Presentation of the multilingual dictionary of terms of the trade show sector

Portuguese, English, French and Italian

Abstract

The trade show sector has great relevance in the national and international economic scenario, as it foments the exchange of commercial contacts and new businesses and it is constantly expanding. Although it is a strong area in Brazil and abroad there are not terminographic materials available on the market for the use of professionals involved in this industry (exhibitors, trade show organizers, promoters, visitors, interpreters and translators). To fill this gap, considering the importance of participating in trade shows for the growth of the domestic economy and the expansion of exports, the overall aim of this research is to analyze the terms of this sector, with the specific goal of compiling an unidirectional terminological dictionary from Portuguese to English, French and Italian. The study is based on the Communicative Theory of Terminology (CABRÉ, 1993, 1999), Terminological Equivalence (DUBUC, 1985, 1992), Terminological Variation (FAUSTICH, 1998, 2001) and Corpus Linguistics (BERBER SARDINHA, 2004). To develop this work, we gathered corpora in the four languages (guides and manuals for exhibitors). To collect the terms WordSmith tools (version 6.0) developed by Mike Scott (2012) was used and the terms were stored in terminological records created from SDL MultiTerm (2017). The 311 terms studied in each language were analyzed in their contexts of use and terminological links used in the establishment of equivalences. For this article we present the methodological steps, the method used for the establishment of equivalences, the macrostructure and microstructure, models of entries, as well as numerical information about the dictionary.