
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