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Workshop: "Translation and guidelines"

ANDRES CAMILO MORENO PRIETO

FICHA: 1904745

BOGOTA D.C 09/10/2019

 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 contain
in technical information.

A. Getting familiar with thechnical vocabulary

After revising the vocabulary in the material “Strategic framework: developing
guidelines”, read the given definitions and complete the followig crossword.

Across

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

produce too much

9. Movement of goods or services along the value stream from raw

materials to the customer without backflow, stoppages, or waste.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. An estimate of costs, revenues, and resources over a specified

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

15. 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.

Down
2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Desire for certain good or service supported by the capacity to

purchase it

5. 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.

6. An itemized catalog or list of tangible goods or property, or the

intangible attributes or qualities.

7. Estimate of expected demand over a specified future period. Also

called forecast demand.

8. 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.

9. Work arrangement (or rearrangement) aimed at reducing or

overcoming job dissatisfaction and employee alienation arising from
repetitive and mechanistic tasks. Through job design, organizations try
to raise productivity levels by offering non-monetary rewards such as
greater satisfaction from a sense of personal achievement in meeting
 the increased challenge and responsibility of on1e's work. Job
enlargement, job enrichment, job rotation, and job simplification are the
various techniques used in a job design exercise.

10. 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.

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BusinessDictionary. (s.f.). Diccionario de términos. Consultado el 31 de agosto de 2016, en:
http://www.businessdictionary.com
B. Understanding Word categories

Translate the following terms into Spanish and determine their gramatical
category. Check the example:

English Term Spanish Translation Gramatical Category

Supply chain Cadena de abastecimiento Noun phrase
supply chain management gestión de la cadena de Noun phrase
suministro
flow of godos flujo de godos Sustantivo

storage of goods almacenamiento de bienes Sustantivo

point of origin punto de origen Sustantivo
point of consumption punto de consumo Sustantivo
consumer consumidor Sustantivo – verbo
supplier proveedor Sustantivo
customer cliente Sustantivo
provider proveedor Sustantivo
network red Sustantivo
procurement obtención Sustantivo
transformation transformación Sustantivo
warehousing and almacenamiento y Sustantivo
distribution distribución
intermediate product producto intermedio Sustantivo
finished product producto terminado Sustantivo
to meet customers’ para cumplir con los verbo
requirements requisitos de los clientes
re-engineering reingeniería Sustantivo
freight and transport costs costos de flete y transporte Noun phrase
destination market mercado de destino Sustantivo
seasonal trends tendencias estacionales Adjetivo – Sustantivo
import and export regulaciones de Sustantivo
regulations importación y exportación
customs duties and taxes derechos de aduanas, Sustantivo
aranceles e impuestos
inventory management la gestión del inventario Sustantivo
delivery services servicios de entrega Sustantivo
order fulfilment Orden completada Sustantivo
C. Evaluating translations
Read the following translations and identify the possible problems in the result.
You can express the problems you identify in Spanish. Please, provide a
possible solution for each case

