formal planning

licencia de armas — gun licence, gun permit (EEUU)

licencia de conducir, licencia de conductor — driving licence, driver's license (EEUU)

licencia de construcción — ≈ planning permission

licencia de exportación — (Com) export licence

licencia de manejar — LAm driving licence, driver's license (EEUU)

licencia fiscal — registration with the Spanish Inland Revenue necessary for any commercial activity

Ex: They were a kind of localized office for the city government and would take on routine tasks like receiving license applications, although main function was to provide information.

sistema binario — (Inform) binary system

sistema de fondo fijo — (Com) imprest system

sistema frontal — (Meteo) front, frontal system

sistema rastreador — [en investigaciones espaciales] tracking system

trabajar con sistema — to work systematically o methodically

trabajar con sistema — to work systematically o methodically

trabajar con sistema — to work systematically o methodically

Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.

Ex: Amazingly enough, the first great dictionary was basically the work of one man.

le ponen luz artificial para compensar la falta de sol — they put in artificial lighting to compensate for o make up for the lack of sunlight

te compensa hacerlo — it's worth you doing it, it's worth your while doing it o to do it

se compensa con una rebaja en los impuestos — it is offset by o compensated for by tax cuts

se compensa con una rebaja en los impuestos — it is offset by o compensated for by tax cuts

Ex: Whatever the immediate difficulties may be, they will be more than compensated for by the long-term benefits of automated bibliographic control.

hazlo de la manera que sea — do it however o the way you like

• a mi/tu etc manera — my/your etc way

• a la manera de algn/algo, siguen arando a la manera de sus abuelos — they still plough as o in the way their grandfathers did

una novela escrita a la manera de Kafka — a novel written in a Kafkaesque manner o in the style of Kafka

• de manera perfecta — perfectly, in a perfect way

nos recibió de manera cortés — he received us courteously o in a courteous way

• de esta manera — (in) this way, (in) this fashion

• de la misma manera — (in) the same way, (in) the same fashion

• de alguna manera — (=en cierto modo) to some extent; (=de cualquier modo) somehow; [al principio de frase] in a way, in some ways

• en cierta manera — in a way, to a certain extent

• de cualquier manera — (=sin cuidado) any old how; (=de todos modos) anyway

• en gran manera — to a large extent

• de mala manera, le pegó de mala manera — he hit her really hard

lo estafaron de mala manera — * they really ripped him off *

ese tío se enrolla de mala manera — * that guy just can't stop jabbering *

• de ninguna manera, eso no lo vamos a aceptar de ninguna manera — there's no way we are going to accept that

• de otra manera — (=de otro modo) in a different way; (=por otra parte) otherwise

• sobre manera — exceedingly

• de tal manera que... — in such a way that...

• de todas maneras — anyway, in any case

tener maneras — LAm to have good manners, be well-mannered

no lo pongas así de cualquier manera, dóblalo — don't just put it in any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how, fold it up

de cualquier manera or de todas maneras — anyway

de manera que — ( así que) (+ indic) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that, so

de ninguna manera: ¿me lo das? - de ninguna manera will you give it to me? - certainly not; de ninguna manera lo voy a permitir there's no way I'm going to allow it; no son de ninguna manera inferiores they are in no way inferior; sobre manera sobremanera; de mala manera: me contestó de muy mala manera she answered me very rudely; la trataba de mala manera he used to treat her badly; los precios han subido de mala manera (Esp) prices have shot up (colloq); lo malcrió de mala manera (Esp) she spoiled him terribly o (colloq) rotten; querer algo de mala manera — (Esp fam) to want something really badly

no lo pongas así de cualquier manera, dóblalo — don't just put it in any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how, fold it up