CENTRO DE INDUSTRIA Y DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN, DEL SENA

REGIONAL TOLIMA

WORKSHOP: GETTING STARTED AS A TRANSLATOR

BRILLYD LORENA GALINDO NAVARRO

Instructora

MARIA DE LOS ANGELES SUAREZ RUEDA

JAIRO ANDRES RUIZ
APRENDIZ

BARRANCABERMEJA
SANTADER

2020
 Actividad de aprendizaje 5

Evidencia 5: 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 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 on 1e'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
 English Term Spanish Translation Gramatical Category
Supply chain Cadena de abastecimiento N°oun phrase
supply chain management Administración de cadena de N°oun phrase
abastecimiento
flow of godos Flujo de mercancías Noun
storage of goods Almacenamiento de Noun
mercancias
point of origin Punto de origen Noun
point of consumption Punto de consumo Noun
consumer Consumidor Noun/Verbon
supplier Proveedor Noun
customer Cliente Noun
provider Proveedor Noun
network Red Noun
procurement Adquisición Noun
transformation Transformación Noun
warehousing and distribution Almacenamiento y Noun
distribución
intermediate product Producto intermedio Noun
finished product Producto terminado Noun
to meet customers’ Para cumplir los requisitos de Verbon
requirements los clientes
re-engineering Re- ingeniería Noun
freight and transport costs Costo de flete y transporte Noun
destination market Mercado y destino N°oun
seasonal trends Tendencias estacionales Adjetive/ Noun
import and export regulations Regulaciones de importación Noun
y exportación
customs duties and taxes Derechos de aduanas, Noun
aranceles e impuesto
inventory management La gestión del inventario Noun
delivery services Servicio de entrega Noun
order fulfilment Orden completada Noun

C Evaluating translations
Read the following translations and identify the posible problems in the result. You
can express the problems you identify in Spanish. Please, provide a posible
solution for each case
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 En español la logística El mercado global
market has grown logísticas ha crecido se utiliza en singular, de la logística ha
radically over the years. radicalmente sobre los por ende, mercado crecido
años. también debe in en radicalmente
singular sobre los años
The main customer Ajustar el significado a Los principales
groups served by the Los principales grupos atendidos. grupos de los
logistics industry are de clientes servidos por Igual que el orden de clientes atendidos
parcel and documents la industria logística son las palabras en por la industria de
express delivery los servicios de entrega español para mejorar la logística son los
services, warehousing urgente de paquetería y la redacción y servicios de
and distribution, etc. documentos, entendimiento la entrega
almacenamiento y oración almacenaje y
distribución, etc. distribución de
paquetes y
documentos
Express etc.
Efficient logistics and Logísticas eficientes y Es importan la La logística
transportation system el sistema de transporte organización de las eficiente y el
are important son importantes previos palabras en la sistema de
prerequisites of the requisitos del desarrollo redacción y el uso transporte son
development of any de ninguna economía. adecuado del o los prerrequisitos
economy. significados de la importantes para
palabra para justarlo a desarrollo de
la intención a la cualquier
oración (any/ nada/ economía.
cualquiera/).
The art and science of El arte y la ciencia de la Ortografías El arte y la ciencia
delivering goods with entrega de buenos con Goods hace de entregar
speed and precision rapidez y precisión referencia a bienes, mercancías con
can help businesses pueden ayudar mercancías. velocidad y
operate more negocios a operar más Gain es ganar, precisión pueden
efficiently, lower costs eficiente, reducir costos obtener. ayudar a las
and gain new y gain nuevos clientes. Redacción para que empresas a
customers. haya coherencia en la operar de manera
oración más eficiente,
bajando costo y
ganando nuevos
 clientes
Logistics has evolved Las logísticas han Logistics, significa la La logística ha
throughout centuries to evolucionado a lo largo logística o logística, evolucionado a lo
become an integral part y ancho de las dependiendo la largo de los siglos
of every business. centurias para oración donde este. para convertirse
convertirse en una Redacción de la en parte integral
parte integral de cada oración para que haya de cada negocio.
negocio. coherencia.
Every business,
puede significar todo
los negocios o 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 de
business logistics negocios de logística de
industry continued to Estados Unidos continuó
grow at an creciendo a un ritmo nunca
unprecedented rate. antes visto.
 Global competition Simple past La competencia global
began to spread in the empezó a extenderse en la
1970s and década de 1970 y se aceleró
accelerated in the en la 1990.
1990s.
 Logistics has evolved Past perfect La logistica ha evolucionado a
throughout centuries los largo de los siglos para
to become an integral convertirse en una parte
part of every integral de todo los negocios
business.
 Globalization is still Simple present La globalización sigue
moving forward today. avanzando hoy
 Since 2000, the rail Present perfect Desde 2000 la industria del
freight industry has transporte de mercancias por
undergone a ferrocarril ha experimentado
remarkable una transformacion notable
transformation.
 Logistics has been Past perfect continuous La logistica juega un papel
playing a fundamental fundamental en el Desarrollo
role in global global durante casi 5.000 años
development for
almost 5,000 years.
  Since the construction Present perfect Desde la construccion de la
of the pyramids in piramides egipto, la logistica
ancient Egypt, ha logrado un progreso
logistics has made a notable
remarkable progress.
 Recently, innovations Present perfect Recientemente la
have become vital to innovaciones se han vueltos
meet customer para sastifacer las
expectations. expectativas de los clientes
 Now, the company is Present continuous Ahora la empresa esta
working on a new trabajando en un nuevo
project. Proyecto
 Usually, freight Simple present Por lo general, los transitarios
forwarders organize organizan el envoi de diversos
shipping of various productos.
goods.
 Now, the ABC Present continuous Ahora la compañia ABC esta
Company is expandiendo sus instalaciones
expanding its de producción para incluir una
production facilities to nueva linea de producto
include a new 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 before I lean on a technical translator then check each coherent word and meaning of
each sentence

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

Explain.

Translation is not a complex activity but a tool that helps us to know the meaning of each
word and it is required whit attention and detail and knowing how to use them properly and
it is not very difficult

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

Yes, it can, but by writing incorrectly, the meaning of the sentence can be lost and that
allows us to understand what we translate

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

The most complex part is locating the correct meaning of each word and organizing the
sentence coherently