Empresa in english
pronunciation: kʌmpəni part of speech: noun
empresa1 = business [businesses, -pl.] ; commercial firm ; company ; corporation ; firm ; business enterprise ; outfit ; business interest ; business firm ; industrial firm ; commercial enterprise ; operating company.
Example: To a small or mid-sized business, information is critical for effective planning, growth and development.Example: Difficulties over access to these can arise when research project has been financed by a scientific organization or commercial firm who have an interest in maintaining security.Example: Among the companies offering 'Mice' are Microsoft, Vision and Apple, but more are anticipated.Example: The main form of knowledge transfer and the basis for decision making within corporations has not been a paper, a document or a detailed report, but a set of overhead slides and the discussions around them.Example: The European Development Fund finances projects in overseas countries for which European-based firms can supply equipment and know-how.Example: The 'Books at work' project in Kalmar in southern Sweden is the result of collaboration between trade unions, business enterprises and the public library.Example: The author compares the advantages and disadvantages of buying from the larger established companies and smaller outfits.Example: As an example, the University of Hawaii libraries have installed an online catalogue on which they will hang a special assortment of databases that are needed by Hawaii and Pacific business interests.Example: Collection and preservation of records is an expensive pursuit and the task of persuading cost conscious business firms that they ought to preserve their records is an unenviable one.Example: In libraries serving industrial firms, for example, the cost of not finding information may be high; this is why 'hard headed businessmen' add to their overheads by paying for extensive library services.Example: Some commercial enterprises subsidise satellite communications for academic institutions.Example: In the future, these files will be made readily accessible to other Glaxo operating companies through the use of computers.more:
» a cuenta de la empresa = at company expense .
Example: It is not unusual also for the staff to take courses (at company expense and often on company time) that will keep them alert and mentally alive.» administración de empresas = business administration .
Example: Cases provide 'realistic' educational experiences for students beginning their study of business administration.» admnistrador de empresa = firm administrator .
Example: Optical storage can help firm administrators control costs and bill clients more promptly which boost income.» archivo de empresa = business archives .
Example: The article 'Life in the fast lane: reference in a business archives' is devoted to archival reference services = El artículo "La vida desenfrenada: la referencia en un archivo de empresa" trata de los servicios de referencia de archivo.» ascender en la propia empresa poco a poco = work + Posesivo + way up .
Example: Many long-term residents feel that Junctionville should be governed the way it was before Groome appeared -- by 'good old boys' who had worked their way up, who eschewed issues, and who faithfully rewarded their cronies.» biblioteca de empresa = commercial library ; industrial library ; corporate library [Biblioteca que pertenece a una gran empresa, como, por ejemplo, IBM] ; company library ; business library .
Example: The chief aim of an industrial or commercial library can be expresssed as 'to save the parent organization both time and money'. Example: Thus, card-based post-coordinate indexes primarily found application in special libraries including industrial libraries, art libraries, and research and government libraries, and in special collections in larger libraries. Example: Decentralisation of corporate libraries into smaller units can be prejudicial to the technical and market development in the company. Example: The article 'Contracting: a bouquet of roses, but watch the thorns!' presents a personal review of an experience of undertaking a 1 year contract position assisting in the implementation of a new library management system in a company library. Example: In a business library a conventional catalogue is largely unnecessary; alternative methods are recommended.» bibliotecario de empresa = industrial librarian .
Example: The author describes the problems experienced by industrial librarians attempting to provide an optimal service and offers some solutions on both a national and an industrial level.» cena de empresa = corporate dinner ; company dinner .
Example: If you've never attended a corporate dinner aboard a cruise ship, you are in for a treat. Example: The first thing a new employee needs to know about company dinners is 'you're not there to eat,' but to socialize with the people you work for.» cerrar una empresa = wind up + a company .
Example: The resolution to wind up the company once passed can be annulled only by the High Court.» comida de empresa = company dinner ; corporate dinner .
