Átomo 68

Conectores formales (discourse markers)

La regla

Moreover/furthermore = ademas; nevertheless = sin embargo; therefore/thus = por lo tanto; on the other hand = por otro lado.

"Moreover/furthermore = besides; nevertheless = however emphatic; therefore/thus = consequently; on the other hand = conversely."

Los discourse markers son los conectores formales que estructuran emails, RFCs, retros y documentos técnicos. Anaden registro profesional. Adicion: moreover, furthermore, in addition (todos = ademas). Contraste: nevertheless, nonetheless (sin embargo enfatico), on the other hand (por otro lado). Causa-consecuencia: therefore, thus, hence, consequently (por lo tanto / en consecuencia). Casi todos van al inicio de la frase seguidos de coma. Son tipicos de escritura formal; en habla informal usa "and", "but", "so".

Ejemplos

The eval is slow. Moreover, it's expensive.

La eval es lenta. Ademas, es cara.

We hit the cache. Furthermore, latency dropped 40%.

Acertamos cache. Ademas, la latencia bajo un 40%.

The deploy failed. Nevertheless, no users complained.

El deploy fallo. Sin embargo, ningun usuario se quejo.

Tests passed; therefore, we can ship.

Los tests pasaron; por lo tanto, podemos lanzar.

The bug was critical; consequently, we rolled back.

El bug era crítico; en consecuencia, hicimos rollback.

Caching saves money. On the other hand, it complicates invalidation.

El caching ahorra dinero. Por otro lado, complica la invalidacion.

The PR is huge; thus, the review will take time.

El PR es enorme; por lo tanto, la revision llevara tiempo.

Casos típicos

Adicion (ademas)moreover / furthermore / in addition

Moreover, the eval is expensive.Furthermore, the cache hit rate is low.

Contraste fuerte (sin embargo)nevertheless / nonetheless

Nevertheless, we shipped on time.Nonetheless, the team felt good.

Consecuencia (por lo tanto)therefore / thus / hence / consequently

Therefore, we rolled back.Consequently, latency dropped.

Punto de vista opuesto (por otro lado)on the other hand

On the other hand, caching complicates invalidation.

Posicion: inicio de frase + coma (o tras punto y coma)marker, ... / ; marker, ...

Tests pass; therefore, we ship.Moreover, it's free.

Trampas hispanohablantes

Moreover the eval is slow.Moreover, the eval is slow.

Tras un discourse marker al inicio se pone coma.

We shipped, however the deploy failed.We shipped; however, the deploy failed. / We shipped. However, the deploy failed.

However no es una conjuncion como "but". Necesita punto o punto y coma antes.

In other hand, caching complicates invalidation.On the other hand, caching complicates invalidation.

Es "on the other hand", no "in".

Therefore of the bug, we rolled back.Because of the bug, we rolled back. / The bug was critical; therefore, we rolled back.

Therefore no admite "of". Es un conector entre frases.

Nevertheless of the failure, we shipped.Nevertheless, we shipped. / Despite the failure, we shipped.

Nevertheless va solo (con coma), no con "of".

Mini-quiz

1/7.Que conector significa "ademas" (formal)?

2/7.Cual significa "por lo tanto"?

3/7.Conector correcto para opuesto:

, caching complicates invalidation.

4/7.Completa: "The bug was critical; ___, we rolled back."

The bug was critical; , we rolled back.

5/7.Cual es INCORRECTA?

6/7.Equivalente formal de "so":

Tests pass; , we ship.

7/7.Adicion formal: "The eval is slow. ___, it's expensive."

The eval is slow. , it's expensive.