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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

capacidad de atención de las transmisiones

English translation:

transaction handling capacity

Added to glossary by James A. Walsh
Dec 7, 2010 19:08
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

capacidad de atención

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) Online Lottery System
Bid specifications for an online lottery system. This part is setting out the requirements for the systems that will host it. I just cannot think of how to put this in UK English.

Context:

"2. Deben existir al menos dos computadores centrales operando simultáneamente en paralelo respaldándose uno al otro y ubicados en áreas geográficas diferentes y con la capacidad de intercambiar automáticamente el procesamiento de transacciones de un equipo al otro.
3. El sistema debe ser capaz de efectuar estos cambios sin afectar de ninguna manera el procesamiento de transacciones, sin que varíe la capacidad de atención de las transmisiones y el tiempo de respuesta a las terminales."

Many thanks in advance.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 transaction handling capacity
3 +3 processing capacity
4 attention span
3 capability/capacity of dealing with
4 -3 response time
Change log

Dec 7, 2010 20:56: Travelin Ann changed "Term asked" from "capacidad de atención (in this context)" to "capacidad de atención "

Discussion

Martin Cassell Dec 7, 2010:
broaden the source term seems to me that a better unit to consider would be "la capacidad de atención de las transmisiones": then you have more options to render it with something more natural in EN, perhaps something like "the number of <transmisiones> that can be handled (simultaneously)"
liz askew Dec 7, 2010:
Feel free to disagree with me at any time. I have no problem with that.
liz askew Dec 7, 2010:
All my contributions are based on my linguistic knowledge, nothing more. I am not a specialist in any other area, except language.
liz askew Dec 7, 2010:
My comments are linguistic and I see a clear distinction between "tiempo de respuesta" and "capacidad de atención". Let us just leave it at that.
riafontes Dec 7, 2010:
Liz Just for you to know, my husband worked for IBM in the technical department for 25 years. He knows exactly what is this situation. He does not need to go to Google to find out. You may call it processing capacity or handling capacity but what matters to the end user is the response time. He does not care how powerful is the processor. That is why the customer sets up the requirements of the installation to provide the adequate response and at the same time the back up part of it. So, when you have more than one processor you want all of them to have the same information all the time and that the interface among them would not slow down the process. If one goes down the others can handle the situation without any loss of information or processing power.
James A. Walsh (asker) Dec 7, 2010:
Couldn't agree more, Meirs... But that's the way it goes. The job is urgent, so the agency had to split it up... Not ideal at all, but there you go. Indeed, I think I couldn't nail this term today because I've been rushing. Totally agree with Robert's suggestion here. I built/managed/maintained network/web servers for 10 years in my last IT job, and 'processing capacity' is spot on I believe.

Thanks again everyone :-)
meirs Dec 7, 2010:
Splitting the xlation job was a bad bet IMHO - inconsistent results are assured
Susana Magalhães Dec 7, 2010:
I also agree with Robert, and as I looked for "processing capacity" I found at http://blogs.sun.com/jyrivirkki/entry/request_processing_cap... the idea of "incoming request rate"
James A. Walsh (asker) Dec 7, 2010:
Thanks all, Unfortunately this rather large bid spec. has been split up between several translators, and I don't have access to definition section (well today anyway). Robert, your suggestion makes sense to me, please post it.
philgoddard Dec 7, 2010:
Robert: You should post that as an answer.
meirs Dec 7, 2010:
to be serious "capacidad de atención" must have been defined in the Definition section of the spec - what is it, and elsewhere in the spec - how is it measured, what is the minimum level required. Otherwise, how will the system be tested and accepted (or not)?
meirs Dec 7, 2010:
but on the input side - how many inputs not core nor output - both taken care of by "tiempo de respuesta" )
Robert Forstag Dec 7, 2010:
"processing capacity"... ...is what seems to fit here.
meirs Dec 7, 2010:
receiving delay The time interval between the user "entered" his choice (on his own computer) and that at which it was received (and recorded as such) on the server.

Proposed translations

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3 hrs
Selected

transaction handling capacity

'atención' does not necessarily equate to 'processing', but rather to 'detecting incoming requests for action (or 'transaction', in IT-speak) and providing appropriate immediate responses - which might be, for example, simply refusing to 'process' the requests and displaying a 'server overload' message to the requesters, or stacking the requests for FIFO processing when the overload is cleared.

