Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 9, 2008 17:27
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
tipología
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
hmmm - this word is often tricky...
This is for a business article about business process re-engineering.
"Alineamiento tecnológico, una ingeniería orientada a IT:
Dentro de los proyectos de ingeniería y reingeniería de procesos hay una tipología cuyo objetivo principal es lograr el óptimo alineamiento tecnológico de los procesos en la empresa."
Any (good) ideas, please?
Thanks
This is for a business article about business process re-engineering.
"Alineamiento tecnológico, una ingeniería orientada a IT:
Dentro de los proyectos de ingeniería y reingeniería de procesos hay una tipología cuyo objetivo principal es lograr el óptimo alineamiento tecnológico de los procesos en la empresa."
Any (good) ideas, please?
Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | (avoided) |
Tracy Byrne
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| 4 +5 | typology |
Patricia Rosas
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| 4 | classification / type |
Mónica Sauza
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| 3 | categorization/classification/grouping of project types |
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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Proposed translations
+3
55 mins
Tracy Byrne
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
Getting the right message across
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
(avoided)
You could avoid using it. Something like: "Among the different process engineering and re-engineering projects there are those whose main objective is to achieve..."
Personally, I don't like using "typology" if I can avoid it, although I do realise it is used quite a lot in English texts nowadays!
Personally, I don't like using "typology" if I can avoid it, although I do realise it is used quite a lot in English texts nowadays!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Tracy, that's great - I used it word for word...
I really didn't want to use "classification" here and "typology" didn't sit well in a business article."
2 mins
classification / type
Un par de opciones.
Suerte!
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Note added at 12 mins (2008-09-09 17:40:01 GMT)
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A few synonyms: Características, afinidades, tipos, clases, rasgos
Suerte!
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Note added at 12 mins (2008-09-09 17:40:01 GMT)
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A few synonyms: Características, afinidades, tipos, clases, rasgos
Note from asker:
| Hi Monica Thanks for the suggestion, but I already discarded that one -I don't think it fits the context... what other words might you use in Spanish, synonyms, in this context, please?? |
+5
14 mins
Patricia Rosas
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
servicios para autores académicos
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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91
typology
I would stick with typology. For example, from an article on "business-process re-engineering" Pennings, J.M and J.A. Woiceshyn (1987): A typology of organizational control and its metaphors, Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, pp.73-104.
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=224019.224027
Business process re-engineering (BPR) involves a comprehensive overhaul of .... A crude skeleton typology of respondent organizations is sketched out in ...
emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&hdAction=lnkhtml&contentId=8578
BPR is a radical approach that breaks with many conventional ideas from applied ... 16 Pennings, J.M and J.A. Woiceshyn (1987): A typology of organizational ...
portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=224019.224027
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-09-09 17:42:37 GMT)
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oops, I just saw that the third reference is a repeat of the first. But I stand by my choice--typology is a perfectly acceptable term if you are translating some sort of research study.
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Note added at 16 mins (2008-09-09 17:43:21 GMT)
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Okay, here's another example:
describe a better definition about BPR. The thinking about concepts, ... Industrial Processes has divided to three-way typology of processes (Paul Allaire, ...
www.petra.ac.id/~puslit/journals/pdf.php?PublishedID=IND020...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-09-10 00:08:45 GMT)
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With all the respect due Neilmac, I've got to point out that typology has a very specific meaning and it isn't a syn. for type. From Merriam-Webster's:
A ***STUDY*** of or study based on types <the typology of the idealistic morphology -- Franz Schwanitz>: as a : classification (as of archeological remains or bacterial strains) based on COMPARATIVE STUDY of types b : COMPARATIVE STUDY of languages or aspects of languages as to their structures rather than their historical relations etc.
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=224019.224027
Business process re-engineering (BPR) involves a comprehensive overhaul of .... A crude skeleton typology of respondent organizations is sketched out in ...
emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&hdAction=lnkhtml&contentId=8578
BPR is a radical approach that breaks with many conventional ideas from applied ... 16 Pennings, J.M and J.A. Woiceshyn (1987): A typology of organizational ...
portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=224019.224027
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-09-09 17:42:37 GMT)
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oops, I just saw that the third reference is a repeat of the first. But I stand by my choice--typology is a perfectly acceptable term if you are translating some sort of research study.
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Note added at 16 mins (2008-09-09 17:43:21 GMT)
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Okay, here's another example:
describe a better definition about BPR. The thinking about concepts, ... Industrial Processes has divided to three-way typology of processes (Paul Allaire, ...
www.petra.ac.id/~puslit/journals/pdf.php?PublishedID=IND020...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-09-10 00:08:45 GMT)
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With all the respect due Neilmac, I've got to point out that typology has a very specific meaning and it isn't a syn. for type. From Merriam-Webster's:
A ***STUDY*** of or study based on types <the typology of the idealistic morphology -- Franz Schwanitz>: as a : classification (as of archeological remains or bacterial strains) based on COMPARATIVE STUDY of types b : COMPARATIVE STUDY of languages or aspects of languages as to their structures rather than their historical relations etc.
Peer comment(s):
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Marian Martin (X)
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thank you!
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: Inclined to agree (whilst agreeing with C over the trickiness of this word). We tend to reject apparent "calcos", but I think it works here.
8 mins
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thanks, Noni! I see it all the time in academic papers written in English for whatever that's worth! ;-)
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Egmont
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thanks!
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margaret caulfield
4 hrs
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thanks!
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neilmac
: Yes, it's usually just a long-winded way of saying "type"...
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thank you, Neilmac. I disagree about typology=type (you might want to see the note I posted above). I know: jargon, but it has its place and purpose among the writers I translate.
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15 hrs
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Spain
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Accredited translators 20 yrs experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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600
categorization/classification/grouping of project types
Aunque tengo que reconocer, que "typology" también me suena bien.
Estas son opciones adicionales, por si no te decides por la traducción literal.
Saludos
Estas son opciones adicionales, por si no te decides por la traducción literal.
Saludos
Reference comments
15 hrs
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Spain
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Accredited translators 20 yrs experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
600
Reference:
Para tu info, aquí tienes varios sinónimos que te pueden servir:
analysis, arrangement, categorization, classification, codification, grading, grouping, ranking, sorting, subdivision
Ahora te pongo una opción que podría servirte... Saludos
analysis, arrangement, categorization, classification, codification, grading, grouping, ranking, sorting, subdivision
Ahora te pongo una opción que podría servirte... Saludos
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