EVIDENCIA 5: WORKSHOP: GETTING STARTED AS A TRASLATOR

POR: Laura Valentina Pardo Jiménez.

TECNOLOGO EN GESTION LOGISTICA

AREA DE BILINGUISMO

SENA-VIRTUAL

2175925

2021
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 e'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 suministros.
flow of godos Flujo de bienes Sustantivo.
(Mercancía)
storage of godos Almacenamiento de Sustantivo.
mercancía.
point of origin Punto de origen. Sustantivo.
point of consumption Punto de consumo. Sustantivo.
Consumer Consumidor. Sustantivo/ verbo.
Supplier Proveedor. Sustantivo.
Customer Cliente, consumidor,
usuario. Sustantivo.
Provider Proveedor, operadora,
agente, otros. Sustantivo.
Network Red, cadena. Sustantivo.
Procurement Compra, adquisición,
contratación. Sustantivo.
Transformation Transformación. Sustantivo.
warehousing and Almacenamiento y
distribution distribución. Sustantivo.
intermediate product Producto intermedio. Sustantivo.
finished product Producto terminado. Sustantivo
to meet customers’ Para cumplir las
requirements necesidades de los
clientes, satisfacer las Verbo.
necesidades de los
clientes.
re-engineering Reingenieria, rediseño. Sustantivo.
freight and transport costs Costos de flete (carga) y
transporte. Nohun phrase.
destination market Mercado de destino. Sustantivo.
seasonal trends Tendencias estacionales. Adjetivo/ Sustantivo.
import and export Regulaciones de
regulations importación y exportación. Sustantivo.
customs duties and taxes Aranceles aduaneros e
impuestos. Sustantivo.
inventory management Gestion de inventarios
(Stoks) Sustantivo.
delivery services Servicios de entrega. Sustantivo.
order fulfilment Despacho de pedidos.
Cumplimiento de la orden. 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 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 Logística debe estar El mercado
market has grown logísticas han crecido en singular, así mundial de la
radically over the radicalmente sobre mismo no se usa logística ha
years. los años. han, sino ha. crecido
radicalmente
estos años.
The main customer Cambiar servidos Los principales
groups served by the Los principales por, atendidos al grupos de
logistics industry are grupos de clientes igual que el orden clientes
parcel and servidos por la de las palabras en atendidos por la
documents express industria logística son español, para tener industria
delivery services, los servicios de una frase logística, son los
warehousing and entrega urgente de coherente. servicios de
distribution, etc. paquetería y entrega,
documentos, almacenaje y
almacenamiento y distribución de
distribución, etc. paquetes,
documentos,
etc.
Efficient logistics and Logística eficientes y Es importante la La lógica
transportation el sistema de organización de las eficiente y el
system are important transporte son palabras en la sistema de
prerequisites of the importantes previos redacción, y el uso transporte son
development of any requisitos del adecuado del prerrequisitos
economy. desarrollo de ninguna significado de las importantes para
economía. palabras, para el desarrollo de
tomarlos en la cualquier
intención de la economía.
frase.
The art and science El arte y la ciensia de Primero que todo, la El arte y la
of delivering goods la entrega de buenos ortografía, y el ciencia de
with speed and con rapidez y significado de las entregar
precision can help precisión pueden palabras según el mercancías con
businesses operate ayudar negocios a texto. 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 más
eficiente,
reduciendo
costos y
ganando nuevos
clientes.
Logistics has Las logísticas ha Negocio debe ir en
evolved throughout evolucionado a lo singular, Logistics,
centuries to become largo y ancho de las significa la logística
an integral part of centurias para o logística,
every business. convertirse en una dependiendo la
parte integral de cada oración donde este.
negocios. Redacción de la
oración para que
haya coherencia.
Every business,
puede significar
todos 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
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 mundial
began to spread in comenzó a difundirse en la
the 1970s and 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 el año 2000, La
 freight industry has industria del transporte
undergone a ferroviario ha sufrido una
remarkable notable transformación.
transformation.
 Logistics has been Past perfect continuous. La logística ha
playing a desempeñado un papel
fundamental role in fundamental en el
global development desarrollo mundial durante
for almost 5,000 casi 5,000 años.
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 notable.
made a remarkable
progress.
 Recently, Present perfect. Recientemente, las
innovations have innovaciones se han vuelto
become vital to vitales para satisfacer las
meet customer expectativas del cliente.
expectations.
 Now, the company Present continuous. Ahora la empresa está
is working on a new trabajando en un nuevo
project. proyecto.
 Usually, freight Simple present. Generalmente, los
forwarders organize transitorios organizan el
shipping of various envío de varias
goods. mercancías.
 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 technical translator, then to verify the words, the coherence and
the meaning of the translated sentences.

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

activity? Explain.
Translation is not a complex activity, requires attention and detail, but whit the right
tools to do it is time but not difficult.
3. What do you think is necessary to do a correct translation?
Yes, completely. If it is not done correctly, you can lose the sense of prayer, or the right
meaning which is what allows us to understand what we translated.
4. According to your experience, what is the most difficult aspect about translation?
The most complex part, or more detail, is to locate the proper meaning of each word, in
the consistently organize the sentences.