fin
aim ; end ; goal ; purpose ; quit ; STOP ; goodbye [good-bye] ; objective.
The aim of SWALCAP is to provide integrated computer services for library housekeeping purposes and to keep these services up to date.
In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.
Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
The final choice, 'Quit (LOGOFF),' takes you back to the Welcome screen.
The command function 'STOP' is used to end the session and logoff.
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.
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.
a este fin
to this end
To this end some consultative procedure is to be recommended.
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
At the end of the day, the greatest need for the foreseeable future remains space for books and ordinary readers.
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.
In the final count, the method of delivery of the data is less important than the quality of information.
This is largely clueless enthusiasm focused on things that don't matter in the grand scheme of things.
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.
And after all is said and done, hiring decisions, for the most part, are based on whether or not the candidate is likeable.
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.
a fin de que
in order that
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
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.
al fin
at last
at long last
At last we were ready to tackle our most ambitious and anxiously awaited project of the school year.
The article is entitled 'The private sector in cellular telephone services: a reality at long last?'.
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
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.
After all, the areas of diversification are catered for already by other types of information-related departments.
All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.
And after all is said and done, hiring decisions, for the most part, are based on whether or not the candidate is likeable.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
Mechanical handling systems include conveyors in the packing areas automatic vertical elevators, and mobile containers.
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
Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.
In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.
A wide area network with the aim of connecting all Arab Gulf countries in the near future.
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.
The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.
In a move to cut costs, Mayor Tavares has proposed slashing, but not eliminating, funds to two bus programs that serve the elderly.
In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.
In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.
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.
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.
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
This book is prepared as a contribution to that end.
con este fin
to this end
to that effect
To this end some consultative procedure is to be recommended.
It was dangerous but NASA made provisions to that effect.
con fines + Adjetivo
for + Nombre + purposes
It is occasionally useful for administrative purposes to be able to tag borrowers so that they may be intercepted during charge-out.
con fines electorales [Aplicado a una actuación política cuyo fin es puramente ganar votos]
pork-barrel
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
Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.
Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.
The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.
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.
confundir los medios con el fin
confuse + the means with the ends
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 + end
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
In 1961 the library moved into a small purpose-built building.
dar fin
bring to + a close
draw to + a close
wind down
2006 was brought to a close with a flurry of acquisitions.
In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
de fin de año
end of the year
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
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 [Adjetivo]
millennial
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
This concept permeates all bibliothecal activities from start to finish, especially indexing and abstracting.
A survey of state legislators finds that lawmakers support expanding television coverage of legislative proceedings to include gavel to gavel programming.
This new drapers' guild commissioned a series of paintings illustrating the textile production steps from beginning to end.
de principio a fin (documento)
cover to cover
Virtually every discipline in the sciences, from astronomy through zoology, is represented since journals are indexed cover to cover.
desde principio a fin
throughout
Throughout, the code is based upon clearly stated principles.
discurso de fin de curso
commencement salutatory
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
After playing five games over the weekend, his arms and legs weren't up to strength.
el fin del mundo
the ends of the earth
the end of the world
Having journeyed to the ends of the earth and the land of the dead, Heracles could therefore suggest closing down the Eleusian mysteries.
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
After playing five games over the weekend, his arms and legs weren't up to strength.
Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.
el fin de todos los fines
the end of all ends
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
And when the end justifies the means, there are always a thousand untold consequences.
el principio del fin
the beginning of the end
The Normandy landings of June 1944 marked the beginning of the end of World War II.
en el fin de semana
over the weekend
at the weekend
After playing five games over the weekend, his arms and legs weren't up to strength.
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
Well, you've heard that same thing is going to happen this afternoon.
In short, the work and approach of the chief librarian is crucial to the success of the library he serves.
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.
escaparse de/el fin de semana
get away for + the weekend
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
I see that RefViz is a new product offering at ProCite, and currently (through EOY) on discount.
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 semana
weekend
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.
fines de semana, los
at weekends
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.
fines lucrativos
financial gain
Books are stolen for financial gain or out of an excessive passion for the volumes themselves.
generación del fin del milenio, la [Personas nacidas en los últimos veinte años del siglo XIX]
Millennial Generation, the
Millennium Generation, the
The 'Millennial Generation' - also known as Generation Y - are those who will graduate from high school in the first decade of the new millennium.
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
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
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
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
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.
Menu-based information retrieval could be the area in which the extensive experiencia with enumerative classification may come to fruition.
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
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
As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
llevar a buen fin
lead + Nombre + to (a) safe harbour
It is my people who elected me in a referendum and who trusted me to lead them to safe harbour.
no llevar a ningún fin
beat + a dead horse
flog + a dead horse
fart in + the wind
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.
When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.
Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.
no ser el fin del mundo
not be the end of the world
Taking a rest day from exercising is not the end of the world.
no tener fin
there + be + no end to
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.
para este fin
to this end
To this end some consultative procedure is to be recommended.
para fines múltiples
multipurpose [multi-purpose]
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.
película sin fin
filmloop [film loop/film-loop]
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.
perseguir los mismos fines
work + on the same lines
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 + end
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.
persona nacida en el fin del milenio
Millennial
Millennials say they are prepared to reward or punish a company based on its commitment to social causes.
poner fin
curb
bring to + a close
draw to + a close
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.
2006 was brought to a close with a flurry of acquisitions.
In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
poner fin a
put + paid to
put + an end to
put + a stop to
call + a halt on
bring + an end to
bring to + an end
sound + the death knell for
kill off
bring + the curtain down on
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.
The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.
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.
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'.
He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.
Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.
Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.
'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.
He has brought the curtain down on his long career in cricket by announcing his retirement.
poner fin a los abusos
curb + the abuses
$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 + pregnancy
There was a variety of views concerning the permissibility of terminating a pregnancy.
por fin
at length
at last
finally
at long last
'Well, if you can be patient,' he said at length, 'I'll see what I can do'.
At last we were ready to tackle our most ambitious and anxiously awaited project of the school year.
But the point is that people are finally starting to look at me as a librarian, and to this place as a library.
The article is entitled 'The private sector in cellular telephone services: a reality at long last?'.
por fin llegó la hora (de)
it's about time (that)
It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.
seminario de fin de semana [Seminario sobre un tema muy específico y que se concentra en un fin de semana]
weekend school
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)
If libraries do not catalog as many electronic resources as possible, this may effectively sign the death warrant for the library OPAC.
ser un fin en sí mismo
be an end in itself
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
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
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 + end
Although the pregnant women did not describe precisely the same counterstrategies as did library users, their counterstrategies served the same ends.
significar el fin de Algo
mean + an end to
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
And becoming aware (a never-finishing process of intelligent life) is in itself action.
His, he concludes, is the never-ending search for what is new in the world out yonder.
The novel is a bottomless quagmire of melodramatic weirdness.
Also unfortunately common is the lonely soul who visits interminably with whomever is on the desk - and occasionally with other readers.
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.
sin fines lucrativos
non-profit [nonprofit]
non-profit making
This non-profit organisation was formed to promote quality library and information services.
SWALCAP is a non-profit making organisation based at the University of Bristol.
tecla de fin
End key
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
In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
todo el fin de semana
all weekend long
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.
un medio para alcanzar un fin
a means to an end
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
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
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
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.
