How should we translate “Circulation”?
Term: Library circulation (also known as Library lending). Definition: It is the function of lending library materials (books, serials, sound recordings, moving images, cartographic materials, etc. that are owned by a library) to the users of the library. (2024, librarianshipstudies) Translation: Circulación de préstamos de la biblioteca Context: Since “circulation” has other meanings such as […]
What does TBL mean?
Definition: Trailer Bill Language is the implementing language of the California State Budget Bill. Source: https://trailerbill.dof.ca.gov/ Main acronym: Trailer Bill Language (TBL) Variation: Trailer Bill Law (TBL) Context: We came across with two meanings provided by the client for TBL. The variation might not be accurate since a Bill is “Proyecto de Ley” and a previous step […]
What does Confabulation mean?
Term: Confabulation Context: Psychology / Psychiatry Definition in English: A problem that makes someone produce false memories about events, or the false memories themselves. Sources: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/confabulation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536961/ Definition in Spanish: The action of many people agreeing to undertake some illicit plan. Sources: https://definicion.de/confabulacion/ https://dpej.rae.es/lema/confabulaci%C3%B3n X False Cognate: Confabulación […]
What does the symbol § mean?
“The section sign, also called a silcrow, is a typographic mark used to reference a particular section of a document. Its shape derives from a double ‘s’, which in Latin stands for signum sectionis (meaning ‘section symbol’).” (2024, Monotype) Use in English: Some people believe there is a cumulative benefit in streamlining the term “section.” It […]
Fronts and backboards
Fronts and backboards are pieces developed by ESCO using machine OEM guidelines. These two terms have been adjusted over the time according to the terminology requested by client, there are some outdated variations in the TM and we must use the updated terminology. 1. Term: Front Translation: Mandíbula 2. Term: Backboard […]
All about a Makerspace
According to WCCLS Style Guide, the term “Makerspace” must be kept in English. On the other hand, the same term is translated for Sonoma County projects. Term: Makerspace / Maker Space Definition: It is a collaborative workspace inside a school, library or separate public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high […]
What is an interim airport?
When traveling, flights may be non-direct flights or include stopovers. In Standard Forms we came across a false cognate as “interino” for “interim”. Based on the context, we can translate it as follows: Term: Interim airport Definition: an interim airport means when someone should take more than one necessary flight to reach a particular destination (2023, […]
What do SB, HB, and AB mean?
Every state has its own conventions for Bills and most states use the standard prefixes HB and SB, but we may find other prefixes such as AB. Below we can find more information about each abbreviation: Term: Bill Translation: Proyecto de Ley / proyecto de ley Explanation: A bill is a proposal for a new law […]
How to write PFML and PFL?
Paid Family Leave (PFL) and Paid Family & Medical Leave (PFML) are benefits that currently exist in several states to give partial pay to employees for their time off work taken for qualified family or medical leave. (2024, Gusto website) How to write and translate them based on the source text: PFML -Paid Family and […]
Letters to Milena: Love in Translation
“If you come to me you will be leaping into the abyss.” Kafka wrote to Milena on 13 June 1920. A warning, an ironic invitation? An attempt to seduce by repelling? For some months, between the Ottoburg boarding house in Merano, where the writer was trying to fight the course of tuberculosis, and Milena Jesenská’s […]