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Evidencia 5: Workshop: Getting started as a translator

GESTION LOGISTICA

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MARIA JOSE MARQUEZ

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Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje SENA

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 technical vocabulary

After revising the vocabulary in the material “Strategic framework: developing

guidelines”, read the given definitions and complete the following crossword.

Across

1. The act of producing more of something than is needed, or to produce too much

OVERPRODUCTION

9. Movement of goods or services along the value stream from raw materials to the
customer without backflow, stoppages, or waste.

FLOW

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.

SUPPLIER

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.

RAW MATERIALS

14. An estimate of costs, revenues, and resources over a specified period,

reflecting a reading of future financial conditions and goals.

BUDGET
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.

BOTTLENECK

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.

ERGONOMIC

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.

RETAILER

4. Desire for certain good or service supported by the capacity to purchase it

DEMAND

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.

CAPACITY

6. An itemized catalog or list of tangible goods or property, or the intangible

attributes or qualities.

INVENTORY

7. Estimate of expected demand over a specified future period. Also called forecast
demand.

DEMAND FORECAST

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.

EFFICIENCY
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.

JOB DESIGN
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.
WAIT TIME

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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 suministros
flow of godos Flujo de bienes Noun phrase
storage of goods Almacenamiento de Noun phrase
bienes
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 Almacenamiento y Noun phrase
distribution distribución
intermediate product Producto intermedio Noun phrase
finished product Producto terminado Noun phrase
to meet customers’ Para cumplir los Noun phrase
requirements requisitos de los clientes
re-engineering Reingeniería Noun
freight and transport Costos de flete y Noun phrase
costs transporte
destination market Mercado de destino Noun phrase
seasonal trends Tendencias estacionales Noun phrase
import and export Regulaciones de Noun phrase
regulations importación y
exportación
customs duties and Derechos de aduanas e Noun phrase
taxes impuestos
inventory management La gestión de inventario Noun phrase
delivery services Servicios de entrega Noun phrase, plural
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 esferas que
as far as improving potencial en cuanto Logísticas. aún tiene
performance is a mejorar el potencial en
concerned. rendimiento se -En español, el cuanto se
refiere. término logística refiere al
se debe utilizar en mejoramiento
singular. del
-El verbo “tienen” rendimiento.
se debe utilizar en
singular porque
nos estamos
refiriendo a “la
esfera de la
logística”

The global logistics El global mercado de el termino logística El mercado

market has grown logísticas han crecido se utiliza en global de la
radically over the radicalmente sobre singular, por ende, logística ha
years. los años. mercado también crecido
debe ir en singular radicalmente
sobres los años
The main customer
groups served by the Los principales
logistics industry are grupos de clientes
parcel and servidos por la
documents express industria logística son ------------0------------- ----------0----------
delivery services, los servicios de
warehousing and entrega urgente de
distribution, etc. paquetería y
documentos,
almacenamiento y
 distribución, etc.
Efficient logistics and Logística eficientes y El termino logística Sistemas de
transportation system el sistema de y eficiente se usan logística y
are important transporte son en singular Y en transporte
prerequisites of the importantes previos plural Transporte y eficientes son
development of any requisitos del logística importante
economy. desarrollo de ninguna prerrequisitos
economía. del desarrollo de
cualquier
economía
The art and science El arte y la ciensia de Se escribe Ciencia El arte y la
of delivering goods la entrega de buenos con c ciencia de
with speed and con rapidez y entrega de
precision can help precisión pueden bienes con
businesses operate ayudar negocios a rapidez y
more efficiently, operar más eficiente, precisión puede
lower costs and gain reducir costos y gain ayudar a operar
new customers. nuevos clientes. más
eficientemente,
reducir costos y
ganar nuevos
clientes.
Logistics has evolved Las logísticas ha El termino logística La logística ha
throughout centuries evolucionado a lo se usa en singular evolucionado a
to become an integral largo y ancho de las través de los
part of every centurias para siglos para
business. convertirse en una convertirse en
parte integral de cada una parte
negocios. integral de cada
negocio

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 global
began to spread in comenzó a extenderse en
the 1970s and la década de 1970 y se
accelerated in the aceleró en la década de
1990s. 1990.
 Logistics has Simple past 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. todos los negocios.
 Globalization is still Present perfect La globalización continua
moving forward avanzando.
today.
 Since 2000, the rail Present simple Desde el año 2000, la
freight industry has industria del transporte de
undergone a mercancías por ferrocarril
remarkable ha experimentado una
transformation. transformación notable.
 Logistics has been Present perfect La logística ha jugado un
playing a papel fundamental en el
fundamental role in desarrollo global durante
global development casi 5.000 años.
for almost 5,000
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 logrado un progreso
made a remarkable notable.
progress.
 Recently, Present Recientemente, las
innovations have innovaciones se volvieron
become vital to vitales para cumplir con las
meet customer expectativas de los
expectations. clientes.
 Now, the company Present perfect Ahora, la compañía está
is working on a new trabajando en un nuevo
project. proyecto.
 Usually, freight Present Por lo general, los agentes
forwarders organize de carga organizan el envío
shipping of various de diversos productos.
goods.
 Now, the ABC Present perfect Ahora, la Compañía ABC
Company is está expandiendo sus
expanding its instalaciones de producción
production facilities para incluir una nueva línea
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?

 In my opinion, you must know the logistics concepts so that the text
makes sense

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

activity? Explain.

 Personally, yes, because I do not have much knowledge of technical

vocabulary or grammar.

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

 I believe that it is necessary to have a wide vocabulary and syntax to

compose a sentence and that this makes sense

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

translation?

 Everything, since I do not master the language, nor the grammar, but
with effort everything is achieved