Centro in english
pronunciation: sentɜr part of speech: noun
centrar = centre [center, -USA].
Example: In 1956, research from the United States confirmed this: 'Reference in the small library is evidently centred in the circulation department'.more:
» centrándose en = with a focus on .
Example: The materials were developed with a focus on Uganda and are being used and adapted in other countries as well.» centrar la atención = fix + Posesivo + attention ; focus + attention .
Example: Our reading may fix all its attention on this element, in which case, as many readers do, we concentrate on the what-happens-next part of the narrative. Example: Much attention was focused specifically on the cataloguing and organisation of nonbook materials in the early 1970s.» centrar la atención en = train + a spotlight on ; put + a spotlight on ; spotlight + fall on ; spotlight + focus on ; throw + a/the spotlight on .
Example: A study of the local newspapers can be used to train a spotlight, so to speak, on a local community. Example: The article 'Electronic security has put a spotlight on theft' concludes that electronic theft detection systems are the single most effective deterrent to library material loss. Example: As analysis allows the spotlight to fall on those portions of the community that are unserved, an imperative next step involves outreach efforts that are specifically targetted to those groups. Example: When a framework of marketing is established to guide the planning process, the spotlight becomes focussed on the client = Cuando el marketing actúa de guía del proceso de planificación, la atención se centra en el cliente. Example: The media's job is to throw the spotlight on what is of interest to the public.» centrarse = focus [Pasado y Participio Presente: focussed/focused y focussing/focusing] .
Example: The basic functions of a subject headings list as identified in section 16.6 above may be focused more precisely in the following terms...» centrarse en = centre around/on/upon ; concentrate on/upon ; focus on/upon ; target ; zero in on ; revolve around ; home in on ; pull off on .
Example: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials. Example: Let me first concentrate upon the broader of the two issues: the profession itself. Example: In a text such as this which focuses primarily upon controlled indexing languages and systems it is difficult to place natural language indexing in a appropriate context. Example: Four major approaches to art historical scholarship are defined and the iconographical approach is targeted. Example: 'Can we zero in on the suggestion made earlier that we start some kind of a program for the 'gifted and talented' at the library?', the director asked. Example: Ordinarily the training of staff revolves around specific library procedures, but the location and use of various reference tools are sometimes the subject of special tours and briefings. Example: This article discusses the organisations that develop standards in information management and homes in on the US national bodies central to many of the international standards. Example: AltaVista pulls off significantly more on obscure or specialist subjects than rivals like InfoSeek and Excite.» centrarse sobre = focus on/upon ; target .
Example: In a text such as this which focuses primarily upon controlled indexing languages and systems it is difficult to place natural language indexing in a appropriate context. Example: Four major approaches to art historical scholarship are defined and the iconographical approach is targeted.» centrar una discusión = focus + a discussion .
Example: This discussion focused on the activities of Frank Gillie, who has recently been sent to jail for getting libraries to pay substantial sums for multi-volume works which he could not provide.» debate + centrarse sobre = debate + centre around/on/upon .
Example: Much of the debate is centred on maintaining and up-dating information files of local organizations.» diversificarse y no centrarse únicamente en = branch out from .
Example: Publishers need to branch out from paper and microfilm materials.» interés + centrarse en = interest + lie with .
Example: Our interest has lain with indexing practices rather than with search procedures.» volver a centrarse en = refocus on .
Example: In his weekly address President Obama refocused on two domestic issues looming: health care and jobs.centro1 = core ; hub ; locus [loci, -pl.] ; focal point ; centrepoint [centerpoint, -USA] ; pivot ; centre [center, -USA].
Example: The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.Example: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.Example: The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.Example: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.Example: In our capacity as centerpoints for local activities, we may be equipped with card production equipment for producing catalog cards through the state division of OCLC.Example: The use of decimal notation is seen as the pivot of Dewey's scheme and notational systems are analysed generally and compared with Dewey's.Example: The apartment direction is situated in a popular housing estate, near the centre, but nevertheless in a quiet location.more:
» ¡Arriba, abajo, al centro y p'adentro! = Bottoms up! [Expresión usada principalmente en los brindis] .
