Glossary

                                
 
 
 
7. Read the six of the samples and create a glossary with the words you consider necessary to translate them.
 

 

Source Language

Target Language

These comments might be: examples, especial notes, synonyms etc

Acted

Actur, hacer, seguir

e.g: Once acted upon, he acted on my advice.

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.

Advice

Consejo

Noun: Recommendations, Counsellings.

Agrupaciones

Clusters

e.g.: In comparison with other clusters, technology valleys are more oriented towards advanced technologies.

Aplicativos

Applicatios  

e.g.: C is the essential language for the design of applicatifs system and network.

Base de datos

Database

e.g.: It is important to have a big database to handle all the information.

Beforehand

De antemano

Synonyms: Previously, Anteriorly.

Best

Saludos

It is used in a farewell line of a trade letter.

Brief

Breve

Adjectives: Short, Small, Succinct.

Bring along on

Traerlo con, llevarlo con

e.g: Feel free to print it and bring it along on your San Juan adventure.

Cartera

Portfolio

Financial term. Never use purse.

Compras

Purchasing

Synonym: Procurement, acquisition, acquirement, obtainment..

Confined

Limitar, reducir

e.g: The politics of personality are not confined to economic policy.

CRM

Customer relationship management

Computer program that manages customer information.

Cuentas por Cobrar

Accounts receivable

e.g.: Provisions for accounts receivable may be required.

Cuentas por Pagar

Accounts payable

e.g.: Accounts payable are classified as current if the payments mature in one year or less.

Dispositivos

Devices

Synonym: equipment, handsets,  terminals, appliances.

Eager

Ansioso, dispuesto, deseoso

e.g: I'm quite eager to watch you in action.

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.

Encuestas

Surveys

Another meaning in Spanish is “estudios”.

Facturación

Billing

Synonym: Invoicing, turnover.

Feel free to

Sentirse libre

e.g: Please feel free to stay for dinner.

Follow-up

seguimiento

e.g: The bosses should follow-up to the employees.

Gestión de mercadeo

Marketing management

e.g: Bryan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing management from Siena College.

Groceries

Comestibles, víveres

This term is especially British. Which mean food and other commodities sold by a shopkeeper.

Hardcopy

Versión impresa

e.g: A printed copy of a computer document; can you give me a hard copy of that?

Highlight

Destacar

Synonyms: focal point, high point, feature.

Job Offer

Oferta de trabajo

Job Offer Letter.

Life Insurance

Seguro de vida

e.g: Life insurance companies «Aseguradoras de vida».

Look forward to

Desear, esperar, quedar a la espera, ansiar

e.g: She is looking forward to working in London.

Memo

Memorando

It is the way short for the word memorandum.

Nómina

Payroll

e.g.: Mark the payroll result to which you want to assign a check number.

No-nonsense

Eficiente

e.g: Her no-nonsense way of resolving issues impressed her superiors.

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.

On charting

Trazar, dirigir, determinar

e.g.: Achieving consensus on charting the new horizons.

Paid time off

Tiempo libre remunerado

e.g: Paid time off  for medical examinations.

Paperwork

Papeleo, trámite, documentación

e.g: My lawyer handled the paperwork on the sale of the house. Also means .”trabajo de oficina”.

Portal de consulta

Portal de consultas

Synonym: Gateway Consulting.

Proofread

Revisar, corregir

Meaning: To find and correct mistakes in text before it is printed.

Quejas

Claim

Synonym : complaints, reclamation.

Rentable

Profitable

e.g: It is an extremely profitable investment.

Role

Funciones, papel

Synonym: Part, character, office function.

Sample

Modelo, muestra, prueba, ejemplo

Synonym: Representative, illustrative, selected, specimen, test, trial.

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.

Seguimiento

Follow-up

Synonym: Tracking, monitoring.

Senior management team

Equipo de alta gerencia, de alta dirección, grupo directivo, dirección ejecutiva

Synonym: Executive management, Management group.

Self-serving

Egoísta

The companies have a self-serving feeling when they compete on the market.

Sloppy letter

Descuidada, mediocre, débil, Adjetivo: Desaliñada

Synonym: Scruffy, untidy, dowdy, unkempt.

Specifics

Detalles, pormenores, características, particularidades

Synonym: Characteristics, details, particularities.

Subject line

Línea del asunto, referencia

Synonym: Reference line.

Tailor

Adaptar, personalizar, adecuar, hacer algo a la medida, diseñar

e.g.:  Our services are tailored to the client’s needs.

Take on

Asumir,  obtener, encargar, tomar

e.g.:  Municipalities is unable to take on any more loans.

Tips

Sugerencias, trucos, recomendaciones

Synonym: Remarks, indications, advices, suggestions.

To be thrilled

Estar encantado, emocionado, entusiasmado, feliz, contento

e.g.: You're going to be thrilled to see the Pope Francisco.

Toma de decisiones

Decision making

e.g.: This implies that not any sort of decision-making involves the process of empowerment.

Usuarios finales

End users

e.g.: This product is to expensive to the end users.  

Vía

A través de, mediante, vía, conducto

e.g: Mr Baker will return home via Britain and France.

 


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