knowledge+workers

Ex: With managers' monopoly of knowledge abolished, differentials between line workers and leadership lose justification.

han transformado el palacio en museo — they have turned o converted the palace into a museum

transformarse EN algo: los carbohidratos se transforman en azúcar the carbohydrates are converted into sugar; la calabaza se transformó en un carruaje — the pumpkin turned into o was transformed into a carriage

transformarse EN algo: los carbohidratos se transforman en azúcar the carbohydrates are converted into sugar; la calabaza se transformó en un carruaje — the pumpkin turned into o was transformed into a carriage

Ex: Whether or not these specific proposals will be brought into some kind of overall approach and ideology remains to me a very questionable point.

crearon el nombre de la empresa mediante la unión de sus apellidos — the name of the company was created by joining together o combining their surnames

viajó a París en unión de sus colegas — he travelled to Paris together with o along with his associates

Unión General de Trabajadores — Esp socialist union confederation

Unión Soviética — ( Hist) Soviet Union

punto de unión — junction ( entre between)

Ex: Knowledge generally evolves from an identifiable base, and often new subjects arise from the coming together of two previously separate subjects.

Ex: With his interest in the process of making something, the craftsman embodies the traditional work ethic, with his respect for people and his concern for quality and thrift.

viven en el campo — they live in the country o countryside

la gente del campo — country people o folk

campo de cultivo — (lit) farm land; (fig) breeding ground

el portero tuvo que abandonar el campo — the goalkeeper had to leave the pitch o field

Campo de Gibraltar — Spanish territory around the border with Gibraltar

Campos Elíseos — [en París] Champs Elysées; (Mit) Elysian Fields

levantar el campo — (Mil) to break camp, strike camp; (=irse) to make tracks *

campo de aviación — airfield, airdrome (EEUU)

campo de trabajo — [de castigo] labour o (EEUU) labor camp; [de vacaciones] work camp

campo de acción, campo de actuación — scope, room for manoeuvre o (EEUU) maneuver

no hay campo — there's no room o space

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

hagan or abran campo — make room

campo a través or a campo traviesa — <cruzar/ir> cross-country

perdieron en su campo or en campo propio — they lost at home

esto no está dentro de mi campo de acción — this does not fall within my area o field of responsibility

dejarle el campo libre a alguien — to leave the field clear for somebody

levantar el campo — to make tracks (colloq)

hagan or abran campo — make room

Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex: Records are normally divided into fields.

Ex: Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.

jemandem die Hand geben od. (geh.) reichen — shake somebody's hand; shake somebody by the hand

jemanden an die od. (geh.) bei der Hand nehmen — take somebody by the hand

jemandem aus der Hand lesen — read somebody's hand or palm

etwas in der Hand/den Händen haben od. (geh.) halten — have got or hold something in one's hand/hands

in die Hände klatschen — clap one's hands

mit Händen und Füßen reden — use gestures to make oneself understood

Hand in Hand gehen — go or walk hand-in-hand

was hältst du davon - Hand aufs Herz! — what do you think? - be honest

eine Hand wäscht die andere — you scratch my back and 1'll scratch yours

jemandem sind die Hände gebunden — somebody's hands are tied

Hand und Fuß/weder Hand noch Fuß haben — (ugs.) make sense/no sense

[bei etwas selbst mit] Hand anlegen — lend a hand [with something]; die od

seine Hand aufhalten — (ugs.) hold out one's hand

letzte Hand an etwas (Akk.) legen — put the finishing touches pl. to something

sich (Dat.) od. (geh.) alle od. beide Hände damit voll haben, etwas zu tun — (ugs.) have one's hands full doing something

bei etwas die od. seine Hände [mit] im Spiel haben — have a hand in something

die Hände über dem Kopf zusammenschlagen — (ugs.) throw up one's hands in horror

zwei linke Hände haben — (ugs.) have two left hands (coll.)

eine lockere od. lose Hand haben — (ugs.) hit out at the slightest provocation

linker/rechter Hand — on or to the left/right

[klar] auf der Hand liegen — (ugs.) be obvious

jemanden auf Händen tragen — lavish every kind of care and attention on somebody

etwas aus erster Hand wissen — know something at first hand; have first-hand knowledge of something

Kleidung aus zweiter Hand — second-hand clothes pl.

jemandem aus der Hand fressen — eat out of somebody's hand (fig.)

etwas aus der Hand geben — (weggeben) let something out of one's hands; (aufgeben) give something up

etwas bei der Hand haben — (greifbar haben) have something handy; (parat haben) have something ready

mit etwas schnell od. rasch bei der Hand sein — (ugs.) be ready [with something]

hinter vorgehaltener Hand — off the record

in die Hände spucken — spit on one's hands; (fig. ugs.) roll up one's sleeves (fig.)

jemanden/etwas in die Hand od. Hände bekommen — lay or get one's hands on somebody/get one's hands on something

jemandem in die Hände fallen — fall into somebody's hands

jemanden in der Hand haben — have or hold somebody in the palm of one's hand

in jemandes Hand (Dat.) sein od. (geh.) liegen — be in somebody's hands

in sicheren od. guten Händen sein — be in safe or good hands

sich mit Händen und Füßen gegen etwas sträuben od. wehren — (ugs.) fight tooth and nail against something

das Geld mit vollen Händen ausgeben — spend money like water

um jemandes Hand anhalten od. bitten — (geh. veralt.) ask for somebody's hand [in marriage]

unter der Hand — (fig.) on the quiet