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Gilravage: a merrymaking; a noisy frolic, particularly among young people; depredation; great disorder.

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Macadamis(z)e: to construct or finish (a road) by compacting into a solid mass a layer of small broken stone on a convex well-drained roadbed and using a binder (as cement or asphalt) for the mass.

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Phatic: of, relating to, or being speech used for social or emotive purposes rather than for communicating information.

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Squinch: a support (as an arch, lintel, or corbeling) carried across the corner of a room under a superimposed mass.

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Persiflage: frivolous bantering talk: light raillery

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Ésta es un breve guía para comenzar a utilizar Trados Workbench. A continuación se detallan brevemente los pasos a seguir para crear, abrir y exportar una memoria de traducción, y demás funciones básicas del programa. Se debe tener en cuenta que estos pasos corresponden a la versión SDL Trados 2006, con lo que algunos menús pueden ser diferentes en otras versiones de Trados.

Para crear una memoria de traducción:
1. Ir a Windows / Inicio/ Todos los programas/ SDL Internacional /  SDL Trados 2006 / Translator’s Workbench. Se abrirá el programa y solicitará ingresar el nombre de usuario. Read more »