[en] Communication in a specific setting should be carried out efficiently since language miscomprehension can prevent the message from reaching the audience adequately. More specifically, the correct use of particular terms is essential in specific texts to describe concepts. These terms could be expressed differently when used in other languages and this fact could cause interferences in language communication. In this paper, the main objective was to determine if the written form of terms varied and interfered with cross-cultural communication. Furthermore, to determine the causes of term variation across languages in texts written in different languages, it is important to establish clear distinctions between the semantic fields of words. The corpus of this research was composed of twenty texts written in English and the same twenty texts written in Spanish that transmitted the agreements of the United Nations related to specific topics. They were written in the official languages of the United Nations in such a way that there was not an original or target language, they were supposedly written originally in all the languages at the same time. In order to determine if the written form of terms varied in a specific setting, the selected texts were analysed with Wordsmith Tools 5.0. First, the key words of the texts in Spanish and in English were identified, and then the written forms and the use of synonyms in Spanish and in English were compared and contrasted. The results showed that there were variations in the interpretation of terms when expressed in different languages and those may be due to cross-cultural interference.

[es] La comunicaci?n en un entorno espec?fico debe de realizarse de forma eficiente, puesto que una comprensi?n incorrecta puede producir que ciertos mensajes no lleguen a la audiencia de forma correcta. De forma m?s espec?fica, el uso correcto de un t?rmino concreto es esencial en textos espec?ficos para describir conceptos. Estos t?rminos se pueden expresar de forma diferente cuando se usan en otras lenguas y este hecho puede causar interferencias en la comunicaci?n ling??stica. En este art?culo, el objetivo principal es determinar si existe variaci?n en la forma escrita y si este hecho pudiera interferir en la comunicaci?n entre culturas distintas. As? mismo, determinar las causas de la variaci?n de t?rminos cuando se escriben en otras lenguas es importante para poder diferenciar los campos sem?nticos de las palabras. El corpus de esta investigaci?n est? compuesto de veinte textos escritos en ingl?s y en espa?ol cuyo objetivo es transmitir los acuerdos de las Naciones Unidas respecto a cuestiones espec?ficas. Est?n escritos en las lenguas oficiales de las Naciones Unidas, por lo tanto, en principio no existe una lengua original y una lengua meta. Para determinar si variaba la forma escrita de t?rminos en contextos espec?ficos, se analizaron los textos con Wordsmith Tools5.0. Primero identifiqu? las palabras clave de los textos en ingl?s y castellano y a continuaci?n compar? su forma escrita y el uso de sin?nimos tanto en ingl?s como en castellano. Los resultados mostraron que existen variaciones en la interpretaci?n de t?rminos cuando se escrib?an en lenguas diferentes y ello podr?a ser debido a la interferencia entre distintas culturas.