Aproximación a las unidades con significado en el campo de la informática adquirido por extensión metafórica en los diccionarios generales de inglés y español

Abstract

In recent decades there has been a revolution in expert knowledge, so general vocabulary has been gradually enlarged with a great number of terms traditionally limited to specialised discourse. In addition, expert knowledge is usually produced in the English language. However, the need to transfer it to other languages such as Spanish has emerged. To solve the difficulties which arise for users in the transference of specialised polysemic uses derived from metaphors they normally consult general bilingual dictionaries, despite the fact that this tool is not the most suitable when making decisions about equivalents of specialised vocabulary in other language. Hence, we focus on uses in computing field because of its representativeness and multidimensional character. The aim of this paper is to get an approximation of the treatment of the aforementioned uses in two general bilingual dictionaries in English and Spanish. From the obtained results we hope to get relevant data that emphasize the need to improve the standard of information gathered in these reference works.