TALLER – WORKSHOP: GETTING STARTED AS A TRANSLATO

AILEEN FLOREZ MONTERROZA

SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA VIRTUAL.

TECNÓLOGO EN GESTIÓN LOGÍSTICA.

2019
TALLER – Workshop: Getting started as a translator

As part of your English Learning Process, it is important to get familiar with

technical vocabulary in order to be able to translate short pieces of texts containin
technical information.

A. Getting familiar with thechnical vocabulary

After revising the vocabulary in the material “Strategic framework: developing
guidelines”, read the given definitions and match with the correct word.

c. Overproduction
j. Flow
m. Supplier
a. Raw material
o. Budget
i. Bottleneck
b. Ergonomics
d. Retailer
h. Demand
l. Capacity
e. Inventory
k. Demand forecast
g. Efficiency
n. Job design
f. Idle time

Definitions:

1. Overproduction : The act of producing more of something than is needed, or to

produce too much

2. __ Flow : Movement of goods or services along the value stream from raw materials
to the customer without backflow, stoppages, or waste.

3. Supplier: A party that supplies goods or services. A supplier may be distinguished

from a contractor or subcontractor, who commonly adds specialized input to deliverables.
Also called vendor.

4. __ Raw material: Basic substance in its natural, modified, or semi-processed state,

used as an input to a production process for subsequent modification or transformation
into a finished good.

5. _____ Budget _: An estimate of costs, revenues, and resources over a specified

period, reflecting a reading of future financial conditions and goals.

6. __ Bottleneck : Department, facility, machine, or resource already working at its full

capacity and which, therefore, cannot handle any additional demand placed on it. Also
called critical resource.
7. ___ Ergonomics ______________________: Study of capabilities and limitations of
mental and physical work in different settings. Ergonomics applies anatomical,
physiological, and psychological knowledge (called human factors) to work and work
environments in order to reduce or eliminate factors that cause pain or discomfort.

8. ___ Retailer ______________________: A business or person that sells goods to the

consumer, as opposed to a wholesaler or supplier, who normally sell their goods to
another business.

9. ___ Demand ______________________: Desire for certain good or service

supported by the capacity to purchase it

10. _____ Capacity ____________________: Highest sustainable output rate

(maximum number of units per month, quarter, or year) that can be achieved with current
resources, maintenance strategies, product specifications, etc.

11. ____ Inventory _____________________: An itemized catalog or list of tangible

goods or property, or the intangible attributes or qualities.

12. ______ Demand forecast ___________________: Estimate of expected demand

over a specified future period. Also called forecast demand.

13. _______ Efficiency __________________: The comparison of what is actually

produced or performed with what can be achieved with the same consumption of
resources (money, time, labor, etc.). It is an important factor in determination of
productivity.

14. ________ Job design _________________: Work arrangement (or rearrangement)

aimed at reducing or overcoming job dissatisfaction and employee alienation arising from
repetitive and mechanistic tasks.

15. ___ Idle time ______________________: Non-productive time (during which an

employee is still paid) of employees or machines, or both, due to work stoppage from
any cause. Also called idle time, allowed time, or downtime.

B. Understanding Technical Vocabulary

Translate the following terms into Spanish. Check the example:

English Term Spanish Translation

Supply chain Cadena de abastecimiento

supply chain management gestión de la cadena de suministro

flow of godos flujo de bienes

storage of goods almacenamiento de bienes

point of origin punto de origen

point of consumption punto de consumo

consumer consumidor

supplier proveedor

customer cliente

provider proveedor

network red

procurement obtención

transformation transformación

warehousing and distribution almacenaje y distribución

intermediate product producto intermedio

finished product producto terminado

to meet customers’ para cumplir con los requisitos de los clientes

requirements

re-engineering reingeniería

freight and transport costs gastos de flete y transporte

destination market mercado de destino

seasonal trends tendencias estacionales

import and export regulations regulaciones de importación y exportación

customs duties and taxes derechos de aduana e impuestos

inventory management la gestión del inventario

delivery services servicios de entrega

order fulfilment Order completada

C. Identifying tenses
Read the sentences given below and identify the tense form used in each of
them. Translate the sentences into Spanish.

Tense Spanish translation

 Last year, the U.S. Simple past El año pasado, la industria

business logistics de negocios de logística
industry continued de Estados Unidos
to grow at an continuó creciendo a un
unprecedented
ritmo nunca antes visto.
rate.
 Global competition Present perfect simple • La competencia global
began to spread in comenzó a extenderse en
the 1970s and La década de 1970 y se
accelerated in the aceleró en la década de
1990s.
1990.

 Logistics is an Present progressive • La logística es una parte

integral part of integral de cada negocio
every business actual.
today.
 Globalization is Present progressive • La globalization avanza
moving forward hoy.
today.
 Since 2000, the rail Past perfect progressive • Desde el año 2000, la
freight industry has progressive industria del transporte de
undergone a mercancías por ferrocarril
remarkable ha experimentado una
transformation.
notable transformación.

 Logistics have Past perfect progressive • La logística ha

played a desempeñado un papel
fundamental role in fundamental en el
global development desarrollo global durante
for almost 5,000
casi 5.000 años.
years.
 During the Past perfect progressive • Durante la construcción
construction of the de las pirámides en el
pyramids in ancient antiguo Egipto, la logística
Egypt, logistics fue muy importante.
were very
important.
D. Critical Thinking
Answer the following questions.

1. According to your experience, which steps did you follow to complete the last
translations?

_ STUDY THE TRAINING MATERIAL, STUDY THE VOCABULARY

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2. According to your experience, do you consider that translation is a complex
activity? Explain.
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_ YES, LATRADUCCION IS A COMPLEX ACTIVITY BECAUSE ONE HAS TO
TRANSLATE THE WORDS IN A LANGUAGE THAT ONE DOES NOT KNOW
AND THAT SHOULD KNOW USING THEM WELL
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3. What do you think is necessary to do a correct translation?
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_ IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH TO HANDLE A
GOOD TECHNICAL VOCABULARY.
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4. According to your experience, what is the most difficult aspect about
translation?
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_____ THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECT IS TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL
MEANING OF THE PRAYER TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE IT.
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