Evidencia 5: Workshop: Getting started as a translator

Actividad de Aprendizaje 5

Evidencia No. 5

Eduardo Aldana Cortés

Edwin Suarez Arevalo

Leonel Dangond Muñoz

Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje “SENA”

Tecnología Gestión Logística

Bogotá D.C.

Mayo 2018
 Evidencia 5: Workshop: Getting started as a translator

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
one'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 grammatical category.
Check the example:

English Term Spanish Translation Grammatical Category

Supply chain Cadena de abastecimiento Noun phrase
supply chain management Administración cadena de Noun phrase
abastecimiento
flow of goods Flujo de Bienes Noun phrase
storage of goods Almacenamiento de bienes Noun phrase
point of origin Punto de origen Noun phrase
point of consumption Punto de consumo Noun phrase
consumer Consumidor Subject
supplier Proveedor Subject
customer Cliente Subject
provider proveedor Subject
network Red Subject
procurement Obtención Subject
transformation Transformación Subject
warehousing and Almacenamiento y Subject
distribution distribución
intermediate product Producto intermedio Adjective phrase
finished product Producto terminado Adjective phrase
to meet customers’ Conocer requerimientos de Verb
requirements clientes
re-engineering Re ingeniería Subject
freight and transport costs Costos de flete y transporte Noun phrase
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 taxes Derechos de aduana e Noun phrase
impuestos
inventory management Administración de Noun phrase
inventarios
delivery services Servicios de entrega Noun phrase
order fulfilment Orden completada Adjective phrase

C. Evaluating translations
Read the following translations and identify the possible problems in the result. You can
express the problems you identify in Spanish. Please, provide a possible 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 El término logística El mercado
market has grown logísticas han crecido se debe utilizar en global de
radically over the radicalmente sobre singular. logística ha
years. los años. Se utiliza la palabra crecido
“ha” sin la “n”. radicalmente a
Se emplea el través de los
término “a través” y años.
no “sobre”.
The main customer Los principales Se emplea el Los principales
groups served by the grupos de clientes término “atendidos” grupos de
logistics industry are servidos por la y no “servidos”. clientes
parcel and industria logística son Hace falta usar el atendidos por la
documents express los servicios de artículo “de” antes industria
delivery services, entrega urgente de de la palabra logística son los
warehousing and paquetería y “envío”. servicios de
distribution, etc. documentos, Se emplea el envío urgente de
almacenamiento y término “paquetes” paquetes y
distribución, etc. y no “paquetería”. documentos,
almacenamiento
y distribución,
etc.
Efficient logistics and Logística eficientes y Hace falta usar el La logística
transportation el sistema de artículo “la” antes eficiente y el
system are important transporte son de logística y del sistema de
prerequisites of the importantes previos artículo “el” y “de” transporte son
development of any requisitos del para la palabra el prerrequisitos
economy. desarrollo de ninguna sistema de importantes del
economía. transporte. desarrollo de
El término logística cualquier
se utiliza en modo economía.
singular.
Se emplea el
término
“prerrequisitos” y no
“requisitos”
Se emplea el
término “cualquier”
y no “ninguna”
The art and science El arte y la ciensia de Se corrige la El arte y la
of delivering goods la entrega de buenos “ciencia” por ciencia de
with speed and con rapidez y “ciensia”. entrega de
precision can help precisión pueden bienes con
businesses operate ayudar negocios a Se emplea el velocidad y
more efficiently, operar más eficiente, término “bienes” y precisión
lower costs and gain reducir costos y gain no “buenos”. pueden ayudar a
new customers. nuevos clientes. Se emplea el operar negocios
término “ganar” y no más
“gain”. eficientemente,
bajar costos y
ganar nuevos
clientes.
Logistics has Las logísticas ha Los términos “la” y La logística ha
evolved throughout evolucionado a lo “logística” se evolucionado a
centuries to become largo y ancho de las utilizan en modo lo largo de los
an integral part of centurias para singular. siglos para
every business. convertirse en una Se omite las convertirse en
parte integral de palabras “y ancho”. una parte
cada negocios. La palabra integral de cada
“negocio” se negocio.
emplea en modo
singular.

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 difundirse en la
the 1970s and década de 1970 y se
accelerated in the aceleró in la década de
1990s. 1990.
 Logistics has Simple past La logística ha
evolved throughout evolucionado a los largo de
centuries to become los siglos para convertirse
an integral part of en un parte integral de
every business. cada negocio
 Globalization is still Present continuous La globalización todavía
moving forward avanza hoy.
today.
 Since 2000, the rail Simple present Desde el año 2000, la
freight industry has industria de carga por
undergone a ferrocarril ha
remarkable experimentado una
transformation. transformación notable.
 Logistics has been Present perfect La logística ha estado
playing a jugando un rol fundamental
fundamental role in en el desarrollo global por
global development casi 5000 años.
for almost 5,000
years.
 Since the Simple present 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, Simple present Recientemente, las
innovations have innovaciones se han vuelto
become vital to vitales para conocer las
meet customer expectativas del cliente.
expectations.
 Now, the company Present continuous Ahora, la compañía está
is working on a new trabando sobre un nuevo
project. proyecto.
 Usually, freight Present continuous Usualmente, los agentes
forwarders organize de carga organizan el
shipping of various envío de varios bienes.
goods.
 Now, the ABC Now, the ABC Company is Ahora, la empresa ABC
Company is expanding its production está expandiendo sus
expanding its facilities to include a new instalaciones de
production facilities product line. 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?
First, I look at what is the subject or type of document. Then translate known words and
last translate the unknown words.

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

Explain.
Yes, I consider that translation is a complex activity, because if you do not what is the
meaning of sentences, paragraphs or the context, you can not understand the topic of
document.

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

Is necessary to do a correct translation, for to known what is the idea that the sentence
says and understand what means it has.

4. According to your experience, what is the most difficult aspect about translation?
Understand when the sentence is a noun phrase, or which the meaning of different
words in a sentence, the time in the sentence, the use of singular or plural in sentences.