Rules and glossary to follow when writing about Homebase and its product
Common Homebase vocabulary
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English |
Meaning |
Don’t say |
Spanish |
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time card |
The combination of worked hours, clock in and out time, breaks, etc. each team member has for each worked day. |
timecard |
ficha |
timesheet timesheets |
Used to refer to the section in our software as well as what the user can download or access to review and/or run payroll. A time sheet has a detail of all time cards. |
time sheet |
planilla horaria planillas horarias |
clock in clock ins clocking in clock out |
Use as a verb to refer to the action of clocking in/out: “Clock in to your shift on your phone” Don’t confuse with “clock-in” as an adjective: “Clock-in time is at 9 am” |
clock-in clock-ins clocking-in clock-out |
fichar fichar la entrada fichar la salida |
clock-in [noun] clock-in time |
Use “clock-in,” hyphenated, as an adjective. “Clock-in time is at 9 am” Don’t confuse with “clock in” as a verb: “Clock in on your phone” Shorter Spanish versions should only be used if very little space. |
clock in [noun] clock in time |
horario de entrada horario de salida short: entrada, salida |
time off paid time off |
Use “time off” as a noun to refer to the working hours/days spent not working: “I’ve asked for time off,” or “Paid time off” as a column name. Don’t confuse with “time-off” as an adjective: “These are John’s time-off requests” |
time-off paid time-off |
tiempo libre tiempo libre pago |
time-off [noun] time-off requests |
Use as an adjective to describe a type of something: “These are John’s time-off requests” Don’t confuse with “time off” as a noun: “I’ve asked for time off” |
time off [noun] time off requests |
solicitudes de tiempo libre |
sign in sign into sign out |
Use for sign in/up screens both for titles and CTAs. |
log in login log out |
iniciar sesión cerrar sesión |
back |
Use in flows as a CTA to move back between steps |
return |
volver |
next |
Use confirm in sentences or CTAs for the user to aknowledge and agree with a specific piece of information |
acknowledge submit |
confirmar |
hours, hrs minutes, min |
Use the long version (hours, minutes) whenever you’re referring to a time/period of time in a sentence, title, subtitle, etc. Use the short version (hrs, min) whenever |
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horas, hrs minutos, min |
choose |
Use choose to indicate to the user they need to make a selection, be it in sentences, placeholder copy or CTAs. Be specific about what they need to choose: “Choose a role,” “Choose an access level.” If not possible, default to “Choose an option.” |
select |
elige elegir |
view view all |
Use for links or tertiary buttons to indicate we’ll show all of something after clicking. We use “view” to place the action in the user’s perspective: we (HB) do the showing, but the user does the viewing. |
see all show all |
ver ver todos |
bank holiday |
Use bank holidays to refer to non-business days. Opposite to "business day". |
banking holiday holiday public holiday |
día festivo |
business day |
Use business day to refer to days where banks are open. Don't confuse with working day, as team members may work on a Saturday/Sunday (which are not business days). Opposite to "bank holiday", and not to be confused with "work day" (a day in which a team member works). |
working day workday banking day |
día laboral |
workday |
A day in which a specific team member works, which may or may not be a business day. Not to be confused with business day (opposite to "banking holidays"). |
work day |
día laboral |
workweek |
A workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours, or seven consecutive 24-hour periods. Usually starts at 00:00 on Monday. |
work week |
semana laboral |
payday |
Day in which the employee is set to receive their pay, which can be affected by banking holidays. This day is set by the employer. |
pay day |
día de pago |
run payroll |
Used as title and CTA as well as in sentences. Used to refer to the action of starting the payroll run (transforming timesheets into payable hours, OT, etc.). |
process payroll |
procesar la nómina |
cancel payroll |
Use “Cancel payroll run” when the payroll run is being processed and users want to stop the processing. Don't confuse with "Stop payroll run". |
stop payroll |
cancelar la nómina |
stop payroll |
Used to stop the payment/transfer of money to employee accounts. Don't confuse with "cancel payroll run". |
cancel payroll |
detener la nómina |
team member |
Use to refer to any and all team members, regardless of tax status and/or access levels, in those cases where tax status or access levels is not relevant. |
employee |
miembros de tu/del equipo equipo |
seasonal business |
Use “seasonal business” for businesses that only pay employees a few months out of the year, are only open a few months out of the year, and/or have high and low seasons. However, always add clarification about which type of seasonal business you mean (or if you mean all) so that the user can understand if this applies to their business. |
pop-up business |
negocio de temporada |
Common form field labels
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English |
Don't say |
Spanish |
first name |
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nombre |
legal first name |
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nombre legal |
middle name |
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segundo nombre |
last name |
married name surname family name |
apellido |
legal last name |
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apellido legal |
preferred name |
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nombre de preferencia |
mobile phone number |
phoner number phone |
teléfono celular |
email address |
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role |
position job |
rol |
wage |
pay |
paga |
rate |
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frecuencia |
TIN |
tax identification number (for form fields) |
TIN |
SSN |
social security number (for form fields) |
SSN |
debit card number |
debit card |
tarjeta de débito |
expiration date |
expiry date |
fecha de vencimiento |
date of birth |
birthday |
fecha de nacimiento |
home address |
address personal address |
dirección personal |
home address line 2 |
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dirección personal linea 2 |
city |
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ciudad |
state |
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estado |
ZIP code |
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código postal |
start date |
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fecha de inicio |
due date |
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vencimiento |