Bill Harrison (X) Feb 5, 2011:

Catherine In the context of "Adjuntar archivo de metatags / Gestor de archivos / Adjuntar archivo" you could of course attach a folder and have a folder manager but on balance of probabilities it seems rather more likely to be file.

Catherine Gilsenan Feb 5, 2011:

Suggestion Could it be: ficha - file, archivo - folder, registro - directory?

Bill Harrison (X) Feb 4, 2011:

As a general... ...comment, I find in many documents that Spaniards seem to have an aversion to using the same term all the time, presumably from fear of seeming repetitive, and that this can cause confusion, much more so than in English writing.

Tracy Byrne (asker) Feb 4, 2011:

Some examples of ficha / archivo No se ha podido create una nueva ficha / Ficha RSS / Adjuntar ficha / Ficha de metatags
Adjuntar archivo de metatags / Gestor de archivos / Adjuntar archivo

The original text is in Catalan (with no context - a list of phrases) so the words are actually "fitxa" and "fitxer". But I think it's the same problem as "ficha", "fichero" and "archivo" in Spanish.

Bill Harrison (X) Feb 4, 2011:

Tracy, can you post an example of the use of 'ficha'??

Lisa McCarthy Feb 4, 2011:

Context Hi Tracy, I don´t think it's possible to give you a translation for each word ,as each can mean different things depending on the context they're used in (but as you say, archivo=file and registro=record normally, or maybe 'entry')

Bill Harrison (X) Feb 4, 2011:

I agree, archive-file and registro-record, these are standard IT terms, but the problem is ficha. I have found 'card' as in a card containing a program but really it is a question of divining from the context.