Example: When drinking with friends, it is not unusual for someone to announce 'Bottoms Up!' as the session begins.» barrio pobre del centro de la ciudad = inner-city suburb ; inner-city area .
Example: He lived with his mother and two younger sisters in an inner-city suburb and worked as a storeman at a local supermarket. Example: One of the first initiatives in providing a community information service in a public library took place in a deprived inner-city area.» barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city [En los países anglosajones los barrios céntricos se consideran que es donde viven las personas con menos nivel socio-económico] .
Example: Find references to racism in the inner cities.» buscar ser el centro de atención = seek + the limelight .
Example: She isn't someone who seeks the limelight but it's hard not to draw attention to yourself when you travel to New Zealand to compete and come home with a swag of medals.» centro de, el = centre of, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: Some users find the format of KWIC indexes unacceptable, they find alphabetical arrangement by keywords down the centre of a page, and wrapped-round titles awkward.» Centro de Europa = Mitteleurope .
Example: It also proves the absurdity of Nazi race theories of 'racial purity,' since the various peoples of Mitteleurope, the Germans in particular, are among the most mixed stocks in Europe.» centro de gravedad = centre of gravity .
Example: Theoretically travel distances will be reduced to a minimum if the building is a cube and on entry users are brought quickly to the centre of gravity.» centro de la ciudad = central city ; downtown ; city centre .
Example: First was a rapid increase in population turnover, marked by a massive movement of whites into the suburbs and a subsequent rise in the number of low-income blacks in the central city. Example: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant. Example: Use of this library is not still more extensive because those living on the townward side are cut off by an intersecting main road and gravitate naturally to the city centre.» centro del campo = halfway line .
Example: This football game consists in hitting the crossbar from the halfway line.» centro del escenario = centre stage .
Example: Stopping at the lectern to say thanks, he then walked to center stage, took off his tie and coat, and dropped them to the floor.» centro de Londres = Inner London .
Example: Westminster libraries have a fairly representative clientele from Inner London and the home counties.» centro del pueblo = town centre .
Example: Suburban branches can be replaced by one central library in the nearest town centre.» centro de mesa = epergne .
Example: His wedding present consisted of epergne, cruets, and spoons to match.» centro financiero = financial centre ; business centre .
Example: But these heady days came to a swift end with the stock market crash on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, in New York, Toronto, Montreal and other financial centres in the world. Example: Our hotel convenient location in the heart of the new business centre of the city enables you to travel to your business meetings with ease.» centro neurálgico = powerhouse ; power engine .
Example: From a position of relative strength in the 1950s, when Central Europe was the hotbed of European sport, the region has suffered a relative decline compared to the powerhouses of Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Example: Knowledge management is also being recognized as a power engine through which educational institutions can address their need for innovation and creativity.» centro neurálgico, el = nerve centre, the .
Example: A national library is the most obvious institution to act as the nerve centre of an interloan system.» centro urbano = downtown ; city centre ; town centre ; urban centre .
Example: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant. Example: Use of this library is not still more extensive because those living on the townward side are cut off by an intersecting main road and gravitate naturally to the city centre. Example: Suburban branches can be replaced by one central library in the nearest town centre. Example: The greenbelt policy is to protect open land around larger urban centres from urban sprawl, and maintain the area for forestry and agriculture as well as to provide habitat to wildlife.» conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + the spotlight ; grab + the spotlight ; grab + the limelight .
Example: It is ironic that archivists have watched librarians capture the 'preservation spotlight'. Example: The article is entitled 'Citizens grab spotlight at Scarborough library'. Example: He was unhappy about Rosecrans grabbing the limelight and just getting too big for his breeches and decided to let him stew a little bit.» del centro = middle [Adjetivo] .
