savvy searching

a o en búsqueda de algo — in search of sth

búsqueda y sustitución — (Inform) find and replace

Ex: Enthusiasm in a searcher, of course, all are agreed on: 'he must delight in the chase for its own sake'.

Ex: No single technique answers every question -- but an intelligent combination of savvy searching and picking the right technique helps expedite the Web search.

Ex: No single technique answers every question -- but an intelligent combination of savvy searching and picking the right technique helps expedite the Web search.

Ex: Normally the most effective way of summarising a table is to produce a simplified table.

Ex: It is clear to me that we must be attracting the best, the brightest and the most creative students possible.

conocimientos — (=nociones) knowledge sing

• dar conocimiento de algo, dimos conocimiento del robo a la policía — we informed the police about the robbery

• llegar a conocimiento de algn — to come to sb's attention o notice

• tener conocimiento de algo, aún no tenemos conocimiento de su detención — we still do not know that he has been arrested

recobrar o recuperar el conocimiento — to regain consciousness

dar conocimiento de algo a alguien — to inform o (frml) apprise somebody of something

pongo en su conocimiento que... — (Corresp) I am writing to inform you that...

al tener conocimiento del suceso — upon learning of the incident (frml)

llegar a conocimiento de alguien — to come to somebody's attention o notice (frml)

con conocimiento de causa: obró con conocimiento de causa (frml) he took this step, fully aware of what the consequences would be; hablo con conocimiento de causa — I know what I'm talking about

dar conocimiento de algo a alguien — to inform o (frml) apprise somebody of something

pongo en su conocimiento que... — (Corresp) I am writing to inform you that...

al tener conocimiento del suceso — upon learning of the incident (frml)

llegar a conocimiento de alguien — to come to somebody's attention o notice (frml)

con conocimiento de causa: obró con conocimiento de causa (frml) he took this step, fully aware of what the consequences would be; hablo con conocimiento de causa — I know what I'm talking about

Ex: The information-processing model of cognition, and developments in artificial intelligence encourage such comparisons = El modelo de la cognición sobre el procesamiento de la información de y los avances de la inteligencia artificial fomentan este tipo de comparaciones.

estuvieron buscando a los montañeros — they were searching for o looking for the mountaineers

el ejército busca a un comando enemigo — the army is searching for o looking for an enemy commando unit

lo busqué entre el público pero no lo vi — I tried to spot him o looked for him in the crowd but I didn't see him

no sé lo que buscas con esa actitud — I don't know what you're aiming to o trying to achieve with that attitude

con esta novela se busca la creación de un estilo diferente — this novel attempts to o aims to create a different style

solo buscaba su dinero — he was only out for o after her money

• buscar excusas — to make excuses

• buscar hacer algo — to seek to do sth, try to do sth

siempre buscaba hacerlo lo mejor posible — she always sought o tried to do the best possible thing

• ir a buscar algo/a algn, ha ido a buscar una servilleta — she's gone to fetch o get a napkin

ve a buscar a tu madre — go and fetch o get your mother

vino buscando pelea — he was looking for trouble o a fight, he was spoiling for a fight *

¿vais a ir a buscarme a la estación? — are you going to pick me up o fetch me from the station?

vino a buscar sus plantas — she came to pick up o fetch her plants

¡busca! — [al perro] fetch!

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

sentido del ridículo, su sentido del ridículo le impidió hacerlo — he felt self-conscious o embarrassed so he didn't do it

tiene un gran sentido del ridículo — she easily feels self-conscious o embarrassed

la vida sin ti no tendría sentido — without you life would have no meaning o would be meaningless

• doble sentido — double meaning

• sin sentido — [palabras, comentario] meaningless

no le veo sentido a esta discusión — I can't see any sense o point in this argument

• sin sentido — [crueldad, violencia] senseless

• tener sentido — to make sense

solo tiene sentido quejarse si así puedes conseguir lo que quieres — it only makes sense to complain if o the only point in complaining is if you can then get what you want

no tiene sentido que te disculpes ahora — it's pointless (you) apologizing now, there's no sense o point in (you) apologizing now

• perder el sentido — to lose consciousness

• recobrar el sentido — to regain consciousness

• en el sentido de las agujas del reloj — clockwise

en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — anti-clockwise, counterclockwise (EEUU)

• en sentido amplio — in the broad sense

• en el buen sentido de la palabra — in the best o good sense of the word

• en cierto sentido — in a sense

• en ese sentido — [con nombre] to that effect; [con verbo] in that sense, in that respect

en ese sentido no sabemos qué hacer — in that sense o respect, we don't know what to do

• en sentido estricto — in the strict sense of the word o term

no es, en sentido estricto, un pez de río — it's not a freshwater fish in the strict sense of the word o term, it's not strictly speaking a freshwater fish

• en sentido figurado — in the figurative sense, figuratively

• en sentido lato — in the broad sense

• tomar algo en el mal sentido — to take sth the wrong way

• en tal sentido — to that effect

un acuerdo en tal sentido sería interpretado como una privatización — such an agreement o an agreement to that effect would be interpreted as privatization