English Spanish Translation Your opinión Your correction

Logistics is one of Logísticas es una -Hace falta el uso La logística es
the spheres, which de las esferas, que del artículo “La” una de las
still have potential todavía tienen antes de esferas que
as far as improving potencial en cuanto Logísticas. aún tiene
performance is a mejorar el -En español, el potencial en
concerned. rendimiento se término logística cuanto se
refiere. se debe utilizar en refiere al
singular. mejoramiento
-El verbo “tienen” del
se debe utilizar en rendimiento.
singular porque
nos estamos
refiriendo a “la
esfera de la
logística”
The global logistics El global mercado de La logística debe El global
market has grown logísticas ha crecido estar el singular no mercado de la
radically over the radicalmente sobre en plural logística ha
years. los años. crecido
radicalmente
sobre los años
The main customer Los principales Modificar el Los principales
groups served by the grupos de clientes significado de grupos de
logistics industry are servidos por la servidos por el de clientes
parcel and industria logística son atendidos, en el atendidos por la
documents express los servicios de español también se industria
delivery services, entrega urgente de debe mantener el logística son los
warehousing and paquetería y orden de las servicios de
distribution, etc. documentos, palabras para entrega,
almacenamiento y mejorar la almacenaje y
distribución, etc. redacción y distribución de
entendimiento de paquetes y
las mismas. documentos
Efficient logistics and Logística eficiente y Organización de las La logística
transportation el sistema de palabras y el plural eficiente y el
system are important transporte son a singular, la sistema de
prerequisites of the importantes previos redacción para u transporte son
development of any requisitos del mejor prerrequisitos
economy. desarrollo de ninguna entendimiento importantes para
 economía. el desarrollo de
la economía
The art and science El arte y la ciencia de Ortografía, El arte y la
of delivering goods la entrega de buenos Gain es ganar, ciencia de
with speed and con rapidez y obtener la entregar
precision can help precisión pueden importancia de la mercancías con
businesses operate ayudar negocios a redacción para velocidad y
more efficiently, operar más eficiente, encontrar sentido a precisión
lower costs and gain reducir costos y gain la oración pueden ayudar
new customers. nuevos clientes. a las empresas
a operar de
manera más
eficiente,
bajando costos y
ganando nuevos
clientes.
Logistics has Las logísticas han Redacción de la La logística ha
evolved throughout evolucionado a lo oración para que evolucionado a
centuries to become largo y ancho de las haya coherencia. lo largo de los
an integral part of centurias para Every business, siglos para
every business. convertirse en una puede significar convertirse en
parte integral de cada todos los negocios parte integral de
negocio. o cada negocio, cada negocio
igualmente
haciendo referencia
a un todo

D. 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 rate. ritmo nunca antes visto.
 Global competition Simple past • 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 has Past perfect • La logística ha
evolved throughout evolucionado a lo largo de
centuries to become los siglos para convertirse
an integral part of en una parte integral de
every business. cada negocio.
 Globalization is still Simple present La globalización sigue
moving forward avanzando hoy.
today.
 Since 2000, the rail Present perfect • Desde 2000, la industria
freight industry has del transporte de
undergone a mercancías por ferrocarril
remarkable ha experimentado una
transformation. notable transformación.
 Logistics has been Past perfect continuous  La logística ha jugado un
playing a papel fundamental en el
fundamental role in desarrollo global durante
global development casi 5,000 años.
for almost 5,000
years.
 Since the Present perfect Desde la construcción de
construction of the las pirámides en el antiguo
pyramids in ancient Egipto, la logística ha
Egypt, logistics has hecho un progreso
made a remarkable notable.
progress.
 Recently, Present perfect Recientemente, las
innovations have innovaciones se han vuelto
become vital to vitales para cumplir con las
meet customer expectativas del cliente.
expectations.
 Now, the company Present continuous Ahora, la compañía está
is working on a new trabajando en un nuevo
project. proyecto.
 Usually, freight Simple present Por lo general, los agentes
forwarders organize de carga organizan el
shipping of various envío de diversos
goods. productos.
 Now, the ABC Present continuous Ahora, la Compañía ABC
Company is está expandiendo sus
expanding its instalaciones de
production facilities producción para incluir una
to include a new nueva línea de productos.
product line.
E. Critical Thinking
Answer the following questions.

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

First to support me in a technical translator, then to verify the words, the

coherence and the meaning of the translated sentence.

2. According to your experience, do you consider that translation is a complex

activity? Explain.

Translation is not a complex activity it takes time and attention, but with the right
tools to do it, but it is not difficult.

3. What do you think is necessary to do a correct translation?

If the translation is not done correctly, you can lose the meaning of the
sentence and the meaning changes, which is what allows us to understand
what we translate.

4. According to your experience, what is the most difficult aspect about

translation?

The most difficult part is to locate the appropriate meaning of each word and
then give an order that resembles the sentences.