esfuerzo
endeavour [endeavor, -USA] ; labour [labor, -USA] ; leg work ; struggle ; effort ; toil ; elbow grease.
Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.
An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.
DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter, the catalog card, and much leg work, but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.
The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.
For example, with such a system a change of the heading AEROPLANES - ASSISTED TAKE-OFF in figure 7 would without further effort be reflected in the six associated cross-reference records.
Furthermore, the computer can be used, and is already being used, to eliminate drudgery, busywork, and useless toil in library systems.
The window frames appeared to have not seen the light of day for over 50 years and were totally caked in dirt - although with some elbow grease the window came up a treat.
ahorro de esfuerzo
savings in energy
savings in effort
Some of the advantages of renovating rather than constructing a new building include considerable savings in money and energy = Algunas de las ventajas de renovar más que construir un nuevo edificio son el ahorro considerable de dinero y esfuerzo.
Advantages include savings in time and effort for staff, instructors and students, and greater speed and range of services = Entre las ventajas están el ahorro del tiempo y del esfuerzo del personal, de los instructores y de los estudiantes y una mayor velocidad y variedad de servicios.
aumentar el esfuerzo
increase + effort
By increasing our effort at the indexing stage - the input - we may well be able to reduce the amount of time we have to spend at the output stage in searching.
aunar esfuerzos
join + forces (with)
coordinate + efforts
join + hands
pool + efforts
pull together
Therefore, school librarians need to find ways of joining forces with publishers, booksellers and other librarians.
What is required is a recognised organisation to co-ordinate all their efforts.
The ability of the profession to meet the library service needs of the next generation requires that library educators and practitioners join hands in educational programmes.
The author urges publishing houses to pool their efforts.
She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.
ausencia de esfuerzo
effortlessness
Unfortunately, effortlessness is a highly subjective measure including many factors.
compartir esfuerzos
share + efforts
Both centralised cataloguing systems and co-operative network are means of sharing cataloguing effort and cataloguing information.
concentrar el esfuerzo
concentrate + effort
direct + effort
direct + energy
concentrate + Posesivo + energy
The project concentrated its efforts towards establishing a system of categories.
With few questions and infrequent use it would be more sensible and effective to direct effort into searching, rather than strive for perfection in indexing.
As energies became directed to less abstract matters working men began to see libraries as undemocratic and inhospitable institutions.
Most companies concentrate their energies on new product development to raise profits.
concentrar el esfuerzo en
divert + effort into
The number and type of questions posed to the system has implications for the effort that it is worthwhile to divert into thesaurus construction.
con mucho esfuerzo
painfully
It is not easy to maintain and advance the remarkable literary and cultural traditions so slowly and painfully created over two and a half millenia.
conseguir Algo con esfuerzo
hack
The town of Wexler was hacked out of the wilderness, and for many years it stood alone in the forest, a halting place in the long stagecoach journey from eastern localities to the unknown West.
conseguir con esfuerzo
mine
For instance, if children are doing a project work on dogs, they will hunt out anything and everything that so much as mentions them and the bits thus mined are assiduously transcribed into project folders.
consumir esfuerzo
take up + energy
The new Statutes, which inevitably took up a lot of our energies, have delivered at least some of the objectives which the Working Party envisaged.
coordinar esfuerzos
coordinate + efforts
What is required is a recognised organisation to co-ordinate all their efforts.
de bajo esfuerzo
low-effort
The crock pot is one of the best tools for low-effort cooking, especially for meals designed to cook over several hours.
dedicación de esfuerzo
expenditure of effort
Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
dedicar el tiempo y el esfuerzo
take + the time and effort
If a patron is willing to take the time and effort to use the library - whether physically or virtually - there may be an economic benefit that the patron receives from that use.
dedicar esfuerzo
expend + effort
spend + effort
devote + energy
give + effort
Prior to computerisation of the production of catalogues and indexes considerable clerical effort was expended in filing index and catalogue cards.
If they were not to spend a great deal of time and effort in editing and verifying material they needed simply to accept whatever individual bibliographers gave them uncritically.
Let us call a moratorium on writing about the subject and devote our energies to doing comparative work.
One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
dedicar todo el esfuerzo del mundo a
put + Posesivo + heart (and soul) into
Miss Clough's privacy was legendary; she did not wear her heart on her sleeve, but she did put her heart into her painting.
demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien
tax + Posesivo + imagination
It would tax one's imagination to create an automated system that could accomplish this task.
dinero ganado con esfuerzo
hard-earned money
Customers choose an establishment and spend hard-earned money and they want employees to exude appreciation through the attitude that 'we aim to please, the customer is always right, service is our business, and quality is our middle name'.
dirigir el esfuerzo
direct + effort
direct + energy
With few questions and infrequent use it would be more sensible and effective to direct effort into searching, rather than strive for perfection in indexing.
As energies became directed to less abstract matters working men began to see libraries as undemocratic and inhospitable institutions.
duplicidad de esfuerzos
duplication of effort
Serious attention should be given to the coordination and improvement of bibliographic control at a national level to avoid duplication of effort and gaps in information coverage.
empezar a sudar por el esfuerzo
work up + a sweat
work up + a lather
You can work up a sweat in a swimming pool just as quickly as you can in a gym.
