situación
event ; location ; picture ; position ; scenario ; scene ; setting ; situation ; state ; state of affairs ; pass ; set and setting ; landscape ; juncture ; setup [set-up] ; footing ; stage ; climate ; conjuncture.
The concept of corporate body includes named occasional groups and events, such as meetings, conferences, congresses, expeditions, exhibitions, festivals, and fairs.
Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.
Outside the Gwynedd, Dyfed and Clwyd heartland the picture was not encouraging.
The directory is a finding list which lists for every field its tag, the number of characters in the field, and the starting character position of the field within the record.
This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.
Scenes that include conflict, emotions, prejudices, misunderstandings, and unreasonableness but also kindliness, humor, friendliness, and goodwill are acted out daily in different kinds of libraries.
Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.
Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
One likely effect of this would be that the information-rich would become richer and the information-poor poorer, a state of affairs which many would consider highly undesirable.
As he traversed the length of the corridor to the media center, Anthony Datto reflected on the events that had brought him to this unhappy pass.
For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.
For all national libraries a major factor is technological change in communication proceeding at an ever accelerating rating which has brought them to the current juncture.
'You know,' she had said amiably, 'there might be a better job for you here once things get rolling with this new regional setup'.
Certain new factors have fertilized the ground for the rooting and growth of activity on a stronger and firmer footing than has ever been possible in the past.
Although this study examines the international management stage, there are some points of relevance to this project.
The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.
This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.
aceptar la situación
accept + situation
When a library becomes rigid in its organizational and operational structure, the general trend of the employee is either to accept the situation passively, to revolt and leave, or to unionize.
adaptable a la situación
situation-aware
The second way is to treat any situation as a special case of a system where the information needed for the application to be situation-aware is extracted from other services.
afrontar la situación
bear + the strain
Although there are net-lenders and net-borrowers, the community of libraries in the Nordic area is sufficiently cohesive to bear the strain of electronic document delivery.
agravar una situación
exacerbate + situation
aggravate + a situation
The situation has been exacerbated by falling book sales.
The incapacity of the industrial sector to gainfully employ the surplus labour from agriculture have aggravated the situation of poverty, unemployment, and landlessness in the countryside.
analizar los pormenores de una situación
look behind + the scene
This article looks behind the scenes at how InfoNet developed.
apaciguar la situación
defuse + the situation
When Sherlock becomes unbearable on a case, it's up to John to find a way to defuse the situation any way he can, before they have a flaming row.
aprovechar la situación
ride + the wave(s)
The global economy is at high tide and Canada is expected to ride the wave with six per cent export growth this year.
calmar la situación
defuse + the situation
When Sherlock becomes unbearable on a case, it's up to John to find a way to defuse the situation any way he can, before they have a flaming row.
cambiar a la situación anterior
reverse
Entry of the number '11' reverses the present blacklisting status.
cambiar la situación
change + the course of events
Are there moments in which Jean could have acted differently and thereby changed the course of the events that followed?.
complicar la situación
cloud + the issue
confuse + the issue
Against a background of the southern caste system and negative attitudes to Black education, disagreements among Black leaders tended to cloud the issues.
In the instance quoted Dr Cole begins well as shown above but later in his discussion confuses the issue so much that one is left with the feeling that it is hardly an important topic to discuss.
confundir la situación
cloud + the view
cloud + the picture
The author stresses the need to distinguish between fact and opinion and to make explicit all sorts of assumptions and vaguenesses that tend to cloud the view.
The complexities inherent in Canadian studies cloud the collection development picture and obscure the appropriate direction to take.
contemplar una situación
address + situation
These three set of objectives for each goal address the following situations...
controlar la situación
tame + the beast
The article is entitled 'Taming the Beast: Designing a Course in Intercultural Communication'.
corregir una situación
correct + situation
redress + situation
Although a reference librarian may exercise superb diplomatic skills, such a situation may be corrected only when the bottleneck boss leaves.
