comprobar
check ; cross check ; make + sure ; vet ; double-check [doublecheck] ; collate ; test ; check out ; check for ; make + double sure.
This would be the last stage in the compilation of the scheme in order to check that the scheme seems likely to be effective.
All Allibone's work reveals how important it is for bibliographers to cross check their references and not take earlier work at its face value.
DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.
All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
Duplicates should be double-checked before being handled as duplicates.
It is no longer necessary to collate unaided, since copies can now be compared mechanically with a Hinman collating machine, which rapidly shows up all variation between them.
Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.
He said firefighters were there mostly to make double sure it wasn't still smoldering.
comprobar con
check against
Card catalogues are not portable, but drawers and individual cards can be removed by staff for checking against stock.
comprobar de antemano
pretest [pre-test]
pilot-test
Prior to the experiment, a multiple choice test instrument was designed and pretested.
The survey questionnaires and methodology were pilot-tested late in 81.
comprobar en la práctica real
field-test
The 35 measures to assess digital reference services were field-tested by a number of libraries participating in the project.
comprobar las necesidades económicas [Generalmente para la concesión de ayudas y beneficios de cualquier tipo]
means test
Gordon Brown always claims that he has to means test benefits because that is the only way to help the poorest people.
comprobar la validez
pilot-test
The survey questionnaires and methodology were pilot-tested late in 81.
comprobar la validez de
test + the validity of
Whether he knows it or not, the writer will be testing the validity of certain ways of seeing life.
comprobar los ingresos [Generalmente para la concesión de ayudas y beneficios de cualquier tipo]
means test
Gordon Brown always claims that he has to means test benefits because that is the only way to help the poorest people.
comprobar si el contenido de un vídeo es adecuado o no
vet + video
A committee vets each video and so far 173 programmes have been examined.
comprobar si un dispositivo o dirección web está activa
ping
This program reads the raw data files and compiles a report for each node pinged for the day specified.
comprobar una hipótesis
test + hypothesis
The general hypothesis to be tested is that there are significant differences in readability among these three groups.
haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente
be thoroughly tested
Unfortunately, librarians were unable to bring themselves to whole-heartedly accept and implement this new philosophy, and as a result it has never been carefully thought out or thoroughly tested.
sin comprobar
untested
Yet the documentation strategy is still a largely untested concept.
volver a comprobar
check back
Inquirers should be advised to leave their names and phone numbers or to check back after staff members have had time to consider the question.
