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Spanisch Begriff oder Satz:	caballo de batalla
Englisch Übersetzung:	bone of contention/stickling point
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9:44pm Jan 14, 2008

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Spanisch Begriff oder Satz: caballo de batalla

I understand its meaning as the main point of a controversy and wonder if "bone of contention" would work here. Any other suggestions?

Como se ha adelantado, en agosto de 1974 España proclamó su intención de organizar un referéndum para el cual elaboró un censo que, aún hoy, constituye la base fundamental para la solución del problema político así como el principal **caballo de batalla** entre Marruecos y el Frente POLISARIO.

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David Hollywood: 11:52pm Jan 14, 2008: "stickling point" is perfectly ok IMO despite comments to the contrary
Smartranslators: 1:22pm Jan 15, 2008: Creo que tu opción es perfecta. Otra opción que tienes es "main point at issue". Suerte

bone of contention/stickling point

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:)

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... matters ranging from education to the military and its’ other possible places of influence was another major stickling point for Hamilton and Jefferson. ...
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2005 August | Random CuriosityThough Junichi has gotten to point where he personally reconciles with Nemu, she is still angry at him, with Aisia being the stickling point. ...
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David Hollywood
Argentinien

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Thanks everyone. I went with bone of contention in the end.
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4 +11

bone of contention/stickling point

David Hollywood

4 +2

"controversial issue" / "tug of war"

Andrés Rojas Toro

point of contention

Gregory Vigo

sore point

Deborah Lockett

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bone of contention/stickling point

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:)

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Note added at 2 mins (2008-01-14 21:46:16 GMT)
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... matters ranging from education to the military and its’ other possible places of influence was another major stickling point for Hamilton and Jefferson. ...
www.newtrier.k12.il.us/academics/social/opennotes/art4.htm - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

2005 August | Random CuriosityThough Junichi has gotten to point where he personally reconciles with Nemu, she is still angry at him, with Aisia being the stickling point. ...
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David Hollywood
Argentinien
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Thanks everyone. I went with bone of contention in the end.

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Martin Boyd: Definitely "bone of contention", as it conveys the sense of "batalla" in the original.

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Joss Heywood: but I think you'll find "sticking point" is the correct term - a stickler is quite different (despite the number of hits in Google for "stickling")

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Victoria Burns: 'bone of contention' or 'STICKING point' I would say

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Marisa Raich

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kathleen owens: I like "bone of contention" :)

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Muriel Vasconcellos: both are good, assuming "sticking point"

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islander1974: ditto, bone of contention/sticking point and not stickling...

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alexfromsd

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desertfox: Polisario or the Sharaouis of Western sahara. Petrol was found off shore of the ex Rio de Oro (Oued el Dahab Langouria). Both parties asked France to intervene in this conflict.

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Gacela20: bone of contention

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Smartranslators

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"controversial issue" / "tug of war"

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Disclaimer: I really like the "bone of contention" option. However, these are alternatives.

1. Oxford Spanish Dictionary. Caballo de batalla: Controversial issue: (en discusión).

2. New Oxford American Dictionary. Tug of war: figurative; a situation in which two evenly matched people or factions are striving to keep or obtain the same thing: a tug of war between builders and environmentalists.

Andrés Rojas Toro
Chile
Muttersprache: Spanisch

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sore point

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another possibility is "inflammatory issue" but reading about what has actually happened (see below), what comes across is that Morocco and the POLISARIO feel extremely sore with one another, and the POLISARIO, being the underdog, has especial reason to feel betrayed by Morocco.

Morocco and POLISARIO formally agreed to a United Nations - sponsored cease-fire in 1991, which was to be followed by a UN-supervised referendum in 1992, giving Sahrawis the option of independence or incorporation into Morocco. The plan was POLISARIO's best hope, but it was also risky. Its winner-take-all formula stipulated that defeat would necessitate POLISARIO's disbanding. As it happened, the vote never took place, owing to the two parties' persistent failure to reach agreement on the list of eligible voters. In 2001, Morocco's unhappiness with the revised voter rolls, and the UN Security Council's unwillingness to impose the referendum by force, led UN mediator James A. Baker to propose delaying the referendum in favor of a five-year period of autonomy for the region, to be followed by a referendum with an expanded voter list. POLISARIO initially resisted the plan. However, in 2003, under the prodding of Algeria, it assented, and the UN Security Council endorsed the plan. Fearing that its claim to sovereignty over the territory, Morocco rejected the plan, and the matter remained unresolved.
http://www.answers.com/topic/polisario-mideast-in-encycloped...

Deborah Lockett
Spanien
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point of contention

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sounds better than bone of.

Gregory Vigo
Spanien
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Spanisch: caballo de batalla

Englisch translation: bone of contention/stickling point