Increased dissemination of information at the local level is one way of redressing the situation.
crear una situación
create + a situation
This creates a situation where a great amount of bibliographic information can be located online in real time.
dada la situación
in the circumstances
In the circumstances it is not really surprising that such bibliographies of ephemeral materials that do exist are secondary in character.
darse una situación más esperanzadora
sound + a note of hope
A note of hope was sounded in Australia with women occupying many senior posts.
desafiar una situación
challenge + situation
In the past twenty or thirty years a growing number of teachers all through the educational system, from kindergarten to university, have challenged this situation.
describir una situación
depict + situation
Sometimes they learn a new song this way or act out the dramatic situation depicted.
disfrutar de la situación
ride + the wave(s)
The global economy is at high tide and Canada is expected to ride the wave with six per cent export growth this year.
dominar la situación
tame + the beast
The article is entitled 'Taming the Beast: Designing a Course in Intercultural Communication'.
empeorar la situación
make + things worse
But for asthmatics, stress only makes things worse.
empeorar una situación
exacerbate + situation
aggravate + a situation
The situation has been exacerbated by falling book sales.
The incapacity of the industrial sector to gainfully employ the surplus labour from agriculture have aggravated the situation of poverty, unemployment, and landlessness in the countryside.
encontrarse con una situación
come across + situation
meet + situation
This is not to say that scholarly authors are so altruistic that they are prepared to write books for nothing; indeed in my own researches I have come across situations where authors felt deeply about the way that publishers had treated them financially.
In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.
encontrarse en una mejor situación económica
be economically better off
The skilled workers use it more than the unskilled, and the people who are economically better off use it more than the poorer people.
encontrarse en una situación idónea para
be well-placed to
be well-positioned to
Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.
Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.
encontrarse en una situación privile
be well-positioned to
Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.
encontrarse en una situación privilegiada para
be well-placed to
Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.
encontrarse (todos) en la misma situación [Usado generalmente en sentido figurado]
be (all) in the same boat
We're all in the same boat, and if part of it sinks, probably the rest of it does, too.
en cualquier otra situación
in any other circumstances
Deposits, registration and tuition fees and examination fees are non refundable in any other circumstances.
en cualquier situación
in any given situation
The reason actions do not reflect thoughts and feeling in every case is the almost ever-present conflict of values which exists in any given situation.
en esta situación
at this juncture
So at this juncture all we can do is to apply common sense = Así pues, llegado este momento todo lo que podemos hacer es aplicar el sentido común.
enfrentarse a una situación
face + a situation
meet + situation
Faced by this situation a teacher who launches into the presentation of a new book without first doing something to settle the children down should hardly expect to succeed.
In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.
en la mayoría de las situaciones
in most situations
Bleeding as a result of a minor head wound can also be treated at home in most situations.
en la situación concreta
on the scene
Case-writers are the students' proxies on the scene.
en otras situaciones
in other circumstances
As a result of its use in math, X is often used to represent unknowns in other circumstances.
en situación de
in the position to
The public, school and community library as well as information and advice centres are in the position to offer a community information service.
en situación de crisis
on the rocks
Marriage is on the rocks in Britain, with the proportion of unmarried people exceeding that of married people as more men and women opt to live together without constraints.
en situaciones de riesgo
in harm's way
Santa Barbara area canyon's residents are among many Californians living in harm's way in fire-prone areas.
en situaciones normales
under normal circumstances
Under normal circumstances, nothing kills a joke faster than trying to explain it.
en situaciones peligrosas
in harm's way
Santa Barbara area canyon's residents are among many Californians living in harm's way in fire-prone areas.
en una buena situación
well-placed
well-positioned
Many smokers blame their littering behavior on a lack of well-placed bins for cigarette butts.
It's the most well-positioned superregional bank in the country to come out of the global crisis.
en una situación de emergencia
in an emergency situation
in an emergency
In an emergency situation when someone is ill, sometimes the best help available will come from librarians who are able to work only part time.
In an emergency, good information about the building is second in importance only to good judgment.
en una situación desesperada
in dire straits
Egypt's Internet situation is in dire straits after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were accidentally severed yesterday.
en una situación muy problemática
in deep trouble
in deep water
I think if someone knowingly took a step which would reduce that security and something went wrong they would be in deep trouble.
