Thread: total

i have a list of phrases -without any context again
total pockets
total coats
where to put total -to the end or beginning
Bolsillos totales??

2) and other type of phrases that bothers me
when the particple goes in the end again in the list

books used
workers training
days remaining

how to say that? - Libros Usados? I m absolutely
lost with workers traning and days remaining! )
thank you for ur help!

Hola,

todo depende del contexto ¿es una lista?

normalmente necesitarías algún artículo, por ejemplo "el total de los abrigos", "los libros usados"

I agree with SandraT, but I'd say "capacitación" instead of "entrenamiento" ("train" is both, and "entrenar" sounds to sports-oriented to me).

[quote=Irine]i have a list of phrases -without any context again
total pockets total de bolsillos
total coats total de abrigos
where to put total -to the end or beginning
Bolsillos totales??

2) and other type of phrases that bothers me
when the particple goes in the end again in the list

books used libros usados
workers training entrenamiento de trabajadores
days remaining dias que quedan/faltan

how to say that? - Libros Usados? I m absolutely
lost with workers traning and days remaining! )

Hi Irine,
This is the best I can do without any context.
Please remember that some words change when used in specific context.
Dragona

Hmmm... Interesting debate, Sandra T. (BUT just to us I'm afraid... I think Irine would get confused...)

Anyway, and since we like it, let's analyze further... "Práctica" has the problem of being different from "practice" in English in that we use "practicar" in Spanish as synonym of executing, exercising, performing an activity (just like "practice" in English), but it also may mean "ensayar" (rehearse, train to become -a doctor, for example, BEFORE graduating; I remember this show that appeared on Argentine TV as "Los Practicantes", and it was about lawyers in full exercise of their profession... For us, "practicantes" equals undergraduates, "practising" to become professionals, right? at least in MY country)...

So, I think this word further complicates matters! Now, to defend my point (haha): whether it's theoretical and practical activities, or just one of them, why not "capacitación"? "Training" doesn't exclude any of the two! Noun or verb, I think if workers are "in the training period", as you say, they could be "practising" and receiving information at the same time... If the phrase is "to train them" (verb), it's to "capacitarlos", don't you think?

I absolutely agree with you, Laura. At least in the office jargon in México, "capacitación" would be the usual word in this sentence, but I would change it a bit:

workers training: trabajadores en capacitación o bajo capacitación,

meaning that the workers are getting through a training program. I think training is functioning here as a verb, that is to say, "what the workers are doing". If the activity were "una práctica", the sentence would be "workers practicing" instead of "training".

Saludos

I completely understand both POV, but my 2 cents go for entrenamiento.
Maybe because it's what I've always heard, but that's the work that sounds right to me.
Capacitaion sounds more like capability, to me. But that's just me and my funky ears !
Well, now we're even!
2 votes for capacitacion and 2 votes for entrenamiento
Dragona

PS I apologize in advance for missing the accents. I have no clue how to add them in this computer

“Capacitación” is actually better. “Entrenamiento” sounds more like a literal translation to me and it is used more for sports in Spanish.