cannot

Ex: The value of professionally staffed libraries in these communities cannot be overestimated = La importancia que tienen las bibliotecas dirigidas por profesionales para estas comunidades es inestimable.

enviar un mensaje a algn — [por móvil] to text sb, send sb a text message

envió el balón al fondo de las mallas — (period) he put the ball in the back of the net

lo enviaron a Londres de agregado cultural — he was sent o posted to London as cultural attaché

envió el balón al fondo de las mallas — (period) he put the ball in the back of the net

lo enviaron a Londres de agregado cultural — he was sent o posted to London as cultural attaché

Ex: You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.

Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex: The system cannot interpret ' bronce' because it cannot recognize that it is not dealing with screw weight or color.

leer el pensamiento a algn — to read sb's mind o thoughts

Ex: A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he cannot read or because it was written too long ago.

difícilmente/fácilmente localizable — [objeto, lugar] hard/easy to find; [persona] hard/easy to get hold of

no está localizable — he cannot be found o traced

no está localizable — he cannot be found o traced

Ex: Is the hardware configuration required by the software available, for example, amount of storage, number and capacity of disc drives, addressable screen cursors etc?.

el tema mencionado anteriormente — the aforementioned o abovementioned matter (frml)

el tema mencionado anteriormente — the aforementioned o abovementioned matter (frml)

Ex: An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.

Ex: In considering the headings to be chosen for government agencies it is as well to start by considering the headings for governments.

Ex: It is thus that the library makes itself almost impossible to get along without.

pez gordo — * big shot *

estar pez en algo — (Esp fam)

en cuestiones de cocina estoy pez — I don't know the first thing about cooking (colloq)

estar or sentirse como pez en el agua — to be in one's element

estar pez en algo — (Esp fam)

en cuestiones de cocina estoy pez — I don't know the first thing about cooking (colloq)

estar or sentirse como pez en el agua — to be in one's element

Ex: What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.

Ex: Overload occurs when individuals cannot feasibly meet the demands made upon them.

Ex: Even substantial rises in the grants from universities to their libraries cannot even keep the library from standing still.

Ex: Even substantial rises in the grants from universities to their libraries cannot even keep the library from standing still.

Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.

reemplazar algo con o por algo — to replace sth with sth

durante la baja por maternidad mi ayudante me reemplazará — my assistant will take my place o will replace me while I am on maternity leave

reemplazar a algn con o por algn — to replace sb with sb

reemplazar a alguien POR or CON alguien — to replace somebody with o by somebody

reemplazar algo POR or CON algo — to replace something with something

reemplazar a alguien POR or CON alguien — to replace somebody with o by somebody

reemplazar algo POR or CON algo — to replace something with something

Ex: The computer cannot replace the intellectual work of selecting and providing relationships between terms.

Ex: The result was that by the close of the 1940s, when ADI was revived, new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.

cómprate otro abrigo, el que llevas es un auténtico saldo — you should get yourself another coat, the one you're wearing has had it *

eres un auténtico saldo, no sabes ni freír un huevo — you're hopeless o you're a dead loss, you can't even boil an egg *

Ex: Publishers increasingly worried about the bottom line and hesitate to publish books that may be an invitation for backlash from groups opposed to homosexuality.

Ex: So far as possible the international traders exchanged books, but sometimes the balance was unequal and accounts were settled in money.

Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by or ousted by the machine selection of terms.

tachar a algn de una lista — to cross o take sb off a list

tachar a alguien DE algo — to brand o label somebody as something

tachar a alguien DE algo — to brand o label somebody as something

Ex: The time taken to print it can mean that it is out of date when it is available, and though withdrawals can be shown by crossing out, additions cannot be shown at all.

Ex: It may sound as if the librarians and information professionales are about to cut the branch on which they sit, but progress aimed toward informational self-service cannot be stopped.