ACTIVIDAD #5

Evidencia 5: Workshop: Getting started as a translator

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Aprendiz
Angel Thomas

SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA

MODALIDAD VIRTUAL
GESTION LOGISTICA
JULIO 13
Actividad de aprendizaje 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.
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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 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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B. Understanding Word categories

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

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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 Noun phrase
storage of goods almacenamiento de Noun phrase
mercancías
point of origin punto de origen Noun phrase
point of consumption punto de consumo Noun phrase
consumer Consumidor Noun
supplier proveedor Noun
customer Cliente Noun
provider proveedor Noun
network Red Noun
procurement Obtención Noun
transformation Transformación Noun
warehousing and almacenaje y distribución Noun and conjunction
distribution
intermediate product producto intermedio Adjective Noun
finished product producto terminado Adjective Noun
to meet customers’ para cumplir con los complete sentence
requirements requisitos de los clientes
re-engineering reingeniería Noun
freight and transport costs gastos de flete y transporte Noun and conjunction
destination market mercado de destino Adverbs
seasonal trends tendencias estacionales Adverbs
import and export regulaciones de Noun and conjunction
regulations importación y exportación
customs duties and taxes derechos de aduana Noun and conjunction
eimpuestos
inventory management la gestión del inventario Noun
delivery services servicios de entrega Adjective Noun
order fulfilment Orden completada Adjective 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

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 - Primero el nombre El mercado
market has grown logísticas ha crecido y luego el adjetivo. global ha crecido
radically over the radicalmente sobre Adicionalmente el radicalmente
years. los años. español no se debe con los años
pluralizar el
mercado globa
The main customer -Se debe tener Los principales
groups served by the Los principales lógica en las grupos de
logistics industry are grupos de clientes palabras en clientes
parcel and servidos por la español(servidos- atendidos por la
documents express industria logística son atendidos) y el industria de la
delivery services, los servicios de orden de las logística son los
warehousing and entrega urgente de palabras servicios de
distribution, etc. paquetería y paquetería y
documentos, documentos de
almacenamiento y entrega urgente,
distribución, etc. almacenamiento
y distribución, et
Efficient logistics and Logísticas eficientes Tener cuidado con La logística
transportation y el sistema de el manejo de los eficiente y el
system are important transporte son plurales. El orden sistema de
prerequisites of the importantes previos adecuado según los transporte son
development of any requisitos del adjetivos (en inglés requisitos
economy. desarrollo de ninguna es primero adjetivo) previos
economía. pero toca buscarle importantes para
la lógica en el desarrollo de
español. cualquier
economía.
The art and science El arte y la ciencia de claramente hay que El arte y la
of delivering goods la entrega de buenos verificar la ciencia de
with speed and con rapidez y ortografía (ciencia) entregar bienes
precision can help precisión pueden y vuelve el tema del con rapidez y
businesses operate ayudar negocios a orden de las precisión
more efficiently, operar más eficiente, palabras en pueden ayudar a
lower costs and gain reducir costos y gain búsqueda de la las empresas a
new customers. nuevos clientes. lógica en español operar de
manera más
eficiente, reducir
costos y obtener
nuevos clientes
Logistics has Las logísticas han De nuevo el mal La logística ha
evolved throughout evolucionado a lo uso de los plurales. evolucionado a
centuries to become largo y ancho de las Toca tener en lo largo de los
an integral part of centurias para cuenta la lógica del siglos, para
every business. convertirse en una texto convertirse en
parte integral de una parte
cada negocios. integral de 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 en
the 1970s and la década de 1970 y se
accelerated in the aceleróen la década de
1990s. 1990.
 Logistics has Present Perfec 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 Present Continuous La globalización hoy
moving forward continua avanzado
today.
 Since 2000, the rail Present Perfect Desde el año 2000, la
freight industry has industria del transporte de
undergone a mercancías por ferrocarril
remarkable haexperimentado una
transformation. notable transformación.
 Logistics has been Present Perfect La logística ha
playing a Continuous desempeñado un papel
fundamental role in fundamental en el
global development desarrollo global durante
for almost 5,000 casi 5.000 años
years.
 Since the Present Perfect Desde la construcción de
construction of the laspirámides 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 de los clients.
expectations.
 Now, the company Present Continuous Ahora, la compañía está
is working on a new trabajando en un nuevo
project. Proyecto.
 Usually, freight Present Simple Por lo general, los
forwarders organize transitarios 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?
In my opinion, have the necessary tools and study the guides; You must know
the logistics concepts to give a logic sequence to text.
2. According to your experience, do you consider that translation is a
complex activity? Explain.
Personally, I think so, because I have no knowledge or technique of
vocabulary.
3. What do you think is necessary to do a correct translation?
In my opinion it is necessary to have the technological tools, a guide and a
knowledge of how write a sentence__________

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

translation?
As for me, it is sometimes to understand the form of time in which it is, if it is present
future past.

Nota: esta evidencia es de carácter individual. Recuerde revisar el material de

aprendizaje y los materiales complementarios para la elaboración satisfactoria
de la presente evidencia.

Criterios de evaluación
 Traduce del inglés documentos técnicos sencillos en tiempo presente y
pasado.
 Pronuncia adecuadamente el vocabulario y modismos básicos del idioma.