ACTIVIDAD DE APRENDIZAJE 5

EVIDENCIA 5: WORKSHOP: GETTING STARTED AS A TRANSLATOR

EDWIN JIBERSON HERNANDEZ DIAZ

INSTRUCTOR: DANNY ALONSO SANCHEZ URIBE

SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA

TECNOLOGIA EN GESTION LOGISTICA
FASE PLANEACION
MOCOA
2020
 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 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.

10. 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.

11. 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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BusinessDictionary. (s.f.). Diccionario de términos. Consultado el 31 de agosto de 2016, en:
http://www.businessdictionary.com
 B. 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 Gestión de la cadena de suministro Noun phrase
flow of godos Flujo de bienes Noun phrase
storage of goods Almacenamiento de 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 Obtención Noun
transformation Transformacion Noun
warehousing and Almacenamiento y distribución Noun and
distribution conjunction
intermediate product Producto intermedio Adjetive Noun
finished product Producto Finalizado Adjetive Noun
to meet customers’ Cumplir con las necesidades de los Complete Sentence
requirements clientes
re-engineering Reingeniería Noun
freight and transport costs Costos de Flete y Transporte Noun and
conjunction
destination market Mercado de destino Noun phrase
seasonal trends Tendencia estacional Noun phrase
import and export Regulaciones de Importación y Noun and
regulations exportación conjunction
customs duties and taxes Derechos de aduana, aranceles e Noun phrase
impuestos
inventory management Gestión de Inventario Noun phrase
delivery services Servicios de entrega Noun phrase
order fulfilment Orden Completada Noun phrase

C. 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 una
the spheres, which de las esferas, que del artículo “La” de las esferas que
still have potential todavía tienen antes de Logísticas. aún tiene potencial
as far as improving potencial en cuanto -En español, el en cuanto se
performance is a mejorar el término logística se refiere al
concerned. rendimiento se debe utilizar en mejoramiento del
refiere. singular. rendimiento.
-El verbo “tienen” se
debe utilizar en
singular porque nos
estamos refiriendo a
“la esfera de la
logística”
The global logistics El global mercado de -El adjetivo debe ir El mercado global
market has grown logísticas han crecido después del de logística ha
radically over the radicalmente sobre sustantivo y no antes. crecido radicalmente
years. los años. - En español, el a través de los años.
término logística se
debe utilizar en
singular.
--El verbo “tienen”
se debe utilizar en
singular porque nos
estamos refiriendo a
“al mercado global”
-Está mal
contextualizada la
traducción “sobre
los años”
The main customer Los principales -cambiaría la Los principales
groups served by the grupos de clientes traducción “servidos” grupos de clientes
logistics industry are servidos por la por “atendidos” para atendidos por la
parcel and industria logística son mayor claridad. industria logística
documents express los servicios de -Cambiaría la palabra son los servicios de
delivery services, entrega urgente de “urgente” por “rápida” entrega rápida de
warehousing and paquetería y para mejor paquetería y
distribution, etc. documentos, contextualización. documentos,
almacenamiento y almacenamiento y
distribución, etc. distribución, etc.
Efficient logistics and Logística eficientes y -Falta usar el artículo La logística y un
transportation el sistema de “La” antes de sistema de
system are important transporte son “Logística” transporte eficiente
prerequisites of the importantes previos -El adjetivo son importantes
development of any requisitos del “eficientes” debe ir en requisitos previos
economy. desarrollo de ninguna singular porque el del desarrollo de
economía. cualquier economía.
 sustantivo está en
singular.
-Está mal traducida la
palabra “prerequisites,
la opción correcta
seria “requisitos
previos”.
-Hay una mala
traducción de la
palabra “any” la
opción correcta es
“cualquier”
The art and science El arte y la ciencia de -Hace falta El arte y la ciencia
of delivering goods la entrega de buenos contextualizar la de entregar
with speed and con rapidez y traducción de productos con
precision can help precisión pueden “delivering godos”. rapidez y precisión,
businesses operate ayudar negocios a -falta contextualizar y pueden ayudar a las
more efficiently, operar más eficiente, dar una estructura empresas a operar
lower costs and gain reducir costos y gain clara a la frase de manera eficiente,
new customers. nuevos clientes. “ayudar negocios a reducir costos y
operar más eficiente” ganar nuevos
- No esta traducida al clientes.
español la palabra
“gain”
Logistics has Las logísticas ha -El artículo “Las” debe La logística ha
evolved throughout evolucionado a lo ir en singular al igual evolucionado a lo
centuries to become largo y ancho de las que la traducción de largo de los siglos
an integral part of centurias para del término para convertirse en
every business. convertirse en una “Logísticas” una parte integral de
parte integral de -Debería usarse el cada negocio.
cada negocios. término “Siglo” en
lugar de “centurias”,
para mejor
comprensión.

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 to Estados Unidos continuó
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 la
 the 1970s and década de 1970 y se aceleró
accelerated in the en la de 1990
1990s.
 Logistics has evolved Present perfect La logística ha evolucionado
throughout centuries a lo largo de los siglos para
to become an integral convertirse en una parte
part of every integral de todos los
business. negocios.
 Globalization is still La globalización sigue
moving forward today. avanzando hoy en día
 Since 2000, the rail Present Perfect Desde el 2000, la industria
freight industry has del transporte de mercancías
undergone a por ferrocarril ha
remarkable experimentado una
transformation. transformación notable.
 Logistics has been Present Perfect La logística ha estado
playing a fundamental Continuous desempeñando un papel
role in global fundamental en el desarrollo
development for global durante casi 5.000
almost 5,000 years. años.
 Since the construction Present Perfect Desde la construcción de las
of the pyramids in pirámides en el antiguo
ancient Egypt, Egipto, la logística ha logrado
logistics has made a un progreso notable.
remarkable progress.
 Recently, innovations Present Perfect Recientemente, las
have become vital to innovaciones se han vuelto
meet customer vitales para satisfacer las
expectations. expectativas de los clientes.
 Now, the company is Present Continuous Ahora, la empresa está
working on a new trabajando en un nuevo
project. proyecto.
 Usually, freight Present Simple Por lo general, los
forwarders organize transitarios organizan el
shipping of various envío de diversos productos.
goods.
 Now, the ABC Present Continuous Ahora, la Compañía ABC
Company is está ampliando sus
expanding its instalaciones de producción
production facilities to para incluir una nueva línea
include a new product de productos.
line.
E. Critical Thinking
Answer the following questions.

1. According to your experience, which steps did you follow to complete the
different translations?
_ In my opinion, the first thing to do was to translate the words, according to the
context, and the second was to make a good interpretation so that the
translation was accurate and clear.

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

activity? Explain.

I think that it is a complex activity, because there are words that have many
meanings, and it is the interpreter's duty to use the correct meaning so that the
translation makes sense.

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

_ From my view point, I believe that it is necessary to handle a wide vocabulary

of the foreign language and to have an idea of the context or theme of the text
to be translated.

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

translation?
I suppose that when in the text to be translated there are technical terms, words that
do not exist in Spanish or those hated by me, phrasal verbs.