This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
estado de una situación
state of being
Basic data are raw facts that describe events or states of being.
estar en situación de
be in a position to
At some stage, the librarian will be in a position to examine closely a number of programs that are likely candidates for purchase.
estar en una situación diferente
be on a different track
The greatest handicap was the fact that we weren't as receptive to change as we should have been and I think we're now on a different track.
estar (todos) en la misma situación [Usado generalmente en sentido figurado]
be (all) in the same boat
We're all in the same boat, and if part of it sinks, probably the rest of it does, too.
explicar la situación
explain + the situation
The director resumed: 'Thirdly, we could post a notice on the bulletin board, explaining the situation and telling them that 10% of the staff will be laid off'.
gravedad de la situación, la
seriousness of the situation, la
gravity of the situation, the
The department head had hoped the latter request would lend credence to the seriousness of the situation.
Even according to the official figures, which no doubt understate the gravity of the situation, more than 4 million people live on less than $1 a day.
hacer frente a la situación
tackle + the situation
Outbreaks of violence and attacks on staff in libraries have led librarians to consider methods of tackling the situation.
hacer que se produzca una situación
bring about + situation
The central characters' attitudes, prejudices, and sentiments have such a profound effect both in bringing about the situations and in their outcomes that they cannot be ignored.
hasta pasar a una nueva situación
tide-over
These payments cover the following: tide-over allowances for workers, including redundancy payments, resettlement allowances, and vocational training for those having to change their employment.
hecho para una situación específica
niche-specific
The history and analysis of CCML presented here is quite subjective and specific to BRS, but does reflect the issues associated with producing a niche-specific database.
imaginarse una situación
envision + situation
I cannot evision a situation in which NIH would seek to suppress a rebuttal article.
información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien
empowering information
It is the proper function of New Zealand libraries to provide affirmative and empowering information to minority groups such as lesbians and gay men.
informe de situación
status report
This status report is the first broad assessment of the road safety situation in 178 countries.
informe sobre la situación actual [Informe sobre varios estudios realizados sobre una materia determinada durante un período específico y que normalmente incluye una bibliografía]
state of the art report
An state of the art report is a report of the various studies issued on a given subject during a specified period usually including a bibliography.
la situación
the course of events
It also covers the course of the events themselves in great detail. including the actions of various Jewish and Arab individuals.
mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles [Comportamiento por el cual la persona evita verse en situaciones embarazosas]
threat-reduction mechanism
Manoeuvres that have been used, as the the percipient observer well knows, include simplifications and routines to save time, such as the activation of what psychologists call 'threat-reduction mechanisms'.
mejora de situación social
upward mobility
These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
mejorar la situación
improve + the lot
The author considers the role of feminism in the library profession with particular regard to the work done by the American Library Association to improve the lot of women librarians.
mejorar una situación
ameliorate + situation
This article recommends that interested group take action to ameliorate the present situation and to limit additional increases in serial prices.
meterse en una situación embarazosa
put + Reflexivo + into + position
place + Reflexivo + in an awkward situation
The mother, a little afraid and expecting the worst, was unsettled, despite all her efforts to be open-minded, by her preconceptions not only about the drug but about the rights and wrongs of the position she had put herself into.
She had placed herself in an awkward situation and was anxious to make her exit.
ocupar una situación idónea para
be well-placed to
be well-positioned to
Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.
Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.
ocupar una situación privilegiada para
be well-positioned to
be well-placed to
Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.
Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.
pasar a una situación económica más confortable
improve + Posesivo + lot
In comparison with the rest of the world they are in no hurry to improve their lot.
perder el control de la situacion
things + get out of hand
That was the incident that started the ball rolling and now things have got out of hand.
personas en situación de desventaja [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
disadvantaged, the
So, by making special provision for the disadvantaged, the library is doing no more than recognizing that there is a group that has special information needs.
reaccionar ante una situación
respond to + situation
Employees generally respond to this situation in a retreat to silence, passivity, and resignation.
rectificar una situación
rectify + situation
It explains how the situation arose and how it can be rectified.
remediar una situación
remedy + situation
What, then, can be done to remedy the situation and stock school libraries?.
resolver una situación
manage + situation
resolve + a situation
It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.