Example: The first thing a new employee needs to know about company dinners is 'you're not there to eat,' but to socialize with the people you work for. Example: If you've never attended a corporate dinner aboard a cruise ship, you are in for a treat.» como las empresas = business-like .
Example: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.» conglomerado de empresas = conglomerate .
Example: This article discusses the dangers posed by a monopoly of government information by a handful of corporations and conglomerates many of which are foreign-owned.» contratación de personal cualificado de otras empresas = lateral hiring .
Example: In fact, recent data shows that the majority of mid-sized and larger firms are making lateral hiring in record numbers.» curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course .
Example: By comparison with universities, many colleges house a constantly changing population of full-time, part-time, day release, sandwich course and evening class students.» dejar la empresa = jump + ship .
Example: A new study suggests that up to 40% of currently employed individuals are ready to jump ship once the economy rebounds.» de la propia empresa = company-owned .
Example: If workers exceed established standards, they are 'awarded' trips at company expense, vacations at company-owned resorts at reduced rates, or special bonuses or gifts.» de toda la empresa = systemwide .
Example: Due to a state budget shortfall, the University will not be able to offer systemwide salary increases to employees.» director de empresa = company director .
Example: The ease with which the home addresses of company directors may be obtained from databases has been highlighted by the dangers faced by directors of biotechnology companies by animal rights activists.» directorio de empresas en base de datos = corporate directory database ; company directory database .
Example: The article 'The winds of change in corporate directory databases' presents new data bases available in the field of on-line directories of US private and public companies. Example: Some of the most valuable industry information can be compiled from company directory databases.» dirigir una empresa = run + a company ; run + a business .
Example: His wife ran the company for ten years until her son was ready to assume the responsibilities of the family business. Example: It was also a demonstration that the people running the business have absolutely no idea what they are doing when it comes to security.» documentación de empresas = business record .
Example: Repositories have broad mandates to acquire records, including business records, of cultural and historical importance to their respective communities.» empresa afiliada = sister company .
Example: Some publishers are entering into longterm, multiproperty licensing arrangements, while others participate in television coproductions and seek synergies with sister companies.» empresa comercial = commercial agency ; commercial vendor ; commercial business ; business firm .
Example: Such processing is normally done by commercial agencies, although machines can be purchased for in-house use. Example: Commercial vendors are completely outside conventional library systems, and might cream off the profitable end of the document supply market. Example: This article explores some of the ways that companies are -- or will be -- using the Internet to improve the marketing of their commercial businesses. Example: Collection and preservation of records is an expensive pursuit and the task of persuading cost conscious business firms that they ought to preserve their records is an unenviable one.» empresa con licencia = licensed operator .
Example: Homeowners who wish to rent out their property as a holiday home will be required to use the services of a licensed operator.» empresa con solera = established player .
Example: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.» empresa consolidada = established player .
Example: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.» empresa constructora = property developer ; housing developer ; building company .
Example: After the demolition of these 19th-century buildings, archaeologists from the museum were allowed by the property developers to excavate the site. Example: This guide is organised along the steps involved in buying uncompleted private residential properties from licensed housing developers. Example: More than 100 building companies were yesterday accused of ripping off taxpayers by operating a price-rigging cartel.» empresa consumada = established player .
Example: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.» empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter .
Example: The article 'How headhunters do their research' describes the process of research in the headhunting or executive search business.» empresa de camiones = trucking company .
Example: His lawyer calss him a 'working stiff' who runs a small trucking company, doesn't smoke and has an occasional sip of whiskey.» empresa de catering = caterer ; catering company .
Example: People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'. Example: But just because you're a great cook or baker doesn't mean you've got what it takes to run a successful catering company.» empresa de cobro de deudas = debt collection agency ; collection agency .
Example: This paper considers the lawsuit brought against a police officer in the Kent Constabulary, UK, who worked in his spare time for a debt collection agency and used the Police National Computer to retrieve information concerning the owner of a motor vehicle. Example: Someone applied for credit cards in my name and besides being dunned by collection agencies, my credit is ruined.» empresa de contabilidad = accounting firm .
