Finés in english

fin¹ = quit ; STOP ; goodbye [good-bye] ; end. 

Example: The final choice, 'Quit (LOGOFF),' takes you back to the Welcome screen.Example: The command function 'STOP' is used to end the session and logoff.Example: The article 'Books -- is it goodbye?' shows that while there was a sharp increase in fiction in Finland after the 2nd World War, the amount of fiction is now beginning to decline.Example: Scanning must start to the left of the bar codes and must continue past the right end.

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» a fin de cuentas = at the end of the day ; in the end ; in the final count ; in the grand scheme of things ; when (all/everything) is said and done ; after (all/everything) is said and done ; in the last analysis .

Example: At the end of the day, the greatest need for the foreseeable future remains space for books and ordinary readers.

Example: This is time well invested since it saves money in the end and leads to a higher success rate in providing information = Éste es tiempo bien invertido ya que ahorra dinero en última instancia y permite ofrecer una información mucho más pertinente para el usuario.

Example: In the final count, the method of delivery of the data is less important than the quality of information.

Example: This is largely clueless enthusiasm focused on things that don't matter in the grand scheme of things.

Example: When all is said and done, however, this great encyclopedia is now back on track after a period of confusion and frustration = No obstante, al final de cuentas esta gran enciclopedia vuelve a ser lo que era después de un periodo de confusión y frustración.

Example: And after all is said and done, hiring decisions, for the most part, are based on whether or not the candidate is likeable.

Example: In the last analysis, a microcomputer is a small computer and will be unsuitable for no other reason than the sheer size of the files involved.

» al fin = at last ; at long last .

Example: At last we were ready to tackle our most ambitious and anxiously awaited project of the school year.

Example: The article is entitled 'The private sector in cellular telephone services: a reality at long last?'.

» al fin del mundo = to the ends of the earth .

Example: Having journeyed to the ends of the earth and the land of the dead, Heracles could therefore suggest closing down the Eleusian mysteries.

» al fin y al cabo = in the end ; after all ; all in all ; after (all/everything) is said and done ; when (all/everything) is said and done ; in the last analysis ; at the end of the day .

Example: This is time well invested since it saves money in the end and leads to a higher success rate in providing information = Éste es tiempo bien invertido ya que ahorra dinero en última instancia y permite ofrecer una información mucho más pertinente para el usuario.

Example: After all, the areas of diversification are catered for already by other types of information-related departments.

Example: All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.

Example: And after all is said and done, hiring decisions, for the most part, are based on whether or not the candidate is likeable.

Example: When all is said and done, however, this great encyclopedia is now back on track after a period of confusion and frustration = No obstante, al final de cuentas esta gran enciclopedia vuelve a ser lo que era después de un periodo de confusión y frustración.

Example: In the last analysis, a microcomputer is a small computer and will be unsuitable for no other reason than the sheer size of the files involved.

Example: At the end of the day, the greatest need for the foreseeable future remains space for books and ordinary readers.

» cinta sin fin = endless belt ; conveyor belt ; conveyor [conveyer] .

Example: Beaten stuff was dribbled steadily across the width of an endless belt of woven wire which carried it away from the vat in an even film = La pasta de papel goteaba constantemente sobre una cinta sin fin hecha de tela metálica, o tamiz, que la transportaba desde la tina formando una capa uniforme.

Example: For example, in mail sorting, the sorter simply tells the computer the destination of an item on a conveyor belt, and that item is automatically directed into the appropriate slot.

Example: Mechanical handling systems include conveyors in the packing areas automatic vertical elevators, and mobile containers.

» dar fin = wind down .

Example: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

» dar fin a = bring + Nombre + to a close ; draw to + a close ; knock + Nombre + on the head ; put + paid to ; put + an end to ; put + a stop to ; call + a halt on ; curb ; bring + an end to ; bring + Nombre + to an end ; sound + the death knell for ; kill off ; bring + the curtain down on ; call + an end to ; put + a halt to ; put + the kibosh on .

Example: 2006 was brought to a close with a flurry of acquisitions.