There's one option that lets you work out without working up a lather.
en + Posesivo + esfuerzo de
in + Posesivo + quest for/to
on + Posesivo + quest for/to
On the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is working on a secret weapon in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing.
A 14-year-old Dutch sailor departed in secrecy from Gibraltar Saturday on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
entrar hambre después del esfuerzo
work up + an appetite
Then when you've worked up an appetite you can taste the most delicious trout, fresh from the lake.
entrar sed después del esfuerzo
work up + a thirst
The 2.1 km trail is perfect for working up a thirst - just long enough to make you feel like you got a bit of exercise, but short enough that you aren't pining for very long.
en un esfuerzo por
in an effort to
Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.
esfuerzo cognitivo
cognitive overhead
Disorientation and cognitive overhead are two of the most significant problems associated with navigating in a complex information space.
esfuerzo común
concerted effort
The conference represented the 1st concerted and coordinated effort in the USA to develop standards for controlling machine-readable data files.
esfuerzo conjunto
team effort
The planning of the library represented a total team effort of librarian, architect, consultant, and interior designer.
esfuerzo de equipo
team effort
The planning of the library represented a total team effort of librarian, architect, consultant, and interior designer.
esfuerzo denodado
strenuous effort
The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.
esfuerzo físico
physical effort
The expenditure of physical and mental effort in work is as natural as play or rest.
esfuerzo físico humano
human power
A journey in which he will circumnavigate the globe solely through the use of human power.
esfuerzo + fracasar
effort + founder
Many outreach efforts foundered because they were primarily public relations gimmicks aimed at changing the public rather than the library.
esfuerzo + hacer sudar
work up + a sweat
work up + a lather
You can work up a sweat in a swimming pool just as quickly as you can in a gym.
There's one option that lets you work out without working up a lather.
esfuerzo heroico
all out effort
The Porter Public Library houses an all out effort to reach first and second grade pupils who have lost their enthusiasm for school because of falling behind in reading.
esfuerzo humano
human energy
The primary objective of systems design today is to minimise the expense of human energy.
esfuerzo intelectual
cognitive overhead
intellectual effort
Disorientation and cognitive overhead are two of the most significant problems associated with navigating in a complex information space.
The major advantage of indexing systems based on titles is that little or no intellectual effort is involved in putting items into the system.
esfuerzo inútil
wasted energy
However, the time spent at the front end of the process saves frustration and wasted energy farther into the process.
esfuerzo mental
cognitive overhead
mental effort
Disorientation and cognitive overhead are two of the most significant problems associated with navigating in a complex information space.
The expenditure of physical and mental effort in work is as natural as play or rest.
esfuerzo sobrehumano
Herculean effort
Herculanian effort
I haven't forgotten those days of making a 'Herculean effort on a Spartan budget'.
The magnitude of her Herculanian efforts grow upon us as we contemplate the adverse circumstances under which she undertook the enterprise.
exigir esfuerzo
take + effort
Personal indexes maintained by manual methods can take more effort than many scientists and engineers are able or willing to devote to them.
frustrar el esfuerzo
frustrate + effort
Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.
frustrar un esfuerzo
thwart + effort
High winds and choppy seas have thwarted the efforts to contain the oil spill seeping into the fishing grounds.
ganado con mucho esfuerzo
hard-earned
There are still some things you can do to reduce what Uncle Sam will be looking to collect from your hard-earned income this year.
ganar a Alguien sin apenas hacer ningún esfuerzo
beat + Nombre + hands down
win + hands down
There is no contest in the head-to-head battle for information services supremacy and Google, with its information 'now' and 'fast', beats others hands down.
Candy, soda, pizza and other snacks compete with nutritious meals everyday with the junk food variety winning hands down every time.
gastar esfuerzos en vano
spin + Posesivo + wheels
I am beginning to think that the rest of the world will leave us behind if we keep spinning our wheels with all this tit for tat nonsense.
hacer Algo con mucho esfuerzo
plod (along/through)
He or she has to plod through the menu each time, and so it is useful if mnemonics and/or abbreviated commands can be provided.
hacer el esfuerzo necesario
pull + Posesivo + (own) weight
Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.
hacer el último esfuerzo
go + the last mile
go + the extra mile
walk + the extra mile
Let me put it to you this way: the President is going the last mile for diplomacy.
If everyone knew the great effects this gesture has, everyone would take the time to go the extra mile.
Among architecture so beautiful, guest houses that do not walk the extra mile to offer something special are sure to fall by the wayside.
hacer grandes esfuerzos por
take + (great) pains to
Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
hacer un esfuerzo
make + effort
For example, Chemical Abstracts makes an effort to cover dissertations of interest to the field of chemistry.
hacer un gran esfuerzo
go out of + Posesivo + way to + Infinitivo
The writer goes out of her way to make her meaning plain, and to achieve a level of language and simplicity of structure she assumes most of her intended readers will feel at home with.
invertir esfuerzo intelectual en
invest + Posesivo + thoughts in
And like fiction writers, they will attempt to imbue them with life and meaning and value for the people who are investing their thoughts and time in their analysis.
justificar el esfuerzo
justify + the effort
Most men would want to correct the deficiencies in their performance if they agreed that they were deficient and if there appeared to be enough advantage in correcting them to justify the effort.
ley del mínimo esfuerzo, la
path of least resistance, the
line of least resistance, the
The path of least resistance is always downhill.