Example: He headed one of the largest accounting firms in the country and took it to greater heights.» empresa dedicada a la venta por correo = mail order company .
Example: Applications include home banking, booking holidays and theatre tickets and ordering from mail order companies.» empresa dedicada al desarrollo de productos = product developer .
Example: There is a need for more communication between teacher librarians and product developers so that specific needs are satisfied.» empresa dedicada a los sondeos de opinión = polling firm ; polling agency .
Example: This is a full-text collection of public opinion surveys that have been conducted by major US polling firms since the 1940s. Example: The state premier polling agency has provided access to New Jersey public opinion data via the web.» empresa dedicada al proceso del cereal = corn processor .
Example: They decided one day to take it upon themselves without his knowledge to go out and solicit funds from some of the large corn processors and farm equipment manufacturers.» empresa de grandes derroches = high roller .
Example: The current buying elite, the 1,500 or so high rollers who attended the London sale, are a diverse, cosmopolitan bunch.» empresa de investigación = research firm .
Example: Others believe that a library should not leave the provision of desired services to commercial establishments and research firms who must make a profit.» empresa de la limpieza = cleaning firm .
Example: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.» empresa de limpieza = janitorial business ; cleaning business .
Example: A janitorial or cleaning business has proven to be a lucrative business for those who start the business with strong attitude and the will to work hard. Example: A janitorial or cleaning business has proven to be a lucrative business for those who start the business with strong attitude and the will to work hard.» empresa de marketing = marketing company .
Example: We have established ourselves as one of the leading marketing companies in our sphere of operation.» empresa de medios de comunicación = media company .
Example: The biography tells a fascinating story of an egocentric self-promoter who owned America's largest media company in the first half of the 20th century.» empresa de mudanzas = mover .
Example: A decision by university administrators to rely on existing campus resources rather than commercial movers for the relocation of collections is not unusual.» empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company ; sister organisation .
Example: Some publishers are entering into longterm, multiproperty licensing arrangements, while others participate in television coproductions and seek synergies with sister companies. Example: We are also exploring the possibility, with our sister organization in the US, of producing a joint issue possibly on the theme of how the so-called 'war on terror' is affecting library and information services.» empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing ; startup [start-up] .
Example: Large corporate bureaucracies like those of traditional music and movie publishers do this sort of thing much better than most little beginner 'startups' do. Example: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.» empresa de ordenadores = computer company .
Example: With respect to the private sector, the education and library community should establish long-term partnerships with telephone, cable, and computer companies.» empresa de productos cárnicos = meat packer ; packing plant .
Example: Proper livestock handling is extremely important to meat packers for obvious ethical reasons. Example: He was as good as his word, and invited me to take a tour around the packing plant with Patricia, the manager there.» empresa de reparto de paquetes = package delivery company .
Example: The article 'Not resting on its laurels' provides a background to the work of Federal Express, a package delivery company awarded the 1990 Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.» empresa de seguridad = security firm .
Example: The security firm, famous for its eagle-eyed officers, responded to a distress call from a teenager who was attacked while his parents were out.» empresa de servicios = service organisation ; service agency ; service company ; services firm .
Example: Access to current, reliable quality news is an important need in the fast-paced environment of all large corporations and service organisations. Example: This article examines one of these service agencies, which broker the services of bibliographic utilities or other data bases, from the perspective of library management. Example: The result will display all service companies nationwide that provide the service you are looking for. Example: The comparatively lower average rates by services firms can be explained by an increasing number of freelancers that are directly or indirectly contracted.» empresa de servicios de información = information broker [Organismo, a veces una persona, que se dedica a localizar, recuperar y ofrecer información sobre cualquier materia y que cobra por ello] ; broker ; information broking .
Example: An information broker is a commercial organization, sometimes an individual, that undertakes to locate, retrieve and provide information about any subject. Example: This article sets out the advantages of using a broker especially one who is conversant with the intricacies of intellectual property. Example: The essence of information broking is acting as an interface between the client and a multiplicity of information resources.» empresa de servicio social = social utility .