Example: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.

Example: So after 3 days we have finally knocked her on the head, dad and I can finally put our feet up and have a cold beer.

Example: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

Example: The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.

Example: Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.

Example: These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.

Example: A book detection system was installed to curb thefts which had been seriously eroding the library's resources for some time, creating a heavy drain on the limited book budget = Se ha instalado un sistema detector de libros para poner freno a los robos que han ido minando gravemente los recursos de la biblioteca durante algún tiempo, creando un gasto innecesario en el escaso presupuesto destinado a libros.

Example: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.

Example: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.

Example: Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.

Example: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print = Noticias hiperindividualizadas" siempre fueron una de las razones por las que se suponía que internet acabaría con la prensa escrita.

Example: He has brought the curtain down on his long career in cricket by announcing his retirement.

Example: A march to call an end to gang-related violence in the city is slated to start at 2 p.m..

Example: This financial crisis put a halt to the project since their lender went bankrupt that year.

Example: Winter weather might put the kibosh on your outdoor plans, but it doesn't mean you won't find plenty of fun things to do in Branson.

» de fin de año = end of the year .

Example: The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.

» de fin de mes = end-of-the-month .

Example: The program is written in dBase 3 and runs on an IBM PC/XT, and reports the number of searches performed and prints end-of-the-month invoices for users unassociated with the university but with standing accounts.

» de fin de milenio = millennial [Adjetivo] .

Example: This is something which happens exactly once every thousand years; it is a true millennial event.

» de principio a fin = from start to finish ; gavel to gavel ; from beginning to end .

Example: This concept permeates all bibliothecal activities from start to finish, especially indexing and abstracting.

Example: A survey of state legislators finds that lawmakers support expanding television coverage of legislative proceedings to include gavel to gavel programming.

Example: This new drapers' guild commissioned a series of paintings illustrating the textile production steps from beginning to end.

» de principio a fin (documento) = (from) cover to cover .

Example: Virtually every discipline in the sciences, from astronomy through zoology, is represented since journals are indexed cover to cover.

» desde principio a fin = throughout .

Example: Throughout, the code is based upon clearly stated principles.

» desear el fin de = wish away .

Example: She realizes that while her heart is in the right place, she cannot wish away life's complications.

» discurso de fin de curso = commencement salutatory .

Example: Short's diary discusses her experiences composing and delivering her own commencement salutatory titled, 'The Power of Verse'.

» durante el fin de semana = over the weekend .

Example: After playing five games over the weekend, his arms and legs weren't up to strength.

» el fin del mundo = the end of the world .

Example: If you are reading these words, then we survived the end of the world that was supposedly foretold by the ancient Maya.

» el fin de semana = over the weekend ; at the weekend .

Example: After playing five games over the weekend, his arms and legs weren't up to strength.

Example: Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.

» el principio del fin = the beginning of the end .

Example: The Normandy landings of June 1944 marked the beginning of the end of World War II.

» en el fin del mundo = edge of the world, the .

Example: I know many might argue that Alamogordo is way out in the middle of nowhere but to my family it was really and truly the edge of civilization.

» en el fin de semana = over the weekend ; at the weekend .

Example: After playing five games over the weekend, his arms and legs weren't up to strength.

Example: Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.

» en fin = well ; in short ; to cut a long story short .

Example: Well, you've heard that same thing is going to happen this afternoon.

Example: In short, the work and approach of the chief librarian is crucial to the success of the library he serves.

Example: To cut a long story short, just as they were nearing the weir the engine stopped working and they had to jump into the water.

» escapada de fin de semana = weekend break ; weekend getaway .

Example: Escape to Cornwall for a long weekend break or whisk your loved one away for a romantic stay in one of our cosy cottages.

Example: Weekend getaways are a great way to spice up your life without spending too much.

» escapada de fin de semana en una ciudad = weekend city break .

Example: Now, in my opinion, no weekend city break would be complete without some form of shopping!.

» escaparse de/el fin de semana = get away for + the weekend .