National Stock Exchange - [ Traducir esta página ]12 Jul 2006 ... However with the then existing 2-machine split architecture, it was required to improve the trading system transaction handling capacity. ...
www.nasscom.in › ... › Members › Success Stories - En caché - SimilaresDocument Imaging WorkFlow - [ Traducir esta página ]Workflow Solutions for Higher Transaction Handling Capacity and Reduced per Transaction Cost. Workflow based solutions help you to expand your operations ...
www.growfastcomputing.net/document_imaging_workflow.html - En caché - SimilaresItanium Solutions Alliance - Scaling Transaction Growth - [ Traducir esta página ]The increase in transaction handling capacity provided by the new system translates directly to revenue for the company. One year ago, AKD Trade ranked 20th ...
www.itaniumsolutions.org/.../scaling_transaction_growth - En cachéCourteville Plans More Business Solution For Corporate Bodies ... - [ Traducir esta página ]He noted that the solution allows educational institutions to create a more structured organizations, increases the transaction handling capacity and ...
www.courtevillegroup.com/news17.html - En cachéMicrosoft Middleeast - Windows Family Home Page - [ Traducir esta página ]The increase in transaction handling capacity provided by the new system translates directly to revenue for the company. One year ago, AKD Trade ranked 20th ...
www.microsoft.com/middleeast/press/casestudy/akd1.mspx - En caché

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-12-07 22:40:38 GMT)
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Note that it's the strategy governing the way requests are 'handled' which ends up defining the worst-case 'response time' (a term that has been proposed as an answer elsewhere on this page). Taking the two examples I mentioned earlier (request rejection or request stacking), the first offers a response time of 'never' while the second offers a response time of 'most probably within the next XX (milli)seconds'.
Note from asker:
Bingo! This is what I was after! I was going with Robert's suggestion, which I feel is a perfectly acceptable translation, but I do believe this is absolutely bang on the nail. Thank you very much indeed mediamatrix.
Yep, it all makes 100% sense to me now, thanks again :-)
Peer comment(s):
agree liz askew : Great stuff! This would equally work.
11 hrs
agree neilmac : Enhances the original :)
3 days 23 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks to all for your valuable help."
58 mins
Spanish term (edited): capacidad de atención (in this context)

capability/capacity of dealing with

this is about all I can offer

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:q9-39Gt...


Deben existir al menos dos computadores centrales operando
simultáneamente en paralelo respaldándose uno al otro y ubicados en
áreas geográficas diferentes y con la capacidad de intercambiar
automáticamente el procesamiento de transacciones de un equipo al
otro.
3. El sistema debe ser capaz de efectuar estos cambios sin afectar de
ninguna manera el procesamiento de transacciones, sin que varíe la
capacidad de atención de las transmisiones y el tiempo de respuesta a
las terminales.
4. Los computadores centrales para los juegos de Lotería Electrónica
deben tener la capacidad necesaria y una velocidad que asegure a la
JUNTA los tiempos de respuesta solicitados. Debe ser flexible y tener
capacidad para la expansión progresiva y de rápida ejecución, que se
ajuste a las necesidades cambiantes de la lotería electrónica en línea

NetScout Systems Introduces Solution to NetworkApplication ...
11 Aug 1997 ... They will work with NetScout to refine and deploy the application response time capability. "Walgreens is already a large user of DeskTalk ...
www.allbusiness.com/technology/software.../6998531-1.html - Cached
Response - Transport Canada
8 Sep 2010 ... It must be accepted that the response time standards and tiered capability were established for planning purposes rather than as performance ...
www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/tp-tp15039-response-3182.htm - Cached



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Note added at 1 hr (2010-12-07 20:09:23 GMT)
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further context

la capacidad de atención a través del sistema de transmisión

Informacion Tecnologica - 2002 - Google Books Result
Vol. 13, No. 1 - 192 pages - Magazine
1995): transmisión y distribución, y generación. Recursos de Transmisión y ... la capacidad de atención a través del sistema de transmisión y distribución ...
books.google.co.uk/books?id=L7lA4NEC9pcC... - More book results »

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-12-07 20:11:14 GMT)
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=

processing capability

??