The chicken and egg situation has yet to be resolved definitively.
responder a una situación
respond to + situation
Employees generally respond to this situation in a retreat to silence, passivity, and resignation.
salir de la situación
extricate + Reflexivo
It dawned on her that what she was doing might be a mistake, and she began to think of how best to extricate herself.
salir de una situación difícil
haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog
To haul themselves out of their bog, their networks must facilitate tailoring of records to meet local needs.
sensible a la situación
situation-aware
The second way is to treat any situation as a special case of a system where the information needed for the application to be situation-aware is extracted from other services.
simulacro de una situación supuesta
play-acting
Dance is a physical form of enactment as opposed to play-acting, which is predominantly verbal.
situación actual
current situation
current state
current status
This article discusses the current situation, emphasising the apparent complacency of the government in the face of incipiently deteriorating prospects for public libraries.
The author describes the development, current state and future plans of the British Library Document Supply Centre.
This program offers an overview of the current status of usage statistics and the major initiatives that are driving improvement.
situación actual, la
present state, the
scheme of things, the
present situation, the
The author sketches the present state of information resource sharing in South Africa.
This idea is hardly more relevant to the contemporary scheme of things than were those desert caves through the thousands of years that sheltered the Dead Sea scrolls = Esta idea apenas es más importante para la situación actual que lo fueron las cuevas del desierto durante los miles de años que albergaron los manuscritos del Mar Muerto.
Library education is now more than 100 years old in India, and it istime to take stock of the present situation to develop a vision forthe near future.
situación + agravar
situation + exacerbate
The situation is further exacerbated by the ease with which such information may be copied or manipulated.
situación análoga
analogue
If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
situación apremiante
plight
The financial plight of libraries sometimes requires that fees be charged to recover partial or full costs for 'extra' services.
situación apurada
hardship
Ordinarily, one should avoid simultaneous 'exchanges' of personnel between units for training purposes because it is a hardship for any library section to try to train a new person while one of their 'regulars' is gone at the same time.
situación azarosa
predicament
Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
situación buena
strong position
Thus the German publishers could use the relatively strong position they gained to ward off attacks on thier entrepreneurial autonomy.
situación + cambiar
tide + turn
However, due particularly to the contacts which Community organizations have had in recent years with British documentalists the tide is beginning to turn.
situación cómica
comedy sketch
Another comedy sketch consists of a routine in which a dancer, invisible except for white hat, gloves and shoes, hoofs merrily until suffering a fatal seizure.
situación confusa
muddy waters
The article is entitled 'Navigating the muddy waters of copyright in school libraries'.
situación cotidiana
everyday situation
daily situation
These everyday situations occur everywhere and include shopping in an open-air market, greeting friends, choosing clothes to wear, singing the national anthem at a football game, and so forth.
Nowadays, however, such occurrences are not common, yet we react to many daily situations as if they were life or death issues.
situación crítica
critical situation
To be a successful crane driver, you must have self-control and be able to keep a cool head in critical situations.
situación de decadencia irreversible
terminal decline
The shipbuilding industry received massive state aid despite its terminal decline.
situación de desesperación
scene of despair
The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing scenes of despair unfolding before his eyes with ever increasing frequency.
situación de estrés
stress situation
We each have a different ways of coping with stress situations and our own attitudes influence how we accept the circumstances.
situación de préstamo
loan status
Typical local data might be locations, loan status, items in special collections.
situación desagradable
unpleasantness
This situation occurs when supervisors can't face the unpleasantness that might arise from an unfavorable evaluation.
situación de tensión
stress situation
We each have a different ways of coping with stress situations and our own attitudes influence how we accept the circumstances.
situación diaria
daily situation
Nowadays, however, such occurrences are not common, yet we react to many daily situations as if they were life or death issues.
situación difícil
plight
hardship
bumpy ride
The financial plight of libraries sometimes requires that fees be charged to recover partial or full costs for 'extra' services.
Ordinarily, one should avoid simultaneous 'exchanges' of personnel between units for training purposes because it is a hardship for any library section to try to train a new person while one of their 'regulars' is gone at the same time.
The article 'Online world: the bumpy ride of the Web engine' highlights problems identified with World Wide Web search engines.
situación económica
financial situation
economic status
Public libraries everywhere find themselves in a precarious financial situation.
The determination of Cypriot provenances for amphorae and roof tiles provide important evidence regarding the economic status of Cyprus at that time.
situación económica, la [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
economics of the situation, the
Not so much has been done along these lines, beyond the bounds of arithmetic, as might be done, primarily because of the economics of the situation.
situación embarazosa
embarrassing situation
awkward situation
Where was the most embarrassing situation where you passed gas?.
