Inglés Primer Trimestre

Tema 3: Business Types

A generalist is capable of doing all kinds of jobs for a design company
Because Allen was a freelander, he was not considered a member of the staff.
New clents can learn about different design companies through promotional material.
Jamie was happy to be proprietor of the business that he had started.
The small group of designers worked together in a studio.
A specialist focuses on one specific thing.
A design company that is large and serves multiple functions is called a firm.
A temporary worker who does high-quality work may be asked to join a company
permanently as a staffer.

Because Steve preferred to work alone, he set his business up as a sole proprietorship.
The designer and the client agreed on a fee for commission.
Two designers can start a business together as a partnership.
Small studios receive some of their projects on referral.

Tema 4: Motion Design

Animation: a moving image that can be narrative or abstract
Broadcast design: the art of designing media for use on television
Bumper: a sequence intended to play between shows
Flying logo: an animated station identifier
Kinetic: capable of emotion
Motion: the discipline of design in which designers create moving elements
Optical house: a studio of designers who create titles and trailers
Trailer: a short feature designed to advertise for a movie or television show

An narrative title design works to tell a story

The abstract titles featured colorful designs alongside the credits
Desingners can use reels of their previous projects to apply for motion and broadcast design
jobs
Titles list the cast and credits of a movie or television show

Tema 5: Information technology

Create files: to make new programs, utilities or documents
Central processing unit: the principal microchip that the computer
Software products: these enable a computer to perform word
Display information: a monitor will do this on a computer screen
Digital data: this describes the format of 0 and 1 in which information is stored
Expansion card: you plug this into a slot to add features such as video, sound, modem and
networking
Integrated circuits: when two or more components are combined and then incorporated
into a single package
Computer network: a group of electronic machines connected by cables or other means
which can exchange information and share equipment (such as printers and disk drives)
 Tema 6: Corporate design
Each employee can have a business card printed with his or her name and contact
information
A logo is a corporation’s identifying symbol
A grid can be used to create stationery and business cards
Good formula creates a cohesive and recognizable style for a corporation
Corporate designs must hold people's attention, so they must be concise
A branding designates places for content and graphics in a document

Designers use a standards manual as a guide for their corporate designs

The new logo will draw the attention of the customer
A clear corporate identity makes a corporation easy for customers to recognize
A business uses a corporate philosophy to set goals and values
A trademark should be instantly recognizable to a customer
A corporation is a legal entity

Tema 8: Video game design

Background artist: the person responsible for designing video game scenery
Concept artist: the person who comes up with the initial idea for a video game
Mobile gaming: video games formatted to be played on a portable device
Polygon: the shape used in video game design
Texture artist: a designer who creates surface details for a video game
Video game: any game that is played digitally on a screen
Arcade: an establishment where patrons can play coin-operated games
3D modeling: a process that creates 3D images on a screen

An console allows people to play video games in their home

Motion capture uses actors as the basis for character movements in games
An animator is responsible for creating characters movements
Character artists decide how a character will look

Tema 15: Work

Union representative: the person who represents the worker’s interests in disputes with the
management in a factory
Executive: a person who has a high position in a company and whose job it es to make
important decisions
Director: an important person in a company who sits on the board
Unskilled worker: a worker whose job requires no special training, for example, an office
cleaner
Administrator: a person generally in charge of the day-to-day organization of a
company/department
Supervisor: a person whose job it is to keep an eye on the day-to-day work of other workers

I’ll pay for the plumbing work when it’s finished

I'd like to apply for a job in your office
You should delegate more work on your personal assistant
Let’s stop for a coffee on your way home from work
A job in a museum wouldn’t be as tiring as one in a restaurant
She’s on maternity leave: I’m not working now; the baby’s due in three weeks
Take early retirement: He’s enjoying life on a pension, although he’s only 58
Work shifts: One week it’s six-to-two, the next it’s nights
Promoted: They’ve made her General Manager as from next month!
Get fired: I was late so often, I lost my job
Work nine-to-five: I get in at nine o’clock and go home at five
Workhacolic: Your trouble is you are obsessed with work!

Physiotherapist-profession
Judge-profession
Plumber-trade
Electrician-trade
Lecturer-profession
Carpenter-trade

I’d love to get/have a job in journalism, but it’s not easy without qualifications. Since I have
to earn a leaving somehow, I’ll have to get work wherever I can find it. I’ve been offered
some part-time work editing a new book, but I’m not sure I want to take it on.