Example: Getting away for the weekend can help you reconnect with yourself, loved ones, and nature.

» fin de año = EOY (end of year) ; end of the year .

Example: I see that RefViz is a new product offering at ProCite, and currently (through EOY) on discount.

Example: The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.

» fin de la discusión = end of story ; period ; end of discussion ; full stop .

Example: You don't give out eight year contracts to players that are not stars, end of story.

Example: 'I guess you have a way with people, they take what you say as true and never question it period' he said.

Example: Likewise, she competes in women's tennis and is the best there ever was, end of discussion.

Example: This is what I do, it's my life, it's my love, and I am physically and emotionally compelled to do it, full stop.

» fin de semana = weekend .

Example: An I&R service may involve itself in providing 'hotlines', that is emergency help during times of crises or when other services close down, eg evenings, weekends or public holidays.

» fin de semana largo = long weekend ; holiday weekend .

Example: Celebrate the long weekend with these recipes fit for a queen.

Example: There have been fewer fatalities on state roads this holiday weekend than last year.

» fin de semana lluvioso = wet weekend ; rainy weekend ; rainy weekend .

Example: Good books are essential -- so we've selected 7 brilliant reads for cosying up with on a frosty night or wet weekend.

Example: We can expect a rainy weekend despite bushfires still burning in parts of the state.

Example: We can expect a rainy weekend despite bushfires still burning in parts of the state.

» fin de semana pasado por agua = wet weekend .

Example: Good books are essential -- so we've selected 7 brilliant reads for cosying up with on a frosty night or wet weekend.

» fines de semana, los = at weekends ; on weekends .

Example: Charges relate to the time connected: these are 10.5p per minute for the first 250 hours at peak rate (between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m.), or 3.5p per minute outside these hours and at weekends.

Example: However. alcohol advertising is permitted during live broadcasting of sporting events on weekends and public holidays.

» generación del fin del milenio, la = Millennial Generation, the [Personas nacidas en los últimos veinte años del siglo XIX] ; Millennium Generation, the .

Example: The 'Millennial Generation' -- also known as Generation Y -- are those who will graduate from high school in the first decade of the new millennium.

Example: The Millennium Generation was born at time when our country put a real focus on improving the live of kids and their families.

» hacer una escapada de fin de semana = get away for + the weekend .

Example: Getting away for the weekend can help you reconnect with yourself, loved ones, and nature.

» hasta el fin del mundo = until the end of the world .

Example: In this list, he gave a cryptic name to each of the popes who would reign from that time until the until the end of the world.

» leer de principio a fin = read + from cover to cover .

Example: It is not necessary to read every document from cover to cover.

» llegar a buen fin = bear + fruit ; come to + fruition ; have + a successful ending .

Example: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were basically satisfied that the efforts they were making were bearing fruit = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigación se sentían básicamente satisfechos de que los esfuerzos que estaban haciendo estaban dando fruto.

Example: Menu-based information retrieval could be the area in which the extensive experiencia with enumerative classification may come to fruition.

Example: Every painful story have a successful ending, so bear the pain and get ready for success.

» llegar al fin de una era = reach + the end of an era .

Example: Even though he obtained his journalism degree with honors, he chose to continue working as a Linotype operator until his retirement when Linotype reached the end of an era.

» llegar a su fin = wind down ; draw to + a close ; draw to + an end ; come to + an end ; come to + a close .

Example: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

Example: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.

Example: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.

Example: The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.

Example: With the end of the year coming to a close, more companies are thinking about closing down the week between Christmas and New Years to save energy and costs.

» llevar a buen fin = lead + Nombre + to (a) safe harbour .

Example: It is my people who elected me in a referendum and who trusted me to lead them to safe harbour.

» no ser el fin del mundo = be not the end of the world .

Example: Taking a rest day from exercising is not the end of the world.

» no tener fin = there + be + no end to .

Example: Chilton Book Company is probably the largest publisher of repair guides for automobiles and motorcycles, and there is no end to the clamor for these tools at a reference desk.

» no ver el fin de = see + no end of/to .

