No puedo proponer una traducción porque no sé de qué se trata.

No confundir "lie" verbo intransitivo = tumbarse con "lay" verbo transitivo = poner/colocar extender. Este último verbo es el que corresponde a la pregunta.

En este enlace hay un resumen del uso de ambos verbos:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/lie-lay.html
Lie vs. Lay
Lie expresses an action that a person or animal does by oneself. Lie is an intransitive verb – it does not take an object.Lie is followed by a preposiitonal phrases expressing the location where the action occurs (e.g. down, on the couch, in bed).
Lay expresses an action that a person does to someone or something else. Lay is a transitive verb – it requires an object. Lay is followed by a preposiitonal phrases expressing the location where the person or thing is placed (e.g. down, out, on, in, up).