Example: The Kahn report saw NICs (neighbourhood information centers) as 'social utilities comparable to the general public utilities (gas, electric, phone) and public services (post office, water supply) which are recognized as vital to the adequate functioning of the individual, the family and the neighborhood in modern society' = El informa Kahn consideraba que los centros de información ciudadana son "empresas de servicio social comparables a las empresas de servicio público generales (el gas, la electricidad, el teléfono) y a los servicios públicos (correos, abastecimiento de agua) que se reconocen que son vitales para el funcionamiento adecuado del indivudo, la familia y la vecindad en la sociedad moderna".» empresa de servicios profesionales = professional services firm .
Example: For any professional services firm, there will be different customer groups with different needs and expectations.» empresa de servicios públicos = public utility ; utility company .
Example: The Kahn report saw NICs (neighbourhood information centers) as 'social utilities comparable to the general public utilities (gas, electric, phone) and public services (post office, water supply) which are recognized as vital to the adequate functioning of the individual, the family and the neighborhood in modern society' = El informa Kahn consideraba que los centros de información ciudadana son "empresas de servicio social comparables a las empresas de servicio público generales (el gas, la electricidad, el teléfono) y a los servicios públicos (correos, abastecimiento de agua) que se reconocen que son vitales para el funcionamiento adecuado del indivudo, la familia y la vecindad en la sociedad moderna" . Example: By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.» empresa de solera = established player .
Example: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.» empresa de telecomunicaciones = computer bureau .
Example: Computer bureaux are organisations which sell computer time and other computing and associated facilities, on a commercial basis.» empresa de trabajo = industrial affiliation .
Example: If a study must be conducted of the use made of the reference room, hourly head counts, shelving statistics, and inquiries as to the users' school or industrial affiliation may be employed.» empresa de un grupo = operating company [Perteneciente a un grupo] .
Example: In the future, these files will be made readily accessible to other Glaxo operating companies through the use of computers.» empresa de viajes = travel company .
Example: However there is considerable fear among certain sectors, such as travel companies and bus tour organizers in some countries.» empresa en la que sólo pueden trabajar empleados que pertenezcan a un sindicato = close shop .
Example: The closed shop (an industry or organization in which employers may hire only union members) is illegal, as is the union shop (where union membership is mandatory for all employees included in a bargaining unit).» empresa familiar = family business ; family-run business .
Example: His wife ran the company for ten years until her son was ready to assume the responsibilities of the family business. Example: This is a family-run business that creates rustic metal art that is functional and decorative.» empresa farmacéutica = drug company .
Example: Providers range from universities and national institutions to drug companies, foundations, and individuals who have survived cancer.» empresa filial = subsidiary company .
Example: The US is also worried that its European subsidiary companies will be unduly restricted in their handling of data.» empresa fraudulenta = scam company .
Example: We have been able to follow the money paid to these scam companies and have lifted the lid on the activities of a criminal gang.» empresa hipotecaria = mortgage company .
Example: Not all mortgage companies are the same.» empresa industrial = industrial firm .
Example: In libraries serving industrial firms, for example, the cost of not finding information may be high; this is why 'hard headed businessmen' add to their overheads by paying for extensive library services.» empresa maderera = lumber company .
Example: She earned her stripes by starting as an office assistant and quickly jumped into dispatching trucks and eventually managing all of the freight for a large wholesale lumber company.» empresa multinacional = multinational [Nombre] ; multinational corporation ; multinational company .
Example: The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals. Example: It is a well-attested fact that there is a lack of legal accountability for multinational corporations both at an international and national level. Example: For more than a decade, multinational companies invested heavily in Southern Europe as the birth of the euro fueled economic growth.» empresa organizadora de congresos = conference organiser .
Example: Congrex Holland BV has been appointed as the official conference organiser for this event.» empresa petrolera = oil firm .