Sometimes it's really hard to avoid an awkward situation.
situación en la que hay un vencedor y un perdedor
win-lose + Nombre
This article suggests that the win-lose approach to management is costly and encourages people to function in covert and competitive ways with self-interest as the primary concern.
situación en la que las dos partes salen ganando
win-win + Nombre
The situation appears unstable and unsatisfactory; yet it survives in the absence of something better, such as a win-win scenario where publishers, librarians and researchers could all benefit.
situaciones [Generalmente usado en plural]
sphere of activity
sphere of life
walks (of/in) life
Military applications of information technology often pave the way for its introduction into other spheres of activity.
As a result of scientific-technical development, culture is influencing all spheres of life.
Public libraries are present in many communities and serve people of all ages and from all walks of life.
situaciones de la vida
life situations [life-situations]
In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.
situación experimental
laboratory situation
In this laboratory situation, students' analyses and programs of action may undergo some modification as collectively the class debates alternatives.
situación forzada
Procrustean bed
Dewey claims: 'we have not sacrificed utility in order to force subjects on the decimal Procrustean bed'.
situación hipotética
scenario
This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.
situación ideal
ideal situation
The library has an ideal situation in the middle of the city and occupies premises purpose-built in 1964.
situación insoportable
unbearable situation
These students are coping with unbearable situations and people by unconsciously adapting to their environment.
situación insostenible
unbearable situation
These students are coping with unbearable situations and people by unconsciously adapting to their environment.
situación + irse de las manos
things + get out of hand
That was the incident that started the ball rolling and now things have got out of hand.
situación laboral
employment situation
employment status
This is a report of a survey of former students, which aimed to collect career information, gain an impression of views on their course, and compare findings with employment situation.
Employment status has been found to be related to depressive symptoms.
situación + mejorar
situation + ease
With improved bibliographic control over serial titles the situation has been eased, but the cataloguing of serials has not advanced to the same extent as that of monographs.
situación + normalizarse
situation + normalise
situation + go back to normal
Belarusian citizens have been asked to hold back from trips to Tunisia until the situation normalises.
He believes that once the situation goes back to normal the negative effects of oil price hikes will vanish.
situación peligrosa
endangerment
dangerous situation
death trap
This article postulates that communities are achieved through endangerment and are not founded on proximity or convenience but rather an opening of the self to the risks of human connection.
Last year the system was upgraded so the car will brake if the driver fails to react to a dangerous situation.
The highways across the country have virtually become death traps as there are apparently no authorities to control reckless driving.
situación penosa
plight
The financial plight of libraries sometimes requires that fees be charged to recover partial or full costs for 'extra' services.
situación poco clara
clouding
A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.
situación política
political scene
A great number of these publications were significantly influenced by the political scene in their respective homelands.
situación posible
scenario
This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.
situación precaria
precarious situation
During his watch, the US economy as well as the global monetary situation have been thrown into a precarious situation.
situación privilegiada
advantageous location
The library with its advantageous location should be the focal point for information in the township.
situación problemática
problem situation
The insistent clamor of problem situations can become deafening, desensitizing management to any activity beyond the immediate present.
situación sin solución
impasse
This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.
situación + surgir
situation + arise
It explains how the situation arose and how it can be rectified.
situación tensa
stress situation
We each have a different ways of coping with stress situations and our own attitudes influence how we accept the circumstances.
situación ventajosa
winning situation
strong position
It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.
Thus the German publishers could use the relatively strong position they gained to ward off attacks on thier entrepreneurial autonomy.
situación + volver a la normalidad
situation + go back to normal
He believes that once the situation goes back to normal the negative effects of oil price hikes will vanish.
superar una situación difícil
weather + the bumpy ride
weather + the storm
The author surveys current mystery books, a category that seems to have weathered the bumpy ride which most publishers have recently been suffering.
Library suppliers appear to have weathered the storm of intense competition, mainly by cost cutting with a substantial decline in employment = Los proveedores de bibliotecas parecen haber campeado el temporal de una competitividad intensa principalmente reduciendo los costes mediante una disminución considerable del número de empleados.
verse en la situación
find + Reflexivo + in the position
Furthermore, we may find ourselves in the position of not knowing all of the information we require.
