la gente de ablande

English translation: seasoning handlers

18:08 Oct 14, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Spanish term or phrase: la gente de ablande
From a dialogue in a script by an Argentine filmmaker between two corrupt cops:

PERSONA 1
ÀNos puede ayudar? [in reference to find a young woman from BsAs who is missing, presumably a victim of human trafficking]

PERSONA 2
Me encantaría, pero no.


PERSONA 1
ÀNo paso por ninguno de sus locales, la gente de ablande...?



The folks on the ground who run the corruption ring?
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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 01:59
English translation:seasoning handlers
Explanation:
Una vez en manos de las redes de trata, las mujeres son sometidas durante días a lo que en la jerga se llama el ‘ablande’, que incluye
violación, torturas, amenazas a sus familiares, y además se las droga, para quebrarlas psíquicamente y poder hacer su ‘traslado’
a los destinos para su explotación
http://despegalo.org/asi-actua-la-trata-el-ablande/

Seasoning — A combination of psychological manipulation, intimidation, gang rape, sodomy, beatings, deprivation of food or sleep, isolation from friends or family and other sources of support, and threatening or holding hostage of a victim’s children. Seasoning is designed to break down a victim’s resistance and ensure compliance.
https://sharedhope.org/the-problem/trafficking-terms/

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, individuals who are trafficked fall victim to acts of force, fraud, and coercion. The vast majority of human trafficking victims are raped, physically abused, and confined by their captors. According to the United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 95 percent of trafficking victims experience physical or sexual violence. This violence frequently occurs during the first stage of victimization, termed the “seasoning process,” where captors abuse victims in order to break their resistance and make them easier to control.
http://www.coha.org/modern-day-slavery-in-mexico-and-the-uni...
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lorenab23
United States
Local time: 21:59
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1the softening up guys
patinba
3 +1seasoning handlers
lorenab23
3Are the pimps trying to work on her/soften her up/entice her?
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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the softening up guys


Explanation:
Might do, in the context.
La trata de mujeres en la Argentina | El Gran Otro
elgranotro.com.ar/index.php/la-trata-de-mujeres-en-la-argentina/
El ablande es un proceso en el que esa mujer no es explotada sexualmente hasta que no sea doblegada su voluntad. Doblegada a través del encierro, por

Las terribles vejaciones durante el ablande - El Liberal
https://www.elliberal.com.ar/.../terribles-vejaciones-durant...
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Dec 16, 2012 - Las mujeres que caen en las redes de trata, según explica el ... ese es un período conocido como “ablande”, de las mujeres secuestradas y ...

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 01:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Immediately understandable, unlike the "seasoning" thing....
14 hrs
  -> Thanks Neil! I was looking for something slangy that the people in that environment might use.
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Are the pimps trying to work on her/soften her up/entice her?


Explanation:
My main point is that it should be treated as a separate question. I read the whole article that Patinba cites.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 21:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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seasoning handlers


Explanation:
Una vez en manos de las redes de trata, las mujeres son sometidas durante días a lo que en la jerga se llama el ‘ablande’, que incluye
violación, torturas, amenazas a sus familiares, y además se las droga, para quebrarlas psíquicamente y poder hacer su ‘traslado’
a los destinos para su explotación
http://despegalo.org/asi-actua-la-trata-el-ablande/

Seasoning — A combination of psychological manipulation, intimidation, gang rape, sodomy, beatings, deprivation of food or sleep, isolation from friends or family and other sources of support, and threatening or holding hostage of a victim’s children. Seasoning is designed to break down a victim’s resistance and ensure compliance.
https://sharedhope.org/the-problem/trafficking-terms/

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, individuals who are trafficked fall victim to acts of force, fraud, and coercion. The vast majority of human trafficking victims are raped, physically abused, and confined by their captors. According to the United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 95 percent of trafficking victims experience physical or sexual violence. This violence frequently occurs during the first stage of victimization, termed the “seasoning process,” where captors abuse victims in order to break their resistance and make them easier to control.
http://www.coha.org/modern-day-slavery-in-mexico-and-the-uni...

lorenab23
United States
Local time: 21:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chema Nieto Castañón: Seasoning is definitely the word for ablande. I feel handlers sounds a bit too technical though; wonder if seasoning guys -or the like- could be understood, as the original expression is completely colloquial. Didn't the seasoning guys came by...?
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