Compilation of a Multilingual (Spanish / English / French / Portuguese) Glossary of Rural Tourism Terms of Castile and Leon

Our aim is to give an account of the process carried out in the compilation of a multilingual lexicon of rural tourism terms. This lexicon provides equivalents of Spanish local culturally-loaded terms in English, French and Portuguese, the languages spoken by the vast majority of visitors to Castile and Leon. This tool will contribute to improve the communication in the catering industry in this region and will prove to be a user-friendly and time-saving device. More specifically, we have created this terminographic tool as a contribution to: (i) the understanding and fruitful communication between foreign visitors and local workforce; (ii) the specific language needs of this workforce involved in facilitating a pleasant stay to foreign travelers; (iii) the learning of the uses, needs and preferences of tourists; (iv) the avoidance of pitfalls in written texts web pages, menus, letters, brochures, etc. Our lexicon consists of over 4,600 terms in Spanish and their equivalents in English, French and Portuguese.