Example: Ecuador auctions off Amazon to Chinese oil firms = Ecuador subasta Amazon a empresas petroleras chinas.» empresa privada = private vendor ; private company ; private business ; private firm .
Example: If the NLM raises its prices to match those charged by private vendors, it will jeopardise access to information by those unable to afford it. Example: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies. Example: Slanker claims that money is the only serious difference between private business and the public library. Example: Competition between public and private firms will enable farmers to obtain a higher share of world commodity prices.» empresa pública = civilian employer ; public firm .
Example: Paper and paper management are highly refined technologies that are buried deeply into our infrastructure (e.g., the largest civilian employer in the U.S. is the Post Office). Example: Competition between public and private firms will enable farmers to obtain a higher share of world commodity prices.» empresas americanas, las = corporate America .
Example: She is the author of 11 novels depicting the power of corporate America and the dark and insidious logic of the consumer society.» empresa sindicada = union shop [Empresa en la que es obligatorio pertenecer a un sindicato para poder trabajar] .
Example: The closed shop (an industry or organization in which employers may hire only union members) is illegal, as is the union shop (where union membership is mandatory for all employees included in a bargaining unit).» empresa televisiva = television company .
Example: Partnerships between libraries, publishers and television companies can facilitate the delivery of access to new forms of learning and information.» empresa transportadora = shipper ; shipping agent .
Example: The purposes and application of demurrage charges are not well understood, and this work should be valuable to shippers and railway officials. Example: Gibraltar is home to an impressive range of shipping agents offering every kind of support service to vessels of all sizes.» en toda la empresa = company-wide ; systemwide .
Example: This is the approach used to design a new online company-wide information system to describe business procedures and processes. Example: Due to a state budget shortfall, the University will not be able to offer systemwide salary increases to employees.» específico de las empresas = company-specific .
Example: This paper outlines a few of the thousands of sites which are helpful in obtaining general business information and company specific information.» fiesta de Navidad de empresa = Christmas office party ; staff Christmas party ; company Christmas party ; work Christmas party .
Example: At best, Christmas office parties are good for morale, great fun and a chance to enjoy spending time with colleagues. Example: The staff Christmas Party is a hot bed of mostly cringe-inducing, and sometimes dismissible, behaviour. Example: The thought of planning the company Christmas party is, for many, an uncertain and scary prospect. Example: Christmas is a time to be merry, in keeping with the season, this article looks at the blunders made at work Christmas parties.» fusión de empresas = consolidation .
Example: Consolidations have reduced the number of publishing houses available.» gasto de empresa = business expense .
Example: Courts ruled that tax rebates paid to oculists cannot be deducted as business expenses.» gestión de empresas = business management .
Example: The goal of this study was to identify the most productive reviewing journals for business management.» grupo de empresas = business group .
Example: That this group took a thoughtful approach and had a significant impact on education reform is no indication that other business groups will do the same.» guardería de la empresa = workplace crêche .
Example: For example, the productivity of women who have access to workplace crêches has risen beause they are able to concentrate more fully on their job.» información sobre empresas = business intelligence .
Example: This article presents 5 examples of ways in which the Internet can be used by companies to gather business intelligence in a range of industries.» intranet de empresa = corporate intranet .
Example: The article is entitled 'Surfing corporate intranets: search tools that control the undertow'.» libro de empresa = organisation manual [Libro que una organización posee que recoge toda la normativa, las normas de procedimiento, objetivos, etc. relativos a la misma] .
Example: This concept of service (broadened to include radio and television) is still emphasized in the organization manual used by the agency's 68 men and women.» liquidar una empresa = wind up + a company ; liquidate + a company ; liquidate + a business .
Example: The resolution to wind up the company once passed can be annulled only by the High Court. Example: The initiative to liquidate the company usually comes from either the shareholders or the company's creditors. Example: Sometimes taking the decision to liquidate a business can, in fact, be the best way to save it.» llevar una empresa = run + a business .
Example: It was also a demonstration that the people running the business have absolutely no idea what they are doing when it comes to security.» médico de empresa = company doctor .
