Writing in spanish
pronunciation: eskɹ̩ituɹ̩ɑ part of speech: noun
write = escribir, redactar, confeccionar. [Verbo irregular: pasado wrote, participio written]
Example: A paraphrase is an interpretation of the concepts featured in a document, written in the language of the writer of the paraphrase.more:
» be nothing to write home (to mom) about = no valer gran cosa, no ser nada del otro mundo, no ser nada especial, no estar/ser (como) para tirar cohetes.
Example: He really does not have that great of a voice and his looks are nothing to write home to mom about.» co-write [cowrite] = escribir en colaboración.
Example: He wrote, co-wrote, edited, or coedited ten books and more then 60 scholarly articles.» ghostwrite = escribir como negro literario, escribir en calidad de negro literario. [Escribir un documento en nombre de otra persona quedando el escritor en el anonimato]
Example: In the last years of her life, Gardner asked Peter Evans to ghostwrite her autobiography.» rewrite [re-write] = nueva redacción.
Example: At different times Ms. Hinton has used revision, redraft, rewrite, new edition, revised edition, and second edition.» rewrite [re-write] = reescribir, volver a escribir, volver a formular, reformular. [Verbo irregular: pasado rewrote, participio rewritten]
Example: The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman is not a true abridged edition of the full edition, but rather a rewritten distillation of the essential rules and principles.» underwrite = financiar. [Verbo irregular: pasado underwrote, participio underwritten]
Example: Underwritten by a Council on Library Resources grant, she compiled a thesaurus for nonsexist subject headings entitled 'On Equal Terms'.» write about = escribir sobre.
Example: Once you have a topic in mind, you need to find out what other scholars have written about your topic.» write + a cheque = escribir un cheque, extender un cheque, rellenar un cheque.
Example: I was completely comfortable leaving it in her hands and just writing checks to cover the costs.» write + a grant = solicitar una subvención.
Example: The title of her paper was 'Writing a grant for an electronic learning facility: a model'.» write + an agreement = firmar un acuerdo.
Example: So, one vendor, now called Ovid Technologies, wrote agreements with publishers to get them to open up acess to their journals.» write + an essay = escribir un trabajo.
Example: Such books have to be zealously guarded by library staff in the interests of other students who may well be required to write an essay on the same subject at the same time.» write + a paper = escribir un artículo.
Example: She is writing a paper comparing tungsten and bismuth deficiency in relation to liver disease.» write + a piece = escribir un artículo.
Example: Ms. Hinton has written several pieces on cataloging.» write + a proposal = redactar una petición de subvención.
Example: This paper describes a course that teaches students how to apply for grant funding and write proposals.» write + a to-do list = escribir una lista de cosas pendientes, escribir una lista de cosas por hacer, escribir una lista de cosas para hacer.
Example: Some people may argue that writing a to-do list seems like an activity that only requires halfway conscious thought; I beg to differ.» write down = escribir.
Example: On other occasions, where the search must be specified with a number of interacting concepts and other parameters, it will be necessary to write the concepts down.» write-once = de una sola escritura.
Example: Write-once optical drives are ideally suited to store the large amounts of data created in a software development environment.» write-once-read-many (WORM) = WORM (de una grabación y de lectura múltiple). [Disco óptico en el que se puede grabar algo una sola vez y leerlo muchas veces]
Example: There are various different kinds of optical videodisks, including both analog and digital disks, and disks that are read-only (ROM) or write-once-read-many (WORM).» write + reams (and reams) = escribir un montón de, escribir una pila de, escribir volúmenes y volúmenes, escribir páginas y páginas.
Example: Over the years, she wrote reams and reams of stories, but never really did anything with them, and eventually these were lost in one way or another.» write + screeds (and screeds) = escribir volúmenes y volúmenes, escribir páginas y páginas.
Example: I have written screeds and screeds, straight from the heart, even voicing my opinions on close family members.» write + sense = escribir con sentido.
Example: Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.» write up = escribir, redactar.
