pro
considerar los pros y los contras
weigh (up) + the pros and cons
The bottom line is this: the decision to file for bankruptcy is not an easy one, so weigh the pros and cons carefully before signing on the dotted line.
en pro de
in favour of
A good example is the British Catalogue of Music Classification which abandons expressiveness in favour of allocating brief notation to the most common concepts.
pros y contras
trade-off [tradeoff/trade off]
ins and outs
pros and cons
There are always trade-offs between the ability and ease of online updates, speed and accessibility in searching, integration of the data base, and data-base maintenance procedures.
The article 'The ins and outs of ISDN' discusses the advantages of Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) for increasing the access speeds of World Wide Web (WWW) applications = El artículo "Los pros y contras del ISDN" trata de las ventajas la Red Digital de Servicios Integrados (ISDN) para incrementar la velocidad de acceso de las aplicaciones web.
This article examines the pros and cons for publishers in moving toward electronic journal publishing = Este artículo examina los pros y los contras a las se enfrentan los editores en su avance hacia la edición de revistas electrónicas.
pros (y/o) contras
merits (and/or) demerits
strengths (and/or) weaknesses
pluses (and/or) minuses
The author examines the merits and demerits of a variety of techniques designed to determine user preferences for information services.
The Library of Congress (LC) is attempting to identify costs, benefits, strengths and weaknesses associated with the introduction of optical disc technology for storage and use of LC collections.
Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.
sopesar los pros y los contras
weigh (up) + the pros and cons
The bottom line is this: the decision to file for bankruptcy is not an easy one, so weigh the pros and cons carefully before signing on the dotted line.
tener pros y contras
be a mixed blessing
This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing.
