Vocabulario de Inglés Empresarial: Departamentos, Cargos y Términos Clave
Vocabulario de Inglés Empresarial
Conceptos básicos de empresa
Parent company is a company which controls other companies.
Subsidiary is a company which is controlled by another company.
Department is a section of a large organization or company.
Role is the position or function of a person in an organization or company.
Departments in a company are:
- Human Resources
- Production
- Marketing
- Information Technology
- Finance / Administration
- Research and Development
- Purchasing
- Sales
- Customer Services
- Distribution
Cargos y puestos de trabajo
- Managing Director: director general
- Accountant: contable
- Brand Manager: gerente de marca
- Director of Human Resources: director de recursos humanos
- Switchboard Operator: telefonista
- Purchasing Manager: director de compras
Términos generales de oficina y empresa
- Petty cash: caja chica
- Venue: lugar de celebración
- Stationery: artículos de escritorio
- Health authority: autoridad sanitaria
- Target: objetivo / propósito
- Supporting staff: personal de apoyo
- Corporate affairs: asuntos corporativos
- Printer: impresora
- Public board meeting: reuniones del consejo administrativo
Productos, mercados y sectores
- Power-operated appliances: electrical machines or devices / aparatos eléctricos
- Consumer brands: names given to products which ordinary people buy / marcas de consumo
- Worldwide: around the world / mundial
- Turnover: amount of sales / facturación
- Division: important part of a company / división o sector
- Consumer durables: products which last for a long time / bienes de consumo duraderos
- Outdoor products: products made to use in the open air / productos de exterior
Eventos y ferias
- Exhibition: show / display of something / muestra, exposición
- To take place: to happen / to be held / tener lugar, celebrarse
- Event: happening / acontecimiento
- Fair: market for selling and advertising goods / feria
- Discussion: talking about / debate
Verbos y otros términos
- To last: to continue / durar
- Producer: person or country which makes or grows something / productor
- To increase: to rise, to expand / aumentar, crecer
- Spirits: strong alcoholic drink / bebida alcohólica
- Journalist: person who writes for newspapers or magazines / periodista
Correspondencia comercial y expresiones útiles
Expresiones para solicitudes de empleo
- I'm willing to: estoy dispuesto a
- Short contracts: contratos de corta duración
- To enquire: pedir información
- Temporary vacancies: puestos vacantes de carácter temporal
- Suitable placement: puesto adecuado / idóneo
- Tasks: tareas
- To recruit: contratar
- To look for: buscar
Fórmulas de cortesía en cartas formales
- Find enclosed: le adjunto application form (solicitud de empleo)
- I enclose: adjunto
- Further to: con relación a
- In the near future: en un futuro próximo
- Concerning: en respuesta a
- Work placements: puestos de trabajo
- We look forward to: esperamos (con ansia, ilusión)
- Terms and conditions: plazos y condiciones
Áreas y funciones empresariales
- Temporary staff: personal temporal
- Training: formación
- Marketing: mercadotecnia
- Purchasing: adquisición, compras
- Packaging: embalaje
- Sales: ventas
- Payroll: nómina de sueldos
- Customer service: servicio al cliente
- Financial services: servicios financieros
- Quality: calidad
- Advertising: publicidad
- Maintenance: mantenimiento