Example: Statistical research into ILL is valuable but can cause problems unless written up well for a more general audience.» write + volumes = escribir volúmenes y volúmenes.
Example: I could write volumes on the history of the company, but I'll keep it simple.writing1 = composición, escritura, redacción.
Example: This is a project for collaboration in formal report writing based on current social theories of writing.more:
» academic writing = composición académica, composición científica.
Example: In academic writing we use formal language, avoiding the use of slang and colloquial language.» at the time of writing = en el momento de escribir estas líneas.
Example: At the time of writing, a 'value statement' is being prepared by the group together with guidelines for determining such local objectives and related performance measures.» book-writing machine = máquina de escribir libros.
Example: During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.» brain-writing = composición por confrontación de ideas.
Example: Methods, such as brainstorming, brain-writing, creative confrontation, use an heuristic approach to solving problems, and bring new stimuli to information work.» collaborative writing = autoría en colaboración, autoría conjunta.
Example: This paper suggests that forced consensus in collaborative writing is a bad influence on imaginative scholars.» creative writing = creatividad literaria.
Example: This cooperative venture aimed to encourage creative writing among young people.» creative writing = composición original, escritura creativa.
Example: This might be achieved by the setting up of a network of housebound readers and writers for the sharing and discussion of their creative writing.» fiction writing = narrativa.
Example: Novelists, being writers who create books from their own imagination, are frequently introspective people who can cope with the solitariness of fiction writing.» get + Nombre + in writing = conseguir Algo por escrito.
Example: If you and your landlord come to a verbal agreement to cancel the lease, make sure you get it in writing.» grant writing = solicitud de subvenciones.
Example: The account is written for people who are just beginning to understand grant writing.» hack writing = escritura barata. [Forma de escribir, especialmente novelas, a base de clichés]
Example: At the other end of the continuum is the form of hack writing typified by the poorest quality of adventure stories (often mildly pornographic).» handwriting = escritura a mano, letra de mano.
Example: The main advantage of facsimile is that it transmits text and graphics diagrams, handwriting etc.» have + Nombre + in writing = tener Algo por escrito.
Example: I know for a fact that our company has it in writing that we are not to discuss pay with other employees.» imaginative writing = literatura de ficción.
Example: The state purchasing scheme for new literature was introduced at a time when imaginative writing was at a low ebb.» in writing = por escrito, escrito.
Example: Also, the students are encouraged to explore subjects on interest to them in their school libraries and report on their investigations, either orally or in writing, to a teacher who serves as a kind of counselor or mentor for the project.» letter writing = redacción de cartas, escritura de cartas.
Example: He had a penchant for letter writing, and offered his collection of letters to the Bodleian Library for the use of future historians.» piece of writing = composición, redacción.
Example: Every piece of writing should have a logical conclusion, and it's your job as the reader to identify that conclusion.» playwriting = dramática, arte y técnica de escribir obras de teatro.
Example: The author offers a guide to Web sites, mainly based in the USA, that provide information on theatre and playwriting.» read + the writing on the wall = ver Algo venir, ver lo que + avecinarse, ver lo que se + Pronombre + venir + encima, verle las orejas al lobo.
Example: Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else = La mayoría de nosotros podemos verle las orejas al lobo; lo que ocurre es que pensamos que el lobo viene a por otro.» report writing = elaboración de informes, redacción de informes.
Example: This is a project for collaboration in formal report writing based on current social theories of writing.» research writing = redacción científica.
Example: The article has the title 'Improving the effectiveness of research writing'.» résumé writing = redacción de CVs.
Example: This is a simple, interactive service which provides library users with step by step guides to research such issues as investment strategies, auto purchases, employment opportunities, resume writing and other topics relevant to individuals and families.» rewriting [re-writing] = reelaboración.
Example: Often the material will be collected on cards or loose-leaf paper so that internal reorganization is quite an easy matter and re-writing is thereby cut down to a minimum.» scientific writing = redacción científica.