Example: Company doctors have been criticized for poor standards of care and bias towards their employers' interests.» mercado de la empresa = corporate market .
Example: With the advent of advanced computing platforms, DowVision is the first large-scale effort to broadcast real-time news to the corporate market.» mundo de la empresa = business world .
Example: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.» mundo de la empresa, el = corporate world, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: Perhaps she would be well advised to read that book and others of its ilk to see if she could learn something about surviving in the corporate world.» mundo de las empresas = business environment .
Example: The concepts of competition, technological discontinuities, and innovation are typically found in a business environment.» página web de empresa = business site ; corporate site .
Example: This paper describes the disillusioning attempts at using push technology to set up Web channels to familiar European business sites. Example: The Web is currently dominated by corporate sites primarily intended to describe and promote the company and its products and services.» para toda la empresa = company-wide ; enterprise-wide .
Example: This is the approach used to design a new online company-wide information system to describe business procedures and processes. Example: The author considers the issue of enterprise-wide agreements in which companies, universities, or library systems buy or license electronic content for their entire organization.» partícipe en la empresa = corporate insider [Directivo de una compañía o persona que tiene participaciones en ella] .
Example: Corporate insiders are defined as officers, directors or major shareholders that own stock in US public corporations.» patrocinado por la propia empresa = company-sponsored .
Example: This article looks at the publishing of house journals, or company-sponsored periodicals, from one particular point of view; the production of house journals by a publisher for a number of different companies.» pequeña empresa = small business .
Example: Small businesses employ more than 53% of Europe's workforce and are responsible for half of Europe's total turnover.» persona de la propia empresa = insider .
Example: All libraries, particularly those with rare book or manuscript collections, should take steps to minimise insider thefts.» programa de prácticas en la empresa = internship program(me) ; internship .
Example: Library schools and science-engineering libraries should cooperate over internship programmes so that students can gain practical experience. Example: She concludes that the internship has got off to a good start and some of the goals have been achieved.» programa mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich programme .
Example: The article is entitled 'Alternating work and education: a sandwich programme for an undergraduate diploma in library science'.» propiedad de la empresa = company-owned .
Example: If workers exceed established standards, they are 'awarded' trips at company expense, vacations at company-owned resorts at reduced rates, or special bonuses or gifts.» propietario de una empresa = business owner .
Example: As a business owner, your company's financial health is of the utmost importance.» PYME (Pequeña y Mediana Empresa) = SME (Small and Medium Sized Enterprise) .
Example: These access points will offer Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) an online catalogue of relevant information services.» que afecta a toda la empresa = enterprise-wide .
Example: The author considers the issue of enterprise-wide agreements in which companies, universities, or library systems buy or license electronic content for their entire organization.» sitio web de empresa = business site ; corporate site .
Example: This paper describes the disillusioning attempts at using push technology to set up Web channels to familiar European business sites. Example: The Web is currently dominated by corporate sites primarily intended to describe and promote the company and its products and services.» trabajador cualificado contratado de otra empresa = lateral hire .
Example: In those cases, the salary for lateral hires is dependent upon the applicant's prior work experience and expertise.» ya parte de la empresa = on board .
Example: This article gives instructions for installing an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) in a mobile library van (bookmobile) thus enabling the carrying of a computer on board.empresa2 = enterprise ; scheme ; venture ; quest ; operation ; undertaking.
Example: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.Example: There are forty-six centres in twenty-five countries participating in the scheme.Example: However rudimentary or advanced the system, and no matter what the age of the children involved, certain matters should be considered before setting out on the venture.Example: It is a quest without a satisfactory conclusion - a holy grail of librarianship.Example: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.Example: Since the file from 1966-1975 contains some 2,500,000 references, a search of the complete data base is a fairly large-scale undertaking.more:
» empresa descabellada = fool's errand .
Example: I'd like to explain that treating online poker as though it is a science based on mathematic principles is a fool's errand for most of us.» empresa próspera = success story .
Example: It is sad to see two rare success stories engaged in combat.