Example: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.» en el centro de = at the heart of ; in the heart of .
Example: At the heart of every computer is a large number of electronic circuits that manipulate electric currents and voltages. Example: Greenpeace announced on October 27th that it has set up base in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest.» en el centro de la ciudad = downtown .
Example: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.» en el centro urbano = downtown .
Example: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.» en el mismo centro (de) = plumb in the middle (of) ; slap-bang in the centre (of) ; smack in the middle (of) ; slap-bang in the middle (of) ; smack in the centre (of) .
Example: The best known is probably Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, just about plumb in the middle of the continent. Example: After all, how many other cities of over 100000 inhabitants can boast a big oil refinery slap-bang in the centre?. Example: I love getting off the subway at 42nd Street, walking up those stairs and just being smack in the middle of all the hustle and bustle of New York. Example: Corsica is a small mountainous island situated slap-bang in the middle of the Mediterranean sea close to Italy and Sardinia = Córcega es una isla montañosa situada justo en el medio del mar Mediterráneo cerca de Italia y Cerdeña. Example: Now at the beginning of fall a new construction site is appearing and it's smack in the centre of town.» hacia el centro de la ciudad = townward .
Example: Use of this library is not still more extensive because those living on the townward side are cut off by an intersecting main road and gravitate naturally to the city centre.» ir al centro = go + downtown .
Example: One afternoon, after she had been on the job a month, she went downtown to apply for life insurance.» justo en el centro (de) = plumb in the middle (of) ; slap-bang in the centre (of) ; smack in the middle (of) ; slap-bang in the middle (of) ; smack in the centre (of) .
Example: The best known is probably Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, just about plumb in the middle of the continent. Example: After all, how many other cities of over 100000 inhabitants can boast a big oil refinery slap-bang in the centre?. Example: I love getting off the subway at 42nd Street, walking up those stairs and just being smack in the middle of all the hustle and bustle of New York. Example: Corsica is a small mountainous island situated slap-bang in the middle of the Mediterranean sea close to Italy and Sardinia = Córcega es una isla montañosa situada justo en el medio del mar Mediterráneo cerca de Italia y Cerdeña. Example: Now at the beginning of fall a new construction site is appearing and it's smack in the centre of town.» mesa de centro = coffee table .
Example: There was an oil stove with a saucer of water on top of it and low cushioned seat with a little coffee table in front of it.» mesita de centro = coffee table .
Example: There was an oil stove with a saucer of water on top of it and low cushioned seat with a little coffee table in front of it.» no tomándose a Uno como el centro de referencia = ex-centric [excentric] .
Example: This book offers an 'ex-centric' view of Papua cultures.» pasar a ser el centro de atención = come into + focus ; take + centre stage ; take + the stage .
Example: Once the library's mission has been developed into a working philosophy of service, then the operational functions of management come into serious focus. Example: Two major and apparently contradictory themes have emerged and taken centre stage in the management literature in the last several years. Example: Popular involvement in justice was integral from the beginning and never lost, even as, over time, legal professionalism grew and developed and lawyers and judges took the stage.» poner el centro de atención = put + focus .
Example: Tonight's vote puts the focus back where it rightly belongs -- on the issue of Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.» ser el centro de atención = all eyes + be + (up)on ; steal + the limelight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto] ; steal + the show ; cut + a dash ; steal + Posesivo + thunder ; steal + Posesivo + scene ; steal + the spotlight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto] ; hog + attention ; get + Reflexivo + noticed .
Example: The article is entitled 'All eyes are on the rise of biometrics'. Example: Little in general is said about the retrieval side of the systems: document analysis has stolen the limelight. Example: The article is entitled 'Did Paris Steal the Show for American Library Innovations?'. Example: He soon cut a dash with his liberal but pragmatic solutions to problems besetting the building industry in Sydney. Example: She said some of the most hurtful things a person could say and it was all because she was afraid I was going to steal her thunder. Example: But once again her little sister, famous as Kate if not more, is stealing her scene. Example: It is her big screen debut tonight, so Katy Perry would have wanted to ensure nobody stole the spotlight. Example: When she's not hogging attention from her parents, she loves playing frisbee and snuggling with her two big brothers. Example: Ever since Marie Antoinette added exotic plumes to her headdress to get herself noticed in 18th century French society, feathers have come to represent the ultimate in fantasy and female frivolity.» ser el centro de todas las miradas = cut + a dash ; turn + heads .