#
Problems Solved by Parallel Processing
Increased Number of Transactions: When the number of incoming transactions exceeds the processing capability, transactions are delayed and response time ...
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r9/.../e0s2p10035.htm - Cached
►
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Performance Metrics | Federal IT Dashboard
29 Oct 2010 ... IAFIS Processing Capability and Response Time, IAFIS Processing Capability is 160000 per day with a 2-hour Response Time for 95% of ...
it.usaspending.gov/?q=content/performance-metrics&buscid... - Cached

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-12-07 20:11:39 GMT)
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processing capability


= final contribution
Note from asker:
Many thanks Liz, I appreciate you taking the time. I think your last suggestion is good. The wording in the original really threw me! Cheers :-)
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1 hr
Spanish term (edited): capacidad de atención (in this context)

response time

After all this is what they are looking for, speed
Note from asker:
Thank you :-)
Peer comment(s):
disagree liz askew : this comes later "tiempo de respuesta"./They are not looking for "response time" in both instances..people disagree with me often on the French-English site in the same circumstances as you describe, i.e. they have made a contribution & disagree with mine
2 mins
Liz, we had this problem before, if you provide an answer you cannot disagree specifically with the others. After all they use different wording but the result is the same, in both case they are looking for response time.
disagree meirs : More than response time (comes later) - incoming request rate handling capacity (excess is kicked out - not handled at all)
25 mins
Yes meirs, if it cannot handle then it cannot respond. I think you defined better than anyone else the right answer "handling capacity". I think you should give it as an answer.
disagree Jennifer Levey : Gross over-simplification. // Yes, Yes, and ... errrr.... Yes! // Yes (again!) I have read and fully understood K-rule 3.6.
1 hr
Do you have a better definition? Have you ever tried to set up requirements for a data processing department? Have you worked on one? Have you read and understood rule 3.6 of Kudoz?
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1 hr
Spanish term (edited): capacidad de atención (in this context)

processing capacity

Reference seems to be to the system's *capacity* to process data sequentially and/or simultaneously.

Suerte.
Note from asker:
Thanks Bob, from personal experience, I think you're spot on here. The original wording totally threw me! Cheers ;-)
Peer comment(s):
agree liz askew : Cannot say I am 100% sure about the use of "capacity/capability" here:) however, I respect your contribution. And if this is exactly the same thing as "response time" then I will eat my hat and humble pie at the same time.
16 mins
Thank you, Liz. I had originally posted this in the "discussion" field a couple of minutes after the question was posted, given that I was not (and still am not) entirely sure that it fits. :)
agree philgoddard
1 hr
Thank you, Phil.
agree neilmac : Sounds right to me for the context, better than my "attention span" anyway :9
13 hrs
Thanks so much, Neil. Seasons greetings.
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Spanish term (edited): capacidad de atención (in this context)

attention span

I realise that you are likely seeking a less anthropomorphic suggestion, but the IT world is full of these things. If you don't fancy mine (even with "quotes"), something akin to the "delay" suggestion by meirs in the discussion might work.

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Note added at 20 mins (2010-12-07 19:29:10 GMT)
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span -> the complete duration of something
attention -> has been referred to as the allocation of processing resources

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Note added at 23 mins (2010-12-07 19:31:56 GMT)
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I mean, if a PC has "memory" then it could conceivably be admitted to have other animal traits... or not?

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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-12-08 10:27:32 GMT)
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Anthropomorphic terms are commonplace in IT contexts. We have parent/child nodes, programs "run".... One wonders why the (presumably Spanish-speaking) author used the term they did, rather than the more techy-seeming version everyone seems to be hypothesising.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-12-08 10:30:17 GMT)
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From the Wikipedia definition of "attention":
"... Attention has also been referred to as the allocation of processing resources. "
Note from asker:
Thanks Neil :-)
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : Not in this context - it means "ability to process/handle".
15 mins
No need to patronise, I understand perfectly well what it means. Have another look at my comments. The Spanish could have rendered it any way, but chose to use what is to all all intents and purposes "attention span".
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