Example: Suffering a bewildering multitude of insoluble problems, Alice saw no end of misery.

» para fin de mes = by the end of the month .

Example: The situation got better by the end of the month.

» película sin fin = filmloop [film loop/film-loop] .

Example: Examples of types of specific material designation that would be described in the physical description area are: hand puppet, jigsaw puzzle, film loop, film reel, paperweight, stereograph reel, and so on.

» persona nacida en el fin del milenio = Millennial .

Example: Millennials say they are prepared to reward or punish a company based on its commitment to social causes.

» piscina sin fin = endless (swimming) pool ; infinity (swimming) pool .

Example: The third floor of our building features an endless swimming pool and fitness room for the health and enjoyment of our employees.

Example: The 35-meter infinity swimming pool overlooking the ocean is nearly as beautiful as the beach below.

» poner fin a = put + paid to ; put + an end to ; put + a stop to ; call + a halt on ; curb ; bring + Nombre + to a close ; draw to + a close ; bring + an end to ; bring + Nombre + to an end ; sound + the death knell for ; kill off ; bring + the curtain down on ; call + an end to ; put + a halt to ; knock + Nombre + on the head ; scotch ; put + the kibosh on .

Example: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

Example: The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.

Example: Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.

Example: These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.

Example: A book detection system was installed to curb thefts which had been seriously eroding the library's resources for some time, creating a heavy drain on the limited book budget = Se ha instalado un sistema detector de libros para poner freno a los robos que han ido minando gravemente los recursos de la biblioteca durante algún tiempo, creando un gasto innecesario en el escaso presupuesto destinado a libros.

Example: 2006 was brought to a close with a flurry of acquisitions.

Example: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.

Example: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.

Example: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.

Example: Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.

Example: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print = Noticias hiperindividualizadas" siempre fueron una de las razones por las que se suponía que internet acabaría con la prensa escrita.

Example: He has brought the curtain down on his long career in cricket by announcing his retirement.

Example: A march to call an end to gang-related violence in the city is slated to start at 2 p.m..

Example: This financial crisis put a halt to the project since their lender went bankrupt that year.

Example: So after 3 days we have finally knocked her on the head, dad and I can finally put our feet up and have a cold beer.

Example: Any chance of doing that was scotched by the annihilation of the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Example: Winter weather might put the kibosh on your outdoor plans, but it doesn't mean you won't find plenty of fun things to do in Branson.

» poner fin a los abusos = curb + the abuses .

Example: $2 million dollars per year is spent on investigations of lawyer misconduct with little to no success of curbing the abuses = Se gastan 2 millones de dólares al año en investigar la falta de ética de algunos abogados con poco o ningún éxito para poner fin a estos abusos .

» poner fin a un embarazo = terminate + a pregnancy .

Example: There was a variety of views concerning the permissibility of terminating a pregnancy.

» por fin = at length ; at last ; finally ; at long last .

Example: 'Well, if you can be patient,' he said at length, 'I'll see what I can do'.

Example: At last we were ready to tackle our most ambitious and anxiously awaited project of the school year.

Example: But the point is that people are finally starting to look at me as a librarian, and to this place as a library.

Example: The article is entitled 'The private sector in cellular telephone services: a reality at long last?'.

» por fin es viernes = Thank God It's Friday (TGIF) .

Example: Not too long ago, when the work week came to an end, a large segment of the population who worked hard all week looked up to the sky, exclaimed 'Thank God It's Friday', and promptly headed for the neighborhood bar.

» por fin ha llegado el viernes = Thank God It's Friday (TGIF) .

Example: Not too long ago, when the work week came to an end, a large segment of the population who worked hard all week looked up to the sky, exclaimed 'Thank God It's Friday', and promptly headed for the neighborhood bar.

» por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that) .

Example: It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.

» proyecto fin de carrera = final dissertation .

Example: Very few studies have looked at delay or failure in the completion of a final dissertation.

» proyecto fin de grado = final dissertation .

Example: Very few studies have looked at delay or failure in the completion of a final dissertation.

