The FAO "Glossary of biotechnology for food and agriculture", published in 2001 as FAO Research and Technology Paper 9, has now been translated into Spanish, entitled "Glosario de biotecnología para la agricultura y la alimentación". Apart from a translation of the over 3,000 terms and definitions contained in the original English glossary, the 510-page publication also contains an additional English-Spanish vocabulary of biotechnology-related terms. The Spanish translation was carried out by the Cátedra Alfonso Martín Escudero in the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and coordinated by its Director, Ignacio Trueba. The translators were M.J. Fraga Fernández Cuevas, P. Rodríguez Palenzuela, E. Cabrera Ordóñez and A. Alfonso Gallegos. The publication is available, both in PDF and as a searchable database, at http://www.fao.org/biotech/index_glossary.asp?lang=es. The French translation of the glossary was also published by FAO in October 2004. Contact FAO to request a copy of either the Spanish or French glossary.

15/11/2004