Teacher: In this task, you are given a sentence in the Romanian language. Your job is to translate the Romanian sentence into the English language.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
Un bărbat pune brânză mărunțită pe o pizza.
Solution: A man is spreading shreded cheese on a pizza.
Reason: In the given translation process, the tense of both sentences, quantitative measures, entity name, the polarity of the sentence remains the same.

Now, solve this instance: Acest lucru a declanșat o confruntare de 47 de ore cu poliția, care a deranjat mii de navetiști, în timp ce traficul s-a blocat în centrul orașului Washington și în nordul Virginiei.
Student:
That triggered a 47-hour police standoff that inconvenienced thousands of commuters, as traffic backed up in Downtown Washington and northern Virginia.