local history

local comercial — [gen] business premises pl ; [sin ocupar] shop unit

Ex: Solutions include constructing compact shelving, on-site remote storage or building new library facilities.

Ex: Results indicate that bibliographers at these libraries depend on inadequate reviewing sources and domestic approval plans for developing these literatures.

Ex: The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.

Ex: When attempted on a modest scale, local history collections can offer a unique component to the library's repertoire of reference services.

Ex: The van tours around libraries, community centres and residential homes in the city, giving talks and presentations on local history and the resources available for its study.

la historia del cine — the history of film o cinema

nuestro problema ya pasó a la historia — our problem is a thing of the past o has long since disappeared

Historia Sagrada — Biblical history; [en la escuela] † Scripture

la historia de siempre o la misma historia o la historia de todos los días — the same old story

seguro que te viene con alguna historia — she's sure to give you some excuse o tell you some story

¿así que has estado trabajando hasta ahora? ¡no me vengas con historias o déjate de historias! — so you've been working right up to now, have you? don't give me any of your stories!

andan metidos en una historia un poco rara — they're mixed up in a rather funny business *

tener una historia con algn — to have a fling with sb *

hacer historia — to make history

pasar a la historia — ( por ser importante) to go down in history; ( perder actualidad) (fam)

aquello ya pasó a la historia — that's ancient history now (colloq)

me vino con la historia de que... — he came up with this story o tale about...

se quejó de no sé qué historias — he complained about something or other (colloq)

una historia de drogas — some business to do with drugs (colloq)

hacer historia — to make history

pasar a la historia — ( por ser importante) to go down in history; ( perder actualidad) (fam)

aquello ya pasó a la historia — that's ancient history now (colloq)

me vino con la historia de que... — he came up with this story o tale about...

se quejó de no sé qué historias — he complained about something or other (colloq)

una historia de drogas — some business to do with drugs (colloq)

Ex: It is important to recognise, then, that a variety of different indexing approaches are inevitable, not only for reasons of history and indexer preference, but because different situations demand different approaches.

Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.

es de colección — Méx it's a collector's item

Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

Ex: When attempted on a modest scale, local history collections can offer a unique component to the library's repertoire of reference services.

Ex: Topics included local history in a multi cultural society, women's history, and local history societies.

Ex: This is an address given at a seminar on 'Books and businesses: an investment that pays off' at the Turin book fair on 17 May 89.

Ex: The problems and solutions of organising and indexing the local history material in 2 neighbouring libraries in Sydney are summarised.

Ex: This paper is based on a presentation made at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists, Washington, D.C., Sept 84.

• los bajos fondos — the underworld

• una maletín con doble fondo — a case with a false bottom, a false-bottomed case

• irse al fondo — to sink to the bottom

• en el fondo del mar — [gen] at the bottom of the sea; (=en el lecho marino) on the sea bed

• sin fondo — bottomless

la economía tocó fondo y el gobierno tuvo que devaluar la moneda — the economy reached o hit rock bottom and the government had to devalue the currency

• al fondo, su oficina está al fondo a la izquierda — her office is at the end on the left

• tener mucho fondo — to be deep

• tener poco fondo — [bañera] to be shallow; [cajón, armario] not to be deep enough

en el fondo de esta polémica late el miedo al cambio — at the heart o bottom of this controversy lies a fear of change

• la cuestión de fondo — the basic o fundamental issue

el problema de fondo — the basic o fundamental o underlying problem

• la forma y el fondo — form and content

• llegar al fondo de la cuestión — to get to the bottom of the matter

• música de fondo — background music

• ruido de fondo — background noise

fondo de escritorio, fondo de pantalla — (Inform) (desktop) wallpaper

• a fondo —

• una investigación a fondo — [policial] a thorough investigation; [de estudio] an in-depth study

• una limpieza a fondo — a thorough clean

no conoce a fondo la situación del país — he does not have a thorough o an in-depth knowledge of the country's situation

• emplearse a fondo, tuvo que emplearse a fondo para disuadirlos — he had to use all his skill to dissuade them

• pisar a fondo el acelerador — to put one's foot down ( on the accelerator)

• en el fondo —

• en el fondo de su corazón — in his heart of hearts, deep down

lo que se debatirá en la reunión, en el fondo, es el futuro de la empresa — what is actually o really going to be debated in the meeting is the future of the company

en el fondo ambos sistemas son muy parecidos — fundamentally o essentially, both systems are very similar

• carrera de fondo — long-distance race

• esquí de fondo — cross-country skiing

• corredor de medio fondo — middle-distance runner

• pruebas de medio fondo — middle-distance events

• a fondo perdido — [crédito, inversión] non-recoverable, non-refundable

Fondo de Compensación Interterritorial — system of financial redistribution between the autonomous regions of Spain

fondo ético — (Econ) ethical investment fund

• recaudar fondos — to raise funds

• estar sin fondos — to be out of funds, be broke *

cheque o talón sin fondos — bounced cheque, rubber check (EEUU)

de fondo jovial — of cheery o cheerful disposition, cheerful-natured

• con o de fondo — serious

• medio fondo — slip

estaban al or en el fondo de la sala — they were at the back of the room

hacer un fondo común — to start a joint fund o (colloq) a kitty

un cheque sin fondos — a dud o (AmE) rubber check (colloq)

estoy mal de fondos — (fam) I'm short of cash (colloq)

de fondo — <corredor/carrera/prueba> long-distance

a fondo — (loc adj) <estudio/investigación> in-depth; (loc adv) <prepararse/entrenar> thoroughly

de fondo — <ruido/música> background (before n); <error/discrepancia> fundamental

en el fondo: en el fondo no es malo deep down he's not a bad person; en el fondo nos llevamos bien we get on all right, really; fondo blanco! (AmL fam) bottoms up! (colloq); tener buen fondo to be a good person at heart; tocar fondo to bottom out; su credibilidad ha tocado fondo — his credibility has hit o reached rock bottom

estaban al or en el fondo de la sala — they were at the back of the room

hacer un fondo común — to start a joint fund o (colloq) a kitty

un cheque sin fondos — a dud o (AmE) rubber check (colloq)

estoy mal de fondos — (fam) I'm short of cash (colloq)

de fondo — <corredor/carrera/prueba> long-distance

a fondo — (loc adj) <estudio/investigación> in-depth; (loc adv) <prepararse/entrenar> thoroughly

de fondo — <ruido/música> background (before n); <error/discrepancia> fundamental

en el fondo: en el fondo no es malo deep down he's not a bad person; en el fondo nos llevamos bien we get on all right, really; fondo blanco! (AmL fam) bottoms up! (colloq); tener buen fondo to be a good person at heart; tocar fondo to bottom out; su credibilidad ha tocado fondo — his credibility has hit o reached rock bottom

Ex: In the background has often been the need, at a time of declining financial resources, to demonstrate the relevance of the library to all sectors of society and there can sometimes be detected an element of patronization.

Ex: They not only provide detailed information about new books and those soon to be published, but also continue to list all of their books still in print (frequently called a ' backlist').