» puente de fin de semana = long weekend ; holiday weekend .

Example: Celebrate the long weekend with these recipes fit for a queen.

Example: There have been fewer fatalities on state roads this holiday weekend than last year.

» seminario de fin de semana = weekend school [Seminario sobre un tema muy específico y que se concentra en un fin de semana] .

Example: The article 'Spying the flagships' is a report of an Association of Assistant Librarians national weekend school, 8-10 May 87, on the theme of 'Off the peg, tailored or patchwork?' in relation to choosing library computer systems.

» ser el fin de = sign + a death warrant (for) ; be the end of .

Example: If libraries do not catalog as many electronic resources as possible, this may effectively sign the death warrant for the library OPAC.

Example: Sadly, in the early 80', a member of the Italian royal family was killed there, a few others got kidnapped, and that was the end of this resort at least for the jet-setters.

» significar el fin de Algo = mean + an end to .

Example: Although publication of the second edition will mark the culmination of the current code revision project, it will not mean an end to code revision as such.

» sin fin = never-finishing ; never-ending ; bottomless  ; interminably ; unending .

Example: And becoming aware (a never-finishing process of intelligent life) is in itself action.

Example: His, he concludes, is the never-ending search for what is new in the world out yonder.

Example: The novel is a bottomless quagmire of melodramatic weirdness.

Example: Also unfortunately common is the lonely soul who visits interminably with whomever is on the desk -- and occasionally with other readers.

Example: In the mean time, the piles outside the library are multiplying and shapeshifting and, for every 100 books the library SWAT team rescues, 100 are added by the unending delivery trucks.

» tecla de fin = End key .

Example: The <Home> and <End> keys move the cursor to the far left (beginning) or far right (end) of the line.

» tocar a su fin = draw to + a close ; draw to + an end ; wind down ; come to + an end ; come to + a close .

Example: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.

Example: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.

Example: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

Example: The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.

Example: With the end of the year coming to a close, more companies are thinking about closing down the week between Christmas and New Years to save energy and costs.

» todo el fin de semana = all weekend long .

Example: Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.

» ver el fin de = see + the end of/to .

Example: As spoken by the words of Plato, the only day we will see the end of war is when we ourselves perish.

fin² = aim ; end ; goal ; purpose ; objective. 

Example: The aim of SWALCAP is to provide integrated computer services for library housekeeping purposes and to keep these services up to date.Example: In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.Example: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.Example: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.Example: An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.

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» a este fin = to this end .

Example: To this end some consultative procedure is to be recommended.

» a fin de = in order to .

Example: Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.

» a fin de que = in order that .

Example: In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.

» alcanzar + Posesivo + fin = reach + Posesivo + end .

Example: It is clear that a powerful and mysterious force is pushing seniors toward greater volunteer involvement, and nonprofit groups should tap into this particularly civic age group before the Indian summer of volunteering reaches its end.

» con el fin de = in order to ; in a bid to/for ; with the aim of ; in the drive to ; in a drive to ; in a move to ; in order that ; in the attempt to ; in an effort to ; aimed at ; with the purpose of ; with an aim to .

Example: Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.

Example: In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.

Example: A wide area network with the aim of connecting all Arab Gulf countries in the near future.

Example: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Example: The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.

Example: In a move to cut costs, Mayor Tavares has proposed slashing, but not eliminating, funds to two bus programs that serve the elderly.

Example: In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.

Example: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

Example: Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.

Example: In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson initiated the 'Neighborhood Pilot Centres' programme aimed at providing a neighbourhood centre to co-ordinate the programmes of other federal agencies in every urban ghetto.

Example: Many libraries were visited with the purpose of understanding the structure and management of library services to children in that country = Se visitaron muchas bibliotecas con objeto de de conocer la organización y gestión de los servicios bibliotecarios para niños en este país.

Example: The four of us, mum, dad and two kids, set off from Melbourne, Australia, in April 2008 with an aim to drive around the world.

» con ese fin = to that end .

Example: This book is prepared as a contribution to that end.