Example: Will there still be a need for translations in the year 2000 or will there be just one universally accepted language used for scientific and technical writing?.» script-writing [scriptwriting] = redacción de guiones.
Example: Adequate funding, script-writing, production, equipment, actors, editing and artistic freedom are crucial.» script-writing [scriptwriting] = programación.
Example: Script-writing is not worth the effort in the light of software tools like Pro-Search.» see + the writing on the wall = ver Algo venir, ver lo que + avecinarse, ver lo que se + Pronombre + venir + encima, verle las orejas al lobo.
Example: She saw the writing on the wall and instead of fighting for her job, she quit!.» selected writings = selección de textos.
Example: The article is entitled 'Mules and dragons: popular culture images in the selected writings of African-American and Chinese-American women writers'.» songwriting [song-writing] = composición de canciones, componer canciones.
Example: This paper profiles about 70 significant American popular songwriting teams from about 1900 to about 1960 together with their more important works.» technical writing = redacción de informes técnicos, redacción científica.
Example: Will there still be a need for translations in the year 2000 or will there be just one universally accepted language used for scientific and technical writing?.» the (hand)writing + be + on the wall = ver Algo venir, anticipar Algo, ver lo que + avecinarse, ver lo que se + Pronombre + venir + encima, ser algo inevitable, tener los días contados, verle las orejas al lobo, las cosas + estar + claras, tener las horas contadas, quedar dos/tres telediarios, tener las uvas contadas. [El uso de handwriting en lugar de writing es menos frecuente]
Example: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.» the writing on the wall = la evidencia, las pruebas, indicio.
Example: To me the writing on the wall was pretty clear when we had this same discussion on this list last year and never received any reassurances from ISI.» typewriting = mecanografía, escritura a máquina.
Example: Carbon paper is paper coated on one side with loosely adhering dye used for transferring impressions of writing, typewriting, drawing, etc.» writing aid = herramienta de ayuda a la escritura.
Example: This article reports possible future developments in the field of the electronification of information as envisaged by a developer of electronic writing aids for personal computers.» writing board arm = brazo de silla para escribir.
Example: The other rooms on the third, second and first levels have a mixture of stacking chairs with writing board arms.» writing desk = escritorio, mesa de despacho, mesa de trabajo.
Example: The tall, shrewd woman standing by the writing desk smiled with the assurance of one whose task has been conscientiously performed.» writing homework = deberes escritos.
Example: Knowing how to help with your child's writing homework is important for all parents, as writing is a crucial skill for students of all ages.» writing paper = papel de escribir.
Example: The supply of best-quality white rags for paper-making had always been precarious, and bleaching enabled the more abundant coloured and second-quality rags to be made into acceptable writing and printing papers.» writing skills = técnicas de redacción, técnicas de composición escrita.
Example: Bibliographic instruction can be instrumental in developing the information handling, thinking and writing skills that form the foundation of the academic experience = La formación de usuarios puede contribuir positivamente a desarrollar la capacidad de manejar la información, la capacidad de razonamiento y las técnicas de redacción que forman la base de la experiencia universitaria.» writing style = estilo, estilo literario, forma de escribir.
Example: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.» writing system = sistema de escritura.
Example: This is a unique pictographic writing system that is similar to the ancient Egyptian and Mayan writing systems.» writing tools = ayudas para la escritura. [Todo tipo de diccionario, tesauro, manual de escritura, programa, guía, etc. de la que se sirve el escritor para facilitarle la composición escrita]
Example: This article reviews Microsoft's Bookshelf: a CD-ROM data base containing 10 important writing tools (Roget's 2: Electronic Thesaurus, American Heritage Dictionary, Chicago Manual of Style etc).» writing workshop = taller de trabajo sobre composición.
Example: Writing workshops such as those supported by UNESCO and local agencies offer one way of helping translate this idea into reality.writing2 = escrito, producción.
Example: His library, a rare survival of the Graeco-Roman period, comprised his own writings and philosophical readings.more:
» research writings = producción científica.
Example: Findings indicate that the research writings of the discipline cite periodical articles most heavily.