ACTIVIDAD DE APRENDIZAJE 5

EVIDENCIA 5

Workshop: Getting started as a translator

Aprendiz

Diego Alexander Villa Naranjo

Presentado a:

ANGELA SILVA

SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA

Medellin

2018
 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 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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A. 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 Noun phrase
abastecimiento
supply chain gestión de la cadena de Noun phrase
management suministro
flow of godos flujo de godos Noun
storage of goods almacenamiento de Noun
bienes

point of origin punto de origen Noun

point of consumption punto de consumo Noun
consumer consumidor Commun Noun
supplier proveedor Commun Noun
customer cliente Commun Noun
provider proveedor Commun Noun
network red Abstract Noun
procurement obtención Verb
transformation transformación verb
warehousing and almacenamiento y Noun phrase
distribution distribución
intermediate product producto intermedio Noun
finished product producto terminado Noun
to meet customers’ para cumplir los Noun
requirements requisitos de clientes
re-engineering reingeniería Noun
freight and transport costos de flete y Noun phrase
costs transporte
destination market mercado de destino Noun
seasonal trends tendencias estacionales Noun
 import and export regulaciones de Noun phrase
regulations importación y
exportación
customs duties and derechos de aduana e Noun phrase
taxes impuestos
inventory management la gestión del inventario Noun
delivery services servicios de entrega Noun
order fulfilment Orden completada Noun phrase

B. 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 Logísticas. esferas que aún
as far as improving potencial en cuanto -En español, el tiene potencial
performance is a mejorar el término logística se en cuanto se
debe utilizar en
concerned. rendimiento se refiere al
singular.
refiere. -El verbo “tienen” se mejoramiento
debe utilizar en del rendimiento.
singular porque nos
estamos refiriendo
a “la esfera de la
logística”

Logistics is one of Logísticas es una de -Hace falta el uso La logística es

the spheres, which las esferas, que del artículo “La” una de las
still have potential todavía tienen antes de Logísticas. esferas que aún
as far as potencial en cuanto -En español, el tiene potencial
improving a mejorar el término logística se en cuanto se
debe utilizar en
performance is rendimiento se refiere al
singular.
concerned. refiere. -El verbo “tienen” se mejoramiento
debe utilizar en del rendimiento.
singular porque nos
estamos refiriendo
a “la esfera de la
logística”
The global logistics El global mercado de -Están mal en las El mercado global
market has grown logísticas han crecido posiciones las de logística ha
crecido
radically over the radicalmente sobre palabras ‘Mercado radicalmente a lo
years. los años. global’ largo de los años.
-Logística es en
singular
-Han va en singular
- Over no se usa
literalmente sino
que se traduce a lo
largo de los años

The main Los principales - En español se Los principales

customer groups grupos de clientes usa más grupos de
served by the servidos por la atendidos que clientes
logistics industry industria logística servidos atendidos por la
are parcel and son los servicios de industria
documents entrega urgente de logística son los
express delivery paquetería y servicios de
services, documentos, entrega urgente
warehousing and almacenamiento y de paquetería y
distribution, etc. distribución, etc. documentos,
almacenamiento
y distribución,
etc.
Efficient logistics Logística eficientes -Hace falta el uso La logística
and transportation y el sistema de del artículo “La” eficiente y el
system are transporte son antes de sistema de
important importantes previos Logísticas. transporte son
prerequisites of requisitos del -En español, el requisitos
the development desarrollo de término logística previos
of any economy. ninguna economía. se debe utilizar en importantes
singular, por ende para el
eficientes desarrollo de
también. cualquier
-Estan en economía
desorden las
palabras
Requisitos previos
importantes
- Any no se usa
literalmente sino
que se traduce
cualquier

The art and El arte y la ciencia - Goods no El arte y la

science of de la entrega de traduce literal sino ciencia de
delivering goods buenos con rapidez a productos. entregar
 with speed and y precisión pueden - Gain no fue productos con
precision can help ayudar negocios a traducido a velocidad y
businesses operar más obtener precisión
operate more eficiente, reducir pueden ayudar
efficiently, lower costos y gain a los negocios a
costs and gain nuevos clientes. operar de
new customers. manera más
eficiente, reducir
costos y obtener
nuevos clientes.
Logistics has Las logísticas ha - En español, el La logística ha
evolved evolucionado a lo término logística evolucionado a
throughout largo y ancho de las se debe utilizar en lo largo de los
centuries to centurias para singular. siglos para
become an convertirse en una -‘Yancho’ no es convertirse en
integral part of parte integral de necesario. una parte
every business. cada negocios. -Centuries traduce integral de
a siglos. todos los
-Every traduce a negocios.
todos.

C. 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
business logistics industria de negocios de
industry continued logística de Estados
to grow at an Unidos continuó
unprecedented creciendo a un ritmo
rate. nunca antes visto.
 Global competition Simple past La competencia global
began to spread in comenzó a extenderse
the 1970s and en la década de 1970 y
accelerated in the se aceleró en la década
1990s. de 1990.
 Logistics has Present perfect La logística ha
evolved evolucionado a lo largo
throughout de los siglos para
centuries to convertirse en una parte
become an integral de todos los
integral part of negocios.
every business.
  Globalization is Present Continuous La globalización todavía
still moving está avanzando hoy.
forward today.
 Since 2000, the Present perfect Desde el año 2000, la
rail freight industry industria del transporte
has undergone a de mercancías por
remarkable ferrocarril ha
transformation. experimentado una
transformación notable.
 Logistics has been Present perfect La logística ha jugado un
playing a continuous papel fundamental en el
fundamental role desarrollo global durante
in global casi 5.000 años.
development for
almost 5,000
years.
 Since the Present perfect Desde la construcción
construction of the de las pirámides en el
pyramids in antiguo Egipto, la
ancient Egypt, logística ha logrado un
logistics has made progreso notable.
a remarkable
progress.
 Recently, Present perfect Recientemente, las
innovations have innovaciones se
become vital to volvieron vitales para
meet customer cumplir con las
expectations. expectativas de los
clientes.
 Now, the company Present continuous Ahora, la compañía está
is working on a trabajando en un nuevo
new project. proyecto.
 Usually, freight Present simple Por lo general, los
forwarders agentes de carga
organize shipping organizan el envío de
of various goods. diversos productos.
 Now, the ABC Present continuous Ahora, la Compañía
Company is ABC está expandiendo
expanding its sus instalaciones de
production producción para incluir
facilities to include una nueva línea de
a new product productos.
line.

D. Critical Thinking
Answer the following questions.
1. According to your experience, which steps did you follow to complete the
different translations?

For I can complete the different translations in this text I had to understand
what is the topic I´m reading and identified the subject, adjective, verb,
complement, and the others part of the oration for I could write it great in
Spanish.

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

activity? Explain.

As any other activity translation has difficultness as look carefully the order
of the phrase because in English it has an specific order and you have to
follow it. Additionally some words have more than one significate and is a
little confused.

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

Is necessary have a lot of vocabulary and the correct order in each

sentence.

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

translation?
The order in every phrase because I’m accustomed to say two or three
phrases in different order to express the same thing in Spanish but in English the
order has a particularly for each type of sentence.