Example: He soon cut a dash with his liberal but pragmatic solutions to problems besetting the building industry in Sydney. Example: She is one of those ultra sexy, smoking hot women who turn heads when they walk past anyone.» zona del centro = midsection [mid-section] .
Example: Flatten your midsection and get rid of your beer gut and pop belly and get a flat stomach.» zona deprimida del centro de la ciudad = inner city [En los países anglosajones los barrios céntricos se consideran que es donde viven las personas con menos nivel socio-económico] .
Example: Find references to racism in the inner cities.centro2 = centre [center, -USA] ; office ; operation.
Example: Over 3,000 such centres were set up, but most had closed by 1949.Example: The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.Example: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.more:
» biblioteca de centro penitenciario = prison library .
Example: The prison library has subscriptions to 8 popular magazines, a cassette player and more legal material are planned.» centro accesible mediante Telnet = Telnet-accesible site [En Internet, ordenador que contiene información a la que se puede acceder a través de la red de comunicaciones] .
Example: Hytelnet is a resource discovery tool that allows a user to browse through hyptertext documents listing more than 1,400 Telnet-accessible sites on the Internet, and the resources they contain.» centro administrativo = administrative centre [Barrio o ciudad que reúne los principales órganos administrativos de una región] .
Example: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.» centro artístico = art(s) centre .
Example: The article 'The art librarians in the circus ring' deals with the promotion of art and artists through art centres.» Centro Bibliotecario en Línea (OCLC) = OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) .
Example: OCLC, the Online Computer Library Centre, was founded in 1967 by a group of Ohio college libraries.» centro cívico = civic centre ; community centre ; community building .
Example: What makes a big city into a vibrant community are civic centers -- the ability to congregate in large numbers to get the feeling of community, whether it be a basketball game or rodeo . Example: These displays are circulated round libraries, advice centres, community centres, etc. Example: Two pine trees in front of the community building were downed by the wind, but by the time of the reception, they had been chopped up and removed.» centro comercial = shopping centre ; shopping precinct ; mall of shops ; shopping mall ; mall ; outlet mall ; plaza ; strip mall .
Example: The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries. Example: It was set up in 1972 at the instigation of a local councillor who wanted to introduce an information centre in shop-front premises in a new shopping precinct. Example: However, a more advantageous site was offered, right in the shopping precinct, linking a covered mall of shops with a multi-functional community complex. Example: The library may circulate materials at off-site outlets such as shopping malls, community facilities, nursing homes, jails, and so forth. Example: Customers seem to be tiring of malls and chain stores, seeking a more personal service and wanting to bargain. Example: These maps, as those of us who are outlet junkie bargain-hunters know with assurance, are ones any shopper can pick up in any outlet mall. Example: Similar types of studies also can be carried out to examine the distribution and social activities of people in extensive institutional spaces such as malls, plazas, walking arcades, and marketplaces. Example: Now, in all likelihood, we have reached a saturation point at which there will be little construction of new strip malls for some time.» centro comunitario = village hall ; community centre ; community building .
Example: The library was subsequently housed for some years in a local school until, in 1983, the loft of the village hall was converted for library use = Posteriormente, la biblioteca se albergó durante algunos años en una escuela local hasta que, en 1983, la galería del centro social se transformó para uso de la biblioteca. Example: These displays are circulated round libraries, advice centres, community centres, etc. Example: Two pine trees in front of the community building were downed by the wind, but by the time of the reception, they had been chopped up and removed.» centro coordinador = focal point ; switching point ; coordinating centre ; hub .
