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Nominalizacion: convertir verbos/adjetivos en sustantivos

"For formal/academic register, turn verbs and adjectives into nouns: decide -> decision, fail -> failure, improve -> improvement, implement -> implementation."

La regla

Para registro formal/académico, transforma verbos y adjetivos en sustantivos: decide -> decision, fail -> failure, improve -> improvement, implement -> implementation.

La nominalizacion es el rasgo más distintivo del registro académico y profesional en inglés. En vez de 'They decided to migrate the database, and this improved performance', escribimos: 'The decision to migrate the database led to an improvement in performance'. Suena más formal, denso y objetivo. Sufijos tipicos: -tion (decision, implementation, evaluation), -ment (improvement, development, achievement), -ure (failure, departure), -ity (productivity, complexity), -ance/-ence (performance, dependence), -al (proposal, removal). OJO: la sobre-nominalizacion mata la claridad. En estilo claro moderno (plain English), se prefiere el verbo. Aprende a usarla cuando convenga (essays Trinity ISE III, reports técnicos, post-mortems) y a evitarla cuando estorbe.

Ejemplos

The implementation of the new caching layer reduced latency by 40%.

La implementacion de la nueva capa de cache redujo la latencia un 40%.

💡 'implement' -> 'implementation'.

Our failure to monitor the queue caused a 3-hour outage.

Nuestro fallo al monitorizar la cola causo una caida de 3 horas.

💡 'fail' -> 'failure'.

There has been a significant improvement in code quality since we adopted reviews.

Ha habido una mejora significativa en la calidad del código desde que adoptamos revisiones.

The decision to use TypeScript proved to be a wise one.

La decision de usar TypeScript demostro ser sabia.

An evaluation of the current architecture is necessary before any further development.

Es necesaria una evaluación de la arquitectura actual antes de cualquier desarrollo posterior.

The complexity of the legacy system poses challenges for the migration.

La complejidad del sistema legacy plantea desafios para la migracion.

The achievement of B2 level in eight months is impressive.

Alcanzar el nivel B2 en ocho meses es impresionante.

💡 'achieve' -> 'achievement'.

Casos típicos

Verbo en -tion (acción como entidad)decide -> decision, implement -> implementation, evaluate -> evaluation, decide -> decision
the decision to deploythe evaluation of risks
Verbo en -mentimprove -> improvement, develop -> development, achieve -> achievement
a significant improvementthe development of a new feature
Verbo en -ure / -al / -ancefail -> failure, propose -> proposal, perform -> performance
the failure of the deployhis proposal for refactorthe team's performance
Adjetivo -> sustantivo (-ity, -ness)complex -> complexity, productive -> productivity, aware -> awareness
the complexity of the systeman increase in productivity
Cuando NO nominalizarSí la frase pierde claridad, vuelve al verbo
Bad: 'The conduction of an investigation was undertaken' -> Good: 'We investigated'

Trampas hispanohablantes

We made the decide to migrate.We made the decision to migrate. / We decided to migrate.

'Decide' es verbo. El sustantivo es 'decision'.

The improvement of the code was improved.The code was improved. / There was an improvement in the code.

Redundancia: usar dos veces la misma raiz suena torpe. Elige uno u otro.

An implement of caching reduced latency.An implementation of caching reduced latency.

'Implement' como sustantivo existe pero significa 'herramienta'. El sustantivo del verbo 'implement' (poner en marcha) es 'implementation'.

The conduction of the investigation was undertaken by the team.The team investigated.

Sobre-nominalizacion: aniade ruido. En plain English, prefiere el verbo.

The failed of the deploy caused panic.The failure of the deploy caused panic.

'Failed' es verbo o adjetivo, no sustantivo. El sustantivo es 'failure'.