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Official tally |
Balance oficial |
Thousands of civilians were killed in Mosul battle than official tally. |
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A years-long |
Un año de duración |
It was a years-long, brutal campaign |
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The toll |
El úmero de víctimas |
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Relief |
Alivio |
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routed (rout) |
Derrotados. (derrotar. derrota) |
The militants were finally routed. |
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swathes |
Franjas |
Great swathes of the city lay in ruins |
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lay in ruins |
Yacía en ruinas |
Great swathes of the city lay in ruins |
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grim |
Sombrío |
He was there for us, witnessing the grim search for dead. |
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excerpt |
extracto. Pasaje. |
Here's a short excerpt of a report she filed. |
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ongoing |
Continúa. En curso |
The war against ISIS seemingly ongoing |
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seemingly ongoing |
Aparentemente en curso |
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a scene of |
Una escena de |
a scene of utter devastation |
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flattened |
Aplastado |
flattened by coalition airstrikes. |
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Remains |
Restos mortales |
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Loved ones |
Seres queridos |
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Name |
Nombrar |
Ali names the dead one by one |
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The only one left |
El único que queda |
And you're the only one left from your family. |
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Dead |
Muerto. Muertos |
That grim task of countering and burying the dead. |
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Is shocking |
Es impactante |
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Toll |
Número de víctimas |
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roughly |
Aproximadamente |
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The US.-led coalition |
La coalición liderada por Estados Unidos |
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deaths |
Muertes |
326 civilian deaths. |
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discrepancy |
Discrepancia. Diferencia |
How do we get such a big discrepancy |
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morgue |
Deposito de cadáveres |
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death tolls |
Número de víctimas |
We were able to get, list of names of the dead, or death tolls from the morgue. |
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figure up |
Descifrar |
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rely on |
Confiar en |
We had to rely on the morgue |
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Judgment |
Juicio. Valoración. Criterio |
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logged |
Registrado |
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Crushed |
Aplastado |
They were crushed from either an airstrike artillery or an IS car bomb |
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Surge |
Oleada |
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speed up |
Acelerar |
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Retake |
Volver a tomar |
Iraqui forces were looking to speed up the progress on the ground to retake the city. |
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Spike |
Aumento |
There was a spike in civilian casualties. |
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began to surface |
Comenzaron a aparecer |
And when reports of that incident began to surface in late March. |
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Put on hold |
Dejar en suspenso. Suspender |
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Perspective |
Perspectiva. Punto de vista |
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Exhuming |
Exhumando |
You show individuals that are going back and exhuming the bodies of their loved ones. |
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heart-wrenching |
Conmovedor |
Those were heart-wrenching scenes. |
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Graveyard |
Cementerio |
We saw at the graveyard |
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scattered |
Disperso. Distribuido |
at the graveyards that are scattered around Western Mosul. |
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reliving |
Revivir |
It was like reliving the tragedy of losing that loved one all over again. |
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all over again |
De nuevo. Una vez más |
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Mass graves |
Fosas comunes |
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dotted |
Punteado. Salpicado |
There's thousand of people who are believed to be in these mass graves that are dotted around Mosul. |
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caliphate |
Califato. |
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herded |
Agruparse en manada. Reunir en manada. |
Aa the physical caliphate collapsed, IS herded thousand of civilians |
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rubble |
Escombros. Cascotes |
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endure. endured |
Aguantar.Soportar. Aguantó. Soportó |
There's still hundred of people who are still believed to be buried under the rubble of the Old City that endured some of the greatest destruction in the fight to retake the city. |
