library+advocacy

biblioteca ambulante — mobile library, bookmobile (EEUU)

biblioteca circulante — [de préstamo] lending library; [ambulante] circulating library

Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.

(Ministerio de) Defensa — Ministry of Defence, Defense Department (EEUU)

la defensa — (=jugadores) the defence, the defense (EEUU)

actuó en defensa propia or en legítima defensa — he acted in self-defense

actuó en defensa propia or en legítima defensa — he acted in self-defense

Ex: The only defense that Panizzi was able to muster in this case was to cite the authorities instead of the reasons he followed.

Ex: The rationale underpinning library funding should be stated explicitly in legislation which should provide a powerful platform for library advocacy.

Ex: The rationale underpinning library funding should be stated explicitly in legislation which should provide a powerful platform for library advocacy.

actuar en una película — to act o be in a film

actúa como o de mediador en el conflicto — he's acting as a mediator in the conflict

actúa de manera rara — he's acting o behaving strangely

Ex: AACR2 defines a corporate body thus: 'a corporate body is an organisation or group of persons that is identified by a particular name and that acts, or may act, as an entity'.

Ex: In particular we are concerned with those techniques which are of interest to librarians and information workers.

Ex: That is a kind of, I would submit, bibliothecal arrogance on our part, a kind of intellectual elitism, if you will.

Ex: The rationale underpinning library funding should be stated explicitly in legislation which should provide a powerful platform for library advocacy.

el tema despertó o suscitó el interés del público — the topic aroused public interest

• esperar algo con interés — to await sth with interest

• mostrar interés en o por algo — to show (an) interest in sth

• poner interés en algo — to take an interest in sth

• sentir o tener interés por algo — to be interested in sth

siento auténtico interés por los idiomas — I have a real interest o I am really interested in languages

sentir o tener interés por hacer algo — to be interested in doing sth

te lo digo por tu propio interés — I'm telling you for your own benefit o in your own interest

un préstamo a o con un interés del 9 por ciento — a loan at 9 per cent interest

• dar interés — [capital, inversión] to yield interest; [banco, cuenta] to pay interest

• devengar interés — to accrue interest, earn interest

• tasa LAm o tipo de interés — interest rate

intereses acumulados — accrued interest sing

intereses por cobrar — interest receivable sing

intereses por pagar — interest payable sing

• un conflicto de intereses — a conflict of interests

• tener intereses en algo — to have interests o a stake in sth

tiene intereses en varias compañías extranjeras — he has interests o a stake in several foreign companies

de interés científico — of scientific significance o interest

tengo especial interés en que... — I am particularly concerned o keen that...

actúa sólo por interés — he acts purely in his own interest o out of self-interest

tiene intereses en esa empresa — he has a stake o an interest in that company

a or con un interés del 12% — at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%

de interés científico — of scientific significance o interest

tengo especial interés en que... — I am particularly concerned o keen that...

actúa sólo por interés — he acts purely in his own interest o out of self-interest

tiene intereses en esa empresa — he has a stake o an interest in that company

a or con un interés del 12% — at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%

Ex: Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.

Ex: Repayments is normally by equal half-yearly payments of capital and interest after a moratorium on capital repayments of up to five years, depending on project completion date.