Example: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'. Example: With the help of a central 'switching point' the board hopes to use this information to provide a sophisticated resource sharing scheme. Example: The network has 4 centres: coordinating centres; regional centres; sectional centres; pilot centres. Example: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.» centro coordinador de información = clearinghouse [clearing house] [Organismo cuya tarea es la de recoger, conservar, difundir y hacer disponible documentos e información sobre estudios e investigaciones completadas, propuestas o en curso así como enviar a los usuarios a otras fuentes de información] .
Example: A clearing house is an organization with the tasks of collecting, preserving and making known and available documents and data relating to studies and research projects either completed, proposed or in progress as well as for guiding users to other sources of information.» centro cultural = cultural centre ; cultural institution ; cultural venue ; cultural organisation .
Example: The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87. Example: He said they try to arrange special visits to cultural institutions and attend concerts, and that the kids have an opportunity to speak with people connected with the event afterwards. Example: The author attempts to make sense of realism by tracing its rise in a variety of cultural venues. Example: She became very involved in many cultural and charitable organizations over the course of her life.» centro de acogida = runaway shelter ; refuge ; shelter ; homeless shelter ; shelter home .
Example: The aim of the project is to put library materials in the hands of young adults in juvenile correctional facilities, rehabilitation clinics, runaway shelters, and foster care homes. Example: They usually develop good working relations with other outside bodies concerned with housing, such as women's refuges, housing associations, tenants' groups etc. Example: The basic needs of any worker are food, water, shelter, sleep, which sustain life on its most minimal level. Example: Police say an employee at a homeless shelter in downtown Charleston offered reduced lodging rates in exchange for sexual acts. Example: Many elderly people residing in publicly-funded shelter homes are underweight and may be at risk of undernutrition.» centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter .
Example: Many adult dogs adopted from animal shelters were house-trained in their previous homes.» centro de acogida de mujeres = women's shelter .
Example: Nursing homes, retirement centers, Veterans' centers, women's shelters, Head Start programs, prisons, and psychiatric hospitals were often the beneficiaries of weeded books.» centro de actividad = focal point .
Example: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.» centro de adquisiciones = acquisition centre .
Example: We need, for example, at least another acquisition center in South Asia.» centro de análisis de la información = information analysis centre [Organismo responsable de analizar, evaluar, condensar, sintetizar, volcar a nuevo soporte y diseminar el contenido de documentos y la calidad de la información de experimentos, investigaciones, avances, pruebas e ingeniería, y de resumir e dar a conocer esas evaluaciones] .
Example: An information analysis centre is an organization responsible for analyzing, evaluating, condensing, synthesizing, repackaging and the dissemination of the contents of documents and the quality of information derived from experiments, research, development, tests and engineering, and for summarizing and reporting such evaluation.» centro de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material centre .
Example: The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between the nature of curriculum material centres in academic libraries and relation to the type of university in which they centres are located.» centro de asesoramiento = counselling centre .
Example: The public library is not problem-oriented, like a counselling centre, nor is it as threatening as a school.» centro de asistencia social = welfare facility .
Example: A special network linking major public sites like schools, libraries, hospitals and welfare facilities could be in place by the year 2000.» centro de atención = centre of attention ; limelight ; centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA] ; centre stage ; focus of concern ; focus of interest ; focus of attention ; focus .
Example: Gimmicky events are not very useful: they entertain for a while but do not put book buying and reading at the center of attention. Example: An enquirer upstaged by a virtuoso parade of knowledge may be unwilling to venture into the limelight again. Example: The speakers will explain what actions have been taken to ensure that freedom of access to information remains the centrepiece of library philosophy in these difficult times. Example: The European Community's highly visible campaign to establish a unified economy by the end of 1992 has brought the EC to the centre stage of world affairs. Example: In an era of exploding medical expenses, the linkage between health care providers and insurers becomes a focus of concern because its improvement is necessary if costs are to be contained. Example: In an area study the emphasis should be about equal, in a case or comparative study it should be graded depending on the focus of interest. Example: As most disabled students have been paraplegics, the focus of attention has been on wheelchair access and assistance. Example: Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.» centro de atención al ciudadano = advice centre .
