The Dictionary of Terms of the Footwear and Allied Industries is the second in the series of DICCTIONARIES OF INDUSTRIAL TERMS published by Editorial Ariel. It is designed to cover the specialist terminology in use in the footwear and associated industries, such as the chemicals, textiles and leather sectors, including machine parts and processes.
The dictionary contains an English-Spanish and a Spanish-English section, each with close to 12,000 lexical items. Most of the entries consist of four elements: (a) the translation of the item listed; (b) an explanation in the form of a brief comment intended to clarify the sense, use and range of the term; (c) a short example or illustration providing a contextual setting for the meaning given; and (d) a set of reciprocally arranged cross-references to help to refine the definition of the term by directing attention to others of related meaning. The overall aim is to enable the user to pinpoint the meaning of each of the items listed as precisely as possible by combining these four parameters.