Diccionario Bilingue de Metaforas y Metonimias Cientifico-Tecnicas presents the extensive range of
metaphoric and metonymic terms and expressions that are commonly used within the fields of science,
engineering, architecture and sport science.
Compiled by a team of linguists working across a range of technical schools within the Universidad
Politecnica de Madrid, this practical dictionary fills a gap in the field of technical language and will
be an indispensable reference for students within the fields of science, engineering or sports science
seeking to work internationally and for translators and interpreters working in these specialist fields.
Areas de los terminos del diccionario/Areas of the dictionary terms.
Prologo. Foreword. Prefacio. Preface. Agradecimientos. Acknowledgements.
Consejos para la utilizacion de este diccionario. Using the Dictionary.
Abreviaturas. Abbreviations. Introduccion al Diccionario Bilingue de
Metaforas y Metonimias Cientifico-tecnicas. Introduction yo the Bilingual
Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Metaphors and Metonymies. Parte I. <>.
<>. <>. <>. <>. <>. <>. SEMILLAS Y ARBOLES DURMIENTES: LA METAFORA DEL SUENO
EN EL MUNDO VEGETAL. <>. <>. <>. METAFORAS DE LA ANATOMIA HUMANA EN LA
MINERIA. <>. <>. <>. <>. METAFORAS ZOOMORFICAS EN LA MINERIA. METAFORAS SOBRE
EL VINO BASADAS EN EL CARACTER DEL SER HUMANO. Part II. <>. TECHNOLOGY IMAGE
METAPHORS FROM NATURAL SCIENCES. <>. <>. <>. VISUAL AND VERBAL METAPHORS IN
EARTH SCIENCE. HORSE APPAREL METAPHORS IN ARCHITECTURE. <>. <>. <>. <>. <>.
METAPHORS FOR SOIL. <>. METAPHORS FOR PLANTS BASED ON THE HUMAN BODY.
The team is made up of Associate Professors from the Department of Linguistics at the Technical University of Madrid. They work closely with a range of schools including engineering, aeronautics, agriculture, civil, mining, naval and telecommunications, architecture and physical activity and sports.