Example: Funding for advice centres can originate from any one of four government departments: the Department of Trade, the Home Office, the Lord Chancellor's Office and the Department of the Environment.» centro de audio = audio centre [En una biblioteca, sección acondicionada para que el usuario escuche música de un modo individualizado] .
Example: Facilities include 2 rooms for music-making, a recording studio, an audio centre and organisation of public concerts.» centro de ayuda al empleo = job-help centre .
Example: The library has developed a job-help centre, with information on available employment, resume writing, test-taking, etc..» centro de barrio = neighbourhood centre .
Example: 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.» centro de belleza = beauty centre .
Example: Her beauty centre was closed over illegal plastic surgery.» centro de cálculo = computer centre ; computing centre ; central computing facility .
Example: The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system. Example: To date the computing centre and library have successfully mounted several library services on a campuswide network. Example: In some institutions, too, the library has become one of the sites for clusters of terminals or microcomputers, linked to the central computing facility.» centro de catalogación = cataloguing department [Sección que se encarga de la descripción bibliográfica del material de la biblioteca] .
Example: It is important to make sure that there is close liaison between the cataloguing department and the order department, otherwise cards are liable to be ordered twice or in insufficient quantity to meet the total demand.» centro de computación = computing centre .
Example: To date the computing centre and library have successfully mounted several library services on a campuswide network.» centro de comunicaciones = communications hub .
Example: This article discusses the role or deregulation in maintaining Hong Kong as a communications hub in Asia-Pacific region.» centro de congresos = conference centre ; convention centre .
Example: A conference centre nearby will be part of the infrastructure. Example: During the first half of the century, Atlantic City was one of the major convention centers and seaside resorts in the United States.» centro de control = locus of control ; mission control ; control centre .
Example: The first part of the survey examined procedures each library uses for handling challenges to materials and where the locus of control for resolving complaints lies. Example: She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through. Example: The medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it is the control center for many involuntary body functions.» centro de coordinación = re-routing centre .
Example: Finally, a whole network of libraries in France should be upgraded in order to relieve pressure on the Bibliotheque Nationale, which can then become a re-routing centre.» centro de datos = data centre [Organismo cuya función principal es gestionar datos numéricos] .
Example: A data centre is an organization primarily dealing with numeric data.» centro de deportes = sports centre .
Example: Providing and maintaining safe and comfortable conditions in sports centres raises many issues, particularly cost.» centro de detención = detention centre .
Example: Good libraries are a cost-efficient integral part of an effective correctional programme in a detention centre.» centro de detención de menores = juvenile hall ; young offender institution ; juvie [Forma coloquial de juvenile hall] .
Example: This 17-year-old male was fighting with some other kids in juvenile hall when he felt some pain in his left elbow. Example: This paper reports the results of a survey of 538 male inmates of young offender institutions. Example: The classmate committed suicide and Kenny was sent to juvie, where boys who were there for bigger offenses tortured him.» centro de día = day care centre [Lugar donde se presta asistencia médica pero no se hospitaliza a los enfermos] ; day centre .
Example: In Feb 92 Sutton launched a mobile library service for older and disabled people living in sheltered housing, residential homes or attending a day care centre. Example: The day centre staff and a bibliotherapist are on hand at these sessions.» centro de día para mayores = day centre for the elderly .
Example: The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.» centro de distribución = distribution centre .
Example: The Institute was made a distribution centre for UNESCO's information software package CDS/ISIS = El Instituto pasó a ser centro de distribución del gestor de información CDS/ISIS de la UNESCO .» Centro de Distribución de Documentos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLDSC) = British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) .