» con este fin = to this end ; to that effect .

Example: To this end some consultative procedure is to be recommended.

Example: It was dangerous but NASA made provisions to that effect.

» con fines + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes .

Example: It is occasionally useful for administrative purposes to be able to tag borrowers so that they may be intercepted during charge-out.

» con fines benéficos = for charity .

Example: She is finally making good on her promise to auction off a piece of jewelry for charity.

» con fines electorales = pork-barrel [Aplicado a una actuación política cuyo fin es puramente ganar votos] .

Example: All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.

» con fines lucrativos = profit-making ; profit-orientated ; profit-oriented ; profit-generating .

Example: Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.

Example: Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.

Example: The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.

Example: Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered = Se analizan ejemplos de esfuerzos determinados para eliminar las barreras intelectuales que existen entre los modelos comerciales con fines lucrativos y las actividades propias de la comunidad académica.

» confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends .

Example: The issues, it seems to me, are in technology; for example, too often being too close to the operation, one tends to confuse the means with the end.

» conseguir un fin = secure + an end .

Example: This difference between these two types of libraries we shall be well advised to observe though we should not be too hidebound as to the means by which we may secure the end.

» construido expresamente para tal fin = purpose-built .

Example: In 1961 the library moved into a small purpose-built building.

» el fin de todos los fines = the end of all ends .

Example: Death is the end of all ends -- there is no light at the end of that tunnel there is nothing but everlasting pain.

» el fin justifica los medios = the end justifies the means .

Example: And when the end justifies the means, there are always a thousand untold consequences.

» fines lucrativos = financial gain .

Example: Books are stolen for financial gain or out of an excessive passion for the volumes themselves.

» no llevar a ningún fin = beat + a dead horse ; flog + a dead horse ; fart in(to) + the wind ; piss in(to) + the wind .

Example: Despite all the written and spoken words, and the charge that to even raise the issue now is to beat a dead horse, there are, regrettably, a host of continuing problems in the area of fairness of headings.

Example: When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.

Example: Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.

Example: I'll listen to what you guys want to talk about, but it's just pissing in the wind.

» para este fin = to this end .

Example: To this end some consultative procedure is to be recommended.

» para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose] .

Example: The idea has been suggested to set up multipurpose community centres where services like a grocer, a chemist, a doctor's surgery, a family planning clinic, and a bank, could all be located.

» perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines .

Example: These press releases are useful as they can indicate which other authorities are working on the same lines so that contact can be made and experience and ideas shared.

» perseguir un fin = pursue + an end .

Example: I would say that the general end of objectivity in the headings that Ms. Marshall talked about is a very laudable end and should be pursued.

» ser un fin en sí mismo = be an end in itself .

Example: Shera and Egan's definition of bibliographic organization provides a reminder that the compilation of bibliographies is not an end in itself but merely the means to an end.

» ser un fin en sí mismos = be ends in themselves .

Example: Information networks are not ends in themselves, but rather are critical tools to ensure the exchange, transfer, and use of information.

» ser un medio para llegar a un fin = be the means to an end .

Example: Shera and Egan's definition of bibliographic organization provides a reminder that the compilation of bibliographies is not an end in itself but merely the means to an end.

» servir un fin = serve + an end .

Example: Although the pregnant women did not describe precisely the same counterstrategies as did library users, their counterstrategies served the same ends.

» sin fines lucrativos = non-profit [nonprofit] [También escrito not-for-profit] ; non-profit making .

Example: This non-profit organisation was formed to promote quality library and information services.

Example: SWALCAP is a non-profit making organisation based at the University of Bristol.

» un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end .

Example: In a business setting, technical documentation is not an end in itself but rather a means to an end.

» un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end .

Example: In a business setting, technical documentation is not an end in itself but rather a means to an end.

» un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end .

Example: In a business setting, technical documentation is not an end in itself but rather a means to an end.

» utilizar para un fin = put to + purpose .

Example: This can still be provided, but account must be taken of functions and qualities of the building and the purpose to which it will be put.