Too often the shortcut, the line of least resistance, is responsible for evanescent and unsatisfactory success.
llevar tiempo y esfuerzo
take + time and effort
The transition will take considerable time and effort.
merecer la pena el esfuerzo
repay + Posesivo + effort
be worth + Posesivo + effort
The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
This attitude reinforces the concept that the family is still alive, functioning and worth the effort to build and maintain.
mucho esfuerzo
hard work
Published scientific papers were exclusively results of personal engagement and hard work in the free time.
necesitar esfuerzo
take + effort
Personal indexes maintained by manual methods can take more effort than many scientists and engineers are able or willing to devote to them.
no concentrar el esfuerzo
spread + Nombre + thinly
Reviews of works for young adults are spread thinly over a number of journals, and are often of limited value.
no hacer ningún esfuerzo
make + no effort
He makes no effort anymore and when I confront him about my feelings he doesn 't see anything wrong.
persona que ha llegado donde está por su propio esfuerzo [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
self-made-man, the
Samuel Smiles praises the self-made-man who 'on his fellows' necks his footing raises'.
poner esfuerzo
give + effort
One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
propulsado con el esfuerzo físico humano
human-powered
Lewis finally came home, completing a 13 year, 46000 mile (74000 kilometer) human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
que ahorra esfuerzo
labour-saving
They smashed knitting machines that embodied new labor-saving technology as a protest against unemployment.
realizar esfuerzo
exert + effort
While excessive effort is exerted by authorities to control contents and free online access, the same authorities exhibit an almost deliberate tolerance of software pirating and copyright infringement.
realizar un esfuerzo
put forth + effort
make + effort
Because of this human characteristic of dislike of work, most people must be coerced, controlled, directed, threatened with punishment to get them to put forth adequate effort.
For example, Chemical Abstracts makes an effort to cover dissertations of interest to the field of chemistry.
realizar un esfuerzo común
make + a concerted effort
This is the first time that a concerted effort was made to accommodate library education to university standards.
redirigir el esfuerzo
refocus + effort
The Connecticut Library Association (CLA) needs to refocus effort and long-range planning for the 90s.
redirigir un esfuerzo
divert + impetus
The original impetus has been diverted into specific applications.
redoblar esfuerzos
redouble + efforts
Librarians must redouble their efforts to develop policies, programmes and services that make cultural diversity an integral part of services.
reducir el esfuerzo
reduce + effort
The authors examined whether Machiavellianism moderates the use of sandbagging - a manipulative strategy in which people display low ability to induce an opponent to reduce effort or lower his or her guard.
reorientar el esfuerzo
refocus + effort
The Connecticut Library Association (CLA) needs to refocus effort and long-range planning for the 90s.
seguir la ley del mínimo esfuerzo
follow + the line of least resistance
follow + the path of least resistance
The tendency of human nature is to follow the line of least resistance - like water.
The tendency to follow the path of least resistance guarantees failure in life.
sin esfuerzo
effortless
effortlessly
The effortless ease of such replies does conceal from the enquirer the extensive anticipatory effort of the librarian in studying the sources of information and his prior experience in their use.
Talking and writing are activities that most humans learn at a relatively early age and carry out fairly effortlessly for the rest of their lives.
sin esfuerzo alguno
effortlessly
Talking and writing are activities that most humans learn at a relatively early age and carry out fairly effortlessly for the rest of their lives.
sin ningún esfuerzo
effortlessly
Talking and writing are activities that most humans learn at a relatively early age and carry out fairly effortlessly for the rest of their lives.
sin ningún esfuerzo mental
thought-free
Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
tener hambre después del esfuerzo
work up + an appetite
Then when you've worked up an appetite you can taste the most delicious trout, fresh from the lake.
tener sed después del esfuerzo
work up + a thirst
The 2.1 km trail is perfect for working up a thirst - just long enough to make you feel like you got a bit of exercise, but short enough that you aren't pining for very long.
tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda
be money and effort down the drain
So long as the library possesses accurate knowledge about its activities, it can use it proactively to define the areas where it would be money and effort down the drain.
trabajo y esfuerzo
toil and trouble
That is the price of the 'toil and trouble' of a person acquiring a library service or material.
unir esfuerzos
join + hands
The ability of the profession to meet the library service needs of the next generation requires that library educators and practitioners join hands in educational programmes.
valer la pena el esfuerzo
be worth + Posesivo + effort
repay + Posesivo + effort
This attitude reinforces the concept that the family is still alive, functioning and worth the effort to build and maintain.
The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
vehículo propulsado por el esfuerzo físico humano
human-powered vehicle
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