Example: In order to provide information not covered by their own stock, most sizeable special libraries join the subscribers' service offered by the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) housed at Boston Spa in Yorkshire.» centro de documentación = clearinghouse [clearing house] [Organismo cuya tarea es la de recoger, conservar, difundir y hacer disponible documentos e información sobre estudios e investigaciones completadas, propuestas o en curso así como enviar a los usuarios a otras fuentes de información] ; documentation centre [Organismo que lleva a cabo funciones de documentación y de gestión y difusión de información en diferente grado] ; information centre [Organismo que lleva a cabo funciones de documentación y de gestión y difusión de información en diferente grado] ; information unit ; research centre .
Example: A clearing house is an organization with the tasks of collecting, preserving and making known and available documents and data relating to studies and research projects either completed, proposed or in progress as well as for guiding users to other sources of information. Example: In many countries the national documentation centre is responsible for the production of abstracting and indexing publications. Example: Thus, UDC has been extensively employed in special libraries and information centres in locations all over the world since the early 1900s. Example: Information retrieval systems were first developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s in special libraries and information units. Example: This article traces the history of the library, its role as research centre, and discusses its organisation, staffing and collections.» centro de educación de adultos = adult learning centre ; adult learner centre ; adult education centre .
Example: A few large libraries contain an adult learning centre, which provides training courses for volunteer tutors, one-to-one tutoring or instruction in small groups. Example: For the men in adult learner centres the median age is 35 years. Example: This page provides a list of all adult education centres in the county.» centro de educación infantil = early education centre .
Example: The institute comprised 6 day-long sessions and was made up of librarians, parents of young children, and directors of early education centres.» centro de educación sanitaria = consumer health centre ; consumer health information centre .
Example: The article is entitled 'Patient and consumer health centre'. Example: Consumer health information centres need to provide a wide range of medical information in easy-to-understand language.» centro de enseñanza = education centre .
Example: In this regard, the roles of the school and public libraries as education centres cannot be overemphasised = En este sentido, no se puede dejar de recalcar las funciones de las bibliotecas escolares y públicas como centros de enseñanza.» centro de esquí artificial = dry ski centre .
Example: The UK has the greatest number of dry ski centres in Europe, if not the world.» centro de estudios = study centre .
Example: Nowadays on college campuses libraries are study centers: students who could study solo at home or elsewhere, instead meet one another to study together 'at the library' -- often just using their classnotes, in fact, and not library resources.» centro de información = information agency ; information centre [Organismo que lleva a cabo funciones de documentación y de gestión y difusión de información en diferente grado] .
Example: The public library can overcome its public image as a solely lending service and effectively promote itself as an information agency. Example: Thus, UDC has been extensively employed in special libraries and information centres in locations all over the world since the early 1900s.» Centro de Información al Ciudadano = Public Information Center (PIC) .
Example: The implementation of the Public Information Center (PIC) concept was agreed by the library administration in 1970 but seemed doomed from the start.» centro de información ciudadana = community information centre ; neighbourhood information centre (NIC) .
Example: To their shame, public libraries did not invent such services despite their claim for generations to be 'a community information centre'. Example: The Kahn report saw NICs (neighbourhood information centers) as 'social utilities comparable to the general public utilities (gas, electric, phone) and public services (post office, water supply) which are recognized as vital to the adequate functioning of the individual, the family and the neighborhood in modern society' = El informa Kahn consideraba que los centros de información ciudadana son "empresas de servicio social comparables a las empresas de servicio público generales (el gas, la electricidad, el teléfono) y a los servicios públicos (correos, abastecimiento de agua) que se reconocen que son vitales para el funcionamiento adecuado del indivudo, la familia y la vecindad en la sociedad moderna" .» centro de información laboral = job information centre .
Example: The library responds to community problems with specialized services, such as a job information centre.» centro de información sectorial = sectoral information centre .
