Actividad de aprendizaje 5

Evidence 5: Workshop: Getting s started as a translator

Edward Javier Rojas Solórzano

Alejandro Mora

Hernán Stive Barrera

Edwin Vega Contreras

Lorena Jiménez

GESTIÓN LOGÍSTICA (1667958)

SENA CENTRO INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCCION

GESTIONLOGISTICA

BOGOTÁ D.C

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 containing 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 s - Horizontal

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. An estimate of costs, revenues, and resources over a specified period, reflecting a reading of
future financial conditions and goals. BUDGET

14. 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 - Vertical

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. ERGONOMICS

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

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 containing technical information.

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 FORECAS

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 on1e'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

2 3 4 5 6 7
1 O V E R P R O D U C T I O N D
8 R E E A N E
E G T M P V M
9 F L O W A A A E A
F N I N C N N
I O L D I T 9 D
C M E 10 T O J F
I I R W Y R O O
E C A Y B R
N 11 S U P P L I E R D E
C T E C
Y 12 R A W M A T E R I A L S A
I I S
M 13 B A U G E T
14 B O T T L E N E C K N

B. Understanding Word categories

Translate the following terms into Spanish and determine their grammatical category. Check the
example:

ENGLIS TERM SPANIST TRANSLATION GRAMATICAL CATEGORY

Supply chain Cadena de abastecimiento Noun phrase
 Administración de la cadena de
supply chain management abastecimiento Noun phrase
flow of goods Flujo de mercancías Noun phrase
Almacenamiento de
storage of goods mercancías Noun phrase
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 Adquisición Noun
transformation Transformación Noun
warehousing and distribution Almacenamiento y distribución Noun phrase
intermediate product Producto intermedio Noun phrase
finished product Producto terminado Noun phrase
to meet customers’ Para satisfacer los requisitos de
requirements los clientes Noun phrase
re-engineering Re- ingeniería Noun
freight and transport costs Costo de flete y transporte Noun phrase
destination market Mercado de destino Noun phrase
seasonal trends Tendencias estacionales Noun phrase
Regulaciones de importación y
import and export regulations exportación Noun phrase
Derechos de aduanas e
customs duties and taxes impuesto Noun phrase
inventory management Administración de inventario Noun phrase
delivery services Servicios de entrega Noun phrase, plural
order fulfilment Orden completa Noun 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
Sistemas de logística y La logística es una de
Logistics is one of the Logísticas es una de las transporte eficientes las esferas que aún
spheres, which still have esferas, que todavía son importante tiene potencial en
potential as far as tienen potencial en prerrequisitos del cuanto se refiere al
improving performance is cuanto a mejorar el desarrollo de cualquier mejoramiento del
concerned rendimiento se refiere economía rendimiento.
-en español el termino
El global mercado de logística se utiliza en El mercado global de la
The global logistics logísticas han crecido singular, por ende, logística ha crecido
market has grown radicalmente sobre los mercado también debe radicalmente sobres los
radically over the years. años. ir en singular. años
Los principales grupos
de clientes servidos por
he main customer groups la industria logística
served by the logistics son los servicios de
industry are parcel and entrega urgente de
documents express paquetería y
delivery services, documentos,
warehousing and almacenamiento y
distribution, etc. distribución, etc NO APLICA NO APLICA
Logística eficientes y el -termino logística y en Sistemas de logística y
Efficient logistics and sistema de transporte singular lo mismo que transporte eficientes
transportation system are son importantes eficiente. Y en plural los son importante
important prerequisites previos requisitos del sistemas pues se habla prerrequisitos del
of the development of desarrollo de ninguna de 2. Transporte y desarrollo de cualquier
any economy. economía. logística economía
El arte y la ciencia de la
The art and science of entrega de buenos con El arte y la ciencia de
delivering goods with rapidez y precisión la forma correcta es entrega de bienes con
speed and precision can pueden ciencia y la traducción rapidez y precisión
help ayudar negocios a de godos para el puede ayudar a operar
businesses operate more operar más eficiente, contexto que nos seria más eficientemente,
efficiently, lower costs reducir costos y gain “bienes” la traducción reducir costos y ganar
and gain new customers. nuevos clientes. correcta nuevos clientes
Las logísticas ha
evolucionado a lo largo La logística ha
y ancho de las evolucionado a través
Logistics has evolved centurias para de los siglos para
throughout centuries to convertirse en una De nuevo la forma del convertirse en una
become an integral part parte integral de cada termino logística debe parte integral de cada
of every business. negocios. ser en singular. negocio

D. Identifying tenses

Read the sentences given below and identify the tense form used in each of them. Translate the
sentences into Spanish.