Glossary

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Source Language |
Target Language |
These comments might be: examples, especial notes, synonyms etc |
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Acted |
Actur, hacer, seguir |
e.g: Once acted upon, he acted on my advice. |
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Administración de Valores |
Securities management |
e.g: The securities management module draws a formal distinction between the issue currency and the position currency of a security. |
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Advice |
Consejo |
Noun: Recommendations, Counsellings. |
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Agrupaciones |
Clusters |
e.g.: In comparison with other clusters, technology valleys are more oriented towards advanced technologies. |
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Aplicativos |
Applicatios |
e.g.: C is the essential language for the design of applicatifs system and network. |
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Base de datos |
Database |
e.g.: It is important to have a big database to handle all the information. |
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Beforehand |
De antemano |
Synonyms: Previously, Anteriorly. |
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Best |
Saludos |
It is used in a farewell line of a trade letter. |
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Brief |
Breve |
Adjectives: Short, Small, Succinct. |
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Bring along on |
Traerlo con, llevarlo con |
e.g: Feel free to print it and bring it along on your San Juan adventure. |
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Cartera |
Portfolio |
Financial term. Never use purse. |
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Compras |
Purchasing |
Synonym: Procurement, acquisition, acquirement, obtainment.. |
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Confined |
Limitar, reducir |
e.g: The politics of personality are not confined to economic policy. |
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CRM |
Customer relationship management |
Computer program that manages customer information. |
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Cuentas por Cobrar |
Accounts receivable |
e.g.: Provisions for accounts receivable may be required. |
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Cuentas por Pagar |
Accounts payable |
e.g.: Accounts payable are classified as current if the payments mature in one year or less. |
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Dispositivos |
Devices |
Synonym: equipment, handsets, terminals, appliances. |
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Eager |
Ansioso, dispuesto, deseoso |
e.g: I'm quite eager to watch you in action. |
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E-mail en batch |
Envíos en bloque, en lote, en grupo |
e.g: Xellent allows you to perform batch e-mail merge and to employ replicated fields. |
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Encuestas |
Surveys |
Another meaning in Spanish is “estudios”. |
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Facturación |
Billing |
Synonym: Invoicing, turnover. |
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Feel free to |
Sentirse libre |
e.g: Please feel free to stay for dinner. |
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Follow-up |
seguimiento |
e.g: The bosses should follow-up to the employees. |
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Gestión de mercadeo |
Marketing management |
e.g: Bryan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing management from Siena College. |
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Groceries |
Comestibles, víveres |
This term is especially British. Which mean food and other commodities sold by a shopkeeper. |
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Hardcopy |
Versión impresa |
e.g: A printed copy of a computer document; can you give me a hard copy of that? |
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Highlight |
Destacar |
Synonyms: focal point, high point, feature. |
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Job Offer |
Oferta de trabajo |
Job Offer Letter. |
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Life Insurance |
Seguro de vida |
e.g: Life insurance companies «Aseguradoras de vida». |
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Look forward to |
Desear, esperar, quedar a la espera, ansiar |
e.g: She is looking forward to working in London. |
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Memo |
Memorando |
It is the way short for the word memorandum. |
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Nómina |
Payroll |
e.g.: Mark the payroll result to which you want to assign a check number. |
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No-nonsense |
Eficiente |
e.g: Her no-nonsense way of resolving issues impressed her superiors. |
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Nose to the grindstone |
Trabajar arduamente, fuertemente |
Put one's nose to the grindstone, to work, study, or practice hard and steadily or to cause someone to do so. Example: If you put your nose to the grindstone, you'll finish the job this week. |
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On charting |
Trazar, dirigir, determinar |
e.g.: Achieving consensus on charting the new horizons. |
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Paid time off |
Tiempo libre remunerado |
e.g: Paid time off for medical examinations. |
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Paperwork |
Papeleo, trámite, documentación |
e.g: My lawyer handled the paperwork on the sale of the house. Also means .”trabajo de oficina”. |
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Portal de consulta |
Portal de consultas |
Synonym: Gateway Consulting. |
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Proofread |
Revisar, corregir |
Meaning: To find and correct mistakes in text before it is printed. |
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Quejas |
Claim |
Synonym : complaints, reclamation. |
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Rentable |
Profitable |
e.g: It is an extremely profitable investment. |
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Role |
Funciones, papel |
Synonym: Part, character, office function. |
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Sample |
Modelo, muestra, prueba, ejemplo |
Synonym: Representative, illustrative, selected, specimen, test, trial. |
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Scope |
Alcance |
e.g: But he was an enabler of the CEO's bad behavior, which I believe is a direct result of the firm's size and scope. |
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Seguimiento |
Follow-up |
Synonym: Tracking, monitoring. |
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Senior management team |
Equipo de alta gerencia, de alta dirección, grupo directivo, dirección ejecutiva |
Synonym: Executive management, Management group. |
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Self-serving |
Egoísta |
The companies have a self-serving feeling when they compete on the market. |
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Sloppy letter |
Descuidada, mediocre, débil, Adjetivo: Desaliñada |
Synonym: Scruffy, untidy, dowdy, unkempt. |
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Specifics |
Detalles, pormenores, características, particularidades |
Synonym: Characteristics, details, particularities. |
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Subject line |
Línea del asunto, referencia |
Synonym: Reference line. |
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Tailor |
Adaptar, personalizar, adecuar, hacer algo a la medida, diseñar |
e.g.: Our services are tailored to the client’s needs. |
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Take on |
Asumir, obtener, encargar, tomar |
e.g.: Municipalities is unable to take on any more loans. |
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Tips |
Sugerencias, trucos, recomendaciones |
Synonym: Remarks, indications, advices, suggestions. |
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To be thrilled |
Estar encantado, emocionado, entusiasmado, feliz, contento |
e.g.: You're going to be thrilled to see the Pope Francisco. |
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Toma de decisiones |
Decision making |
e.g.: This implies that not any sort of decision-making involves the process of empowerment. |
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Usuarios finales |
End users |
e.g.: This product is to expensive to the end users. |
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Vía |
A través de, mediante, vía, conducto |
e.g: Mr Baker will return home via Britain and France. |
