people's lawyers

Ex: This article covers the records of the Law Society on attorneys and solicitors; civilian lawyers; scriveners and notaries public; and the judiciary and personnel of the courts = Este artículo trata de los registros del Colegio de Abogados sobre abogados y procuradores, abogados civiles, notarios públicos y la judicatura y el personal de los juzgados.

ejercer de abogado — to practise o (EEUU) practice law

recibirse de abogado — esp LAm to qualify as a lawyer

abogado/a auxiliar — Méx junior lawyer

abogado/a del Estado — public prosecutor, attorney general (EEUU)

abogado/a de oficio — court-appointed counsel, duty solicitor, public defender (EEUU)

abogado/a laboralista — labour lawyer, labor lawyer (EEUU)

abogado/a penalista — Méx criminal lawyer

Ex: For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made with an attorney in a legal assistance society and conselors in abortion clinics or maternity homes.

pasé la tarde en compañía de unos amigos — I spent the afternoon with o frm in the company of some friends

Ex: Among the companies offering 'Mice' are Microsoft, Vision and Apple, but more are anticipated.

Ex: A companionship was a team of piecework compositors, led by one of their number, who co-operated in the setting of a book and submitted a single bill for the work, the proceeds of which were then divided amongst themselves.

Ex: There are more than 20 LIS schools in the Arab world and they grant diplomas, B.Sc. degrees, Master degrees and Ph.D.

Ex: He received his bachelor's degree from UCLA and a master's degree in librarianship from Catholic University.

Ex: It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.

Ex: All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.

medidas encaminadas a reducir el número de parados — measures designed to reduce o bring down o cut the number of unemployed

han reducido las listas de espera en los hospitales — they have reduced o cut hospital waiting lists

• reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sth

tenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%

• reducir a la mínima expresión — to reduce to the bare minimum

• reducir algo al mínimo — to reduce o cut sth to the minimum

• reducir algo a la mitad — to cut sth by half

han reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months

• reducir algo a algo —

• reducir a algn a la obediencia — to bring sb to heel

• reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence

reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

¡Benjamín al habla! — (Telec) Benjamín speaking!

estar al habla — (Telec) to be on the line, be speaking; (Náut) to be within hailing distance

Ex: The labels on the left have been chosen to come as close as possible to everyday speech.

fui tan pródigo en los pormenores que... — I was so lavish in o with details that...

pródigo EN algo — prodigal with o (frml) of something

pródigo EN algo — prodigal with o (frml) of something

Ex: The ideal, which we are laughably far from attaining, is that books should be spread with prodigal generosity throughout the community.

el príncipe representó al rey en la ceremonia — the prince attended the ceremony on behalf of the king o representing the king

Don Quijote representa el idealismo — Don Quixote symbolizes o represents idealism

nuevas formas de representar el mundo — new ways of representing o portraying o depicting the world

esta columna del gráfico representa los síes — this column of the graph shows o represents those in favour

los bantúes representan el 70% de los habitantes de Suráfrica — the Bantu account for o represent 70% of the inhabitants of South Africa

¿quién va a representar el papel que tenía antes la URSS? — who's going to play the part o role previously played by the USSR?

hacerse representar por alguien — to send a representative o proxy

eso representaría tres días de trabajo — that would mean o involve three days' work

hacerse representar por alguien — to send a representative o proxy

eso representaría tres días de trabajo — that would mean o involve three days' work

Ex: The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.