Example: The objectives, structure, present and proposed sectoral information centres for science and technology in India are described.» Centro de Información sobre el Ayuntamiento = Kommune Information Centre [Servicio de información sobre todas las cuestiones relativas al gobierno de la ciudad que es típico de los países escandinavos] .
Example: Thus a Kommune Information Centre may well be one providing information about the local authority and should not be equated with 'community information centre'.» centro de información turística = tourist information centre .
Example: Filey Tourist Information Centre is situated within the town centre of Filey at the top of Cargate Hill leading down to the beach.» centro de investigación = research centre ; research unit .
Example: This article traces the history of the library, its role as research centre, and discusses its organisation, staffing and collections. Example: For 10-15 years, largely computer-aided analyses in vast bibliographic data bases have been used for the evaluation of the publishing activities of research units.» centro de jardinería = garden centre .
Example: The purpose of the course is to assist students to develop competence as service workers in nurseries, garden centres, greenhouses, golf courses and ground maintenance.» centro de las ciencias = science centre .
Example: The data derived from a study of randomly selected natural history and science museums and science centres indicated that the libraries in those institutions were not adequately funded.» centro del visitante = visitor's centre .
Example: There are plans to transform vacated space in the old building into a visitor's centre with exhibitions and reading rooms.» centro de material didáctico escolar = school resource centre [Institución encargada de contener material didáctico especial de uso común por las escuelas de una región/provincia/estado] .
Example: This article considers the impact of cooperation on collections and technical services in school resource centres belonging to multistate, multitype library network.» centro de menores = young offender institution ; juvenile hall ; juvie [Forma coloquial de juvenile hall] .
Example: This paper reports the results of a survey of 538 male inmates of young offender institutions. Example: This 17-year-old male was fighting with some other kids in juvenile hall when he felt some pain in his left elbow. Example: The classmate committed suicide and Kenny was sent to juvie, where boys who were there for bigger offenses tortured him.» centro de detención de menores = juvenile hall ; young offender institution ; juvie [Forma coloquial de juvenile hall] .
Example: This 17-year-old male was fighting with some other kids in juvenile hall when he felt some pain in his left elbow. Example: This paper reports the results of a survey of 538 male inmates of young offender institutions. Example: The classmate committed suicide and Kenny was sent to juvie, where boys who were there for bigger offenses tortured him.» centro de ocio = recreation centre ; recreational centre ; leisure centre [Conjunto de edificios con instalaciones deportivas, cafeterías, y salas dedicadas a diversos usos que el ayuntamiento habilita para el esparcimiento de los ciudadanos] .
Example: This type of analysis is used for both privately owned activity spaces (e.g., cinemas, retail stores, and malls) and publicly supported activity spaces (e.g., recreation centers, libraries, and schools) = Este tipo de análisis se utiliza tnto para espacios privados (por ejemplo, cines, tiendas y centros comerciales) como para espacios públicos (por ejemplo, centros de ocio, bibliotecas y escuelas). Example: The building will be an information, educational and recreational centre for all user groups. Example: The Stockholm Public Library provides library services in 32 hospitals, 1 gaol, 3 leisure centres for the handicapped and retired, and an institution for social rehabilitation.» centro de orientación = referral centre [Organismo que envía al usuario a la fuente de información que es más probable responda a sus necesidades informativas] .
Example: A referral centre is an organization that refers enquirers to the source of information which is most likely to be able to supply a suitable reply.» centro de planificación familiar = family planning clinic ; planned parenthood centre .
Example: 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. Example: Modern family health care is provided by hospitals, maternity clinics, & planned parenthood centers in urban areas.» centro deportivo = sports centre .
Example: Providing and maintaining safe and comfortable conditions in sports centres raises many issues, particularly cost.» centro de proceso de información = clearinghouse [clearing house] [Organismo cuya tarea es la de recoger, conservar, difundir y hacer disponible documentos e información sobre estudios e investigaciones completadas, propuestas o en curso así como enviar a los usuarios a otras fuentes de información] .
Example: A clearing house is an org