Evidencia 5: Workshop: Getting started as a translator

Nikol Daniela Pineda Sanchez

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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 abastecimiento Noun phrase
supply chain management Administración de la Noun phrase
cadena de suministros
flow of godos Flujo de vienes Sustantivo
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’ Para cumplir la Verbo
requirements necesidades de los clientes
re-engineering Reingeniería, rediseño Sustantivo
freight and transport costs Costos de flete (carga) y Noun phrase
transporte
destination market Mercado de diseño Sustantivo
seasonal trends Tendencias 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
delivery services Servicios de entrega Sustantivo
order fulfilment Despacho de pedidos Sustantivo
cumplimiento de la orden

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 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 no en mundial de la
radically over the radicalmente sobre plural has grown es logística crecido
years. los años. en singular no en radicalmente a
plural lo largo de los
años
The main customer Ajustar el Los principales
groups served by the Los principales significado de grupos de
logistics industry are grupos de clientes servidos a clientes
parcel and servidos por la atendidos. Igual que atendidos por la
documents express industria logística son el orden delas industria
delivery services, los servicios de palabras en español logística son los
warehousing and entrega urgente de para mejorarla servicios de
distribution, etc. paquetería y redacción y entrega,
documentos, entendimiento la almacenaje y
almacenamiento y oración distribución de
distribución, etc. paquetes y
documentos
Express, etc.
Efficient logistics and Logística eficientes y Es importante la La logística
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 o los prerrequisitos
economy. desarrollo de ninguna significados de la importantes para
economía. palabra para desarrollo de
ajustarlos la cualquier
intención de la economía.
oración (any/
nada/cualquiera/).
The art and science El arte y la ciencia de Ortografía. El arte y la
of delivering goods la entrega de buenos Goods hace ciencia de
with speed and con rapidez y referencia a bienes, entregar
precision can help precisión pueden mercancías. mercancías con
businesses operate ayudar negocios a Gain es ganar, velocidad y
more efficiently, operar más eficiente, obtener. Redacción precisión
lower costs and gain reducir costos y gain para que haya pueden ayudar a
new customers. nuevos clientes. coherencia en la las empresas a
oración operar de
manera más
eficiente,
bajando costos y
ganando nuevos
clientes.
Logistics has Las logísticas ha Logísticas, significa La logística ha
evolved throughout evolucionado a lo la logística o evolucionado a
centuries to become largo y ancho de las logística, lo largo de los
an integral part of centurias para dependiendo la siglos para
every business. convertirse en una oración donde este. convertirse en
parte integral de Redacción de la parte integral de
cada negocios. oración para que cada negocio
haya coherencia.
Every business,
puede significar
todos los negocios
o cada negocio,
igualmente
haciendo referencia
aun todo

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 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 enla década de
1990s. 1990
 Logistics has Past perfect La logística ha
evolved throughout evolucionado al o largo de
centuries to become los siglos para convertirse
an integral part of en parte integral decada
every business. 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 transitoriosorganizan el
shipping of various envío de variasmercancías.
goods.
 Now, the ABC Present continuous Ahora, la compañía ABC
Company is está expandiendo sus
expanding its instalacionesde producción
production facilities para incluir una nueva linea
to include a new de productos
product line.

D. 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 a technical translator, then to verify the words, the

coherence and the meaning of the translated sentence

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 with 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 translate.4.
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, andthen consistently organize the sentences.