oficio
craft ; occupation ; trade ; profession.
He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.
Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.
Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.
Scientists, engineers and other subject specialists in other professions may be employed together with information scientists as full-time abstractors.
abogado de oficio
legal aid
Those that cannot meet legal expenses can receive help from one of three legal aid schemes introduced by the government: legal advice and assistance, legal aid in civil proceedings and legal aid in criminal proceedings.
aprender los trucos del oficio
learn + the ropes
The article 'Learning the ropes' offers hints and advice to Internet users to improve the style and presentation of their Internet messages.
aprendizaje de un oficio
apprenticeship
But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.
casa de oficios
vocational school
Many vocational school libraries have limited stocks and staffing and teachers fail to promote reading.
ejercer un oficio [Pasado y participio plied, gerundio plying]
ply + Posesivo + trade
Perhaps too, since their skills are identical, the advice here might benefit the new frontier of free-lance librarians, private researchers, information brokers, librarians-without-a-library, and so on, plying their trade on the open market, for fees.
enseñar los trucos del oficio
show + Nombre + the ropes
And she'll value you as an editor who took the time to show her the ropes.
envío de oficio [Envío de documentos de una biblioteca, o centro de información y documentación, etc, a iniciativa de un librero o editor sujeto a un acuerdo previo]
blanket order
A blanket order consist in the sending of documents to a library, or documentation and information centre, etc. on the initiative of a bookseller or publisher under a prior agreement.
ex oficio
ex officio
While deputy administrators are frequently involved ex officio as chairpersons of these groups, the chief librarian usually will reserve the final decision-making authority on major issues to him or herself.
gaje del oficio
occupational hazard
Although the library profession cannot be regarded as one of high risk from the viewpoint of occupational hazards, certain hazards do exist: including repetitive strain injuries, neck pain, and back pain.
oficio religioso
religious service
religious ceremony
A new study shows that older women who regularly attend religious services reduce their risk of death by 20%.
Prayer and religious ceremonies may help patients near the end of life and their relatives find comfort and discover meaning in their lives.
riesgo del oficio
occupational hazard
Although the library profession cannot be regarded as one of high risk from the viewpoint of occupational hazards, certain hazards do exist: including repetitive strain injuries, neck pain, and back pain.
truco del oficio [Generalmente usado en el plural] [Generalmente usado en el plural]
trade trick
trick of the trade
The article is entitled 'Trade tricks in interlibrary loan'.
The article is entitled 'Advanced web searching: tricks of the trade'.
trucos del oficio
tips of the trade
we hope you stop by the Google booth where we'll be premiering 'Tips of the Trade', a movie featuring librarians who've shared their stories about using Google.