GETTING STARTED AS A TRANSLATOR

APRENDIZ:

Adrià Andrea Andrade Rodríguez

Ficha: 2175835

INSTRUCTOR:

LEIDY JOHANA DIAZ PATIÑO

Sena, Servicio Nacional De Aprendizaje

Centro de Servicios Empresariales y

Turísticos

Gestión Logística

Santander, Bucaramanga

2021
 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.

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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

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 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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 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 Administración de la Noun phrase
cadena de suministro
flow of godos Flujo de bienes sustantivo
(mercancías)
storage of goods Almacenamiento de sustantivo
mercancías
point of origin Punto de origen Sustantivo
point of consumption Punto de consumo sustantivo
consumer Consumidor Sustantivo/verbo
supplier Proveedor sustantivo
customer Cliente, consumidor, sustantivo
usuario
provider Proveedor, operadora, sustantivo
agente, otros
network Red, cadena sustantivo
procurement Compra, adquisición, sustantivo
contratación
transformation Transformación Sustantivo
warehousing and Almacenamiento Y sustantivo
distribution distribución
intermediate product Producto intermedio Sustantivo
finished product Producto terminado sustantivo
to meet customers’ Cumplir y satisfacer las Verbo
requirements necesidades de los cliente
re-engineering Reingeniería, rediseño sustantivo
freight and transport costs Costo de flete, carga y Noun phrase
transporte
destination market Mercado de destino Sustantivo
seasonal trends Tendencia estacionales Adjetivo/ sustantivo
import and export Regulaciones de sustantivo
regulations importación y exportación
customs duties and taxes Aranceles aduaneros e Sustantivo
impuestos
inventory management Gestión de inventarios ( sustantivo
stocks)
delivery services Servicio de entrega sustantivo
order fulfilment Despacho de pedidos sustantivo
cumplimiento de la orden

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

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English Spanish Translation Your opinion 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 ha
market has grown logísticas han crecido Logística aparece crecido de
radically over the radicalmente sobre de manera plural manera global a
years. los años. lo largo de los
años
The main customer La palabra servidos Los principales
groups served by the Los principales se podría cambiar grupos de
logistics industry are grupos de clientes por atendidos asi clientes
parcel and servidos por la mismo cambiar atendidos por la
documents express industria logística son otras palabras para industria
delivery services, los servicios de qe tenga mas logística son los
warehousing and entrega urgente de sentido la oración servicios de
distribution, etc. paquetería y entrega,
documentos, almacenaje y
almacenamiento y distribución de
distribución, etc. paquetes y
documentos, etc
Efficient logistics and Logística eficientes y Parece que no La logística y el
transportation system el sistema de tuviera lógica la sistema de
are important transporte son grase al estar mal transprote son
prerequisites of the importantes previos organizadas las importantes asi
development of any requisitos del palabras mismo hay que
economy. desarrollo de ninguna tener requisitos
economía. previos para el
desarrollo de
cualquier
economía
The art and science El arte y la ciensia de La ortografía es El arte y la
of delivering goods la entrega de buenos importante ya que ciencia de
with speed and con rapidez y no se le encuentra entregar
precision can help precisión pueden coherencia en la mercacioas con

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businesses operate ayudar negocios a frase velocidad y
more efficiently, operar más eficiente, precisión
lower costs and gain reducir costos y gain pueden ayudar a
new customers. nuevos clientes. las empresas a
operar de
manera mas
eficiente,
bajando costos y
ganando nuevos
clientes
Logistics has evolved Las logísticas ha No justifica la La logística ha
throughout centuries evolucionado a lo manera de expresar evolucionado a
to become an integral largo y ancho de las la frase en plural lo largo de los
part of every centurias para logísticas, negocios siglos, para
business. convertirse en una suena redundante convertirse en
parte integral de cada parte integral de
negocios. cada negocio

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

 Logistics has Simple perfect La logística ha

evolved evolucionado a lo largo
throughout
centuries to de los siglos para
become an convertirse en una parte
integral part of integral de todos los
every business. negocios.

 Globalization is Simple present La globalización todavía

still moving avanza hoy.
forward today.
 Since 2000, the Present perfect Desde 2000, la industria
rail freight industry del transporte de

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remarkable
ferrocarril ha
transformation.
experimentado una
transformación notable.
 Logistics has been Past perfect continous La logística juega un
playing a papel fundamental en el
fundamental role
in global desarrollo global desde
development for hace casi 5.000 años.
almost 5,000
years.
 Since the Present perfect Desde la construcción de
construction of the las pirámides en el
pyramids in
ancient Egypt, antiguo Egipto, la
logistics has made logística ha logrado un
a remarkable progreso notable.
progress.
 Recently, Present perfect Recientemente, las
innovations have innovaciones se han
become vital to
meet customer vuelto vitales para
expectations. satisfacer las
expectativas de los
clientes.

 Now, the company Present continuos Ahora, la empresa está

is working on a trabajando en un nuevo
new project.
proyecto.

 Usually, freight Simple present Por lo general, los

forwarders transitarios organizan el
organize shipping
of various goods. envío de diversos
productos.

 Now, the ABC Present continuos Ahora, la Compañía ABC

Company is está ampliando sus
expanding its instalaciones de
production producción para incluir
facilities to include una nueva línea de
a new product productos
line.

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E. Critical Thinking
Answer the following questions.

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

I leaned on the translator to try to understand the words that seemed

misspelled and those that I did not know

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

activity? Explain.

I consider that it can be complex when there are no guidelines for

understanding phrases or texts, however it is important to practice daily so that
English does not become a headache

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

Of course it is important because by not locating the words correctly it

would change the meaning of the whole sentence

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

translation?

The most complex, or detailed, part is locating the correct meaning of each
word and then arranging the sentences consistently.