інтернаціональний погляд на англійські запозичення
"German is peppered with English words either accepted wholly into the language of Goethe or Germanified such as 'gestylt' - as in "Der Typ ist total gestylt" - that bloke is totally done up.
The result is 'Denglisch' and has left some language purists crying into their coffee cups."
by Natasha Cloutier
Twisted Anglicisms
Inevitably the Italian vocabulary has been borrowing more and more words from English. Often, though, such words have taken on new meanings and pronunciations. Terms from languages other than English have been Anglicised at the same time. The result of all this confusion is at best hilarious, especially when face to face with puzzled native speakers. A private garage in Italy, for example, is called a box, a TV commercial has become a spot and we say footing when we actually mean jogging. I have always been wary of the so-called 'false friends' but they are nothing compared to these twisted Anglicisms. Now that English has become a global language, it seems that each community can give their contributions and it is no longer a matter that regards only those countries where English is the first or the second language. At the end of the day, the examples I've cited above have more to do with the Italian language than with English but, unaware of their real meanings, they might slip out in a conversation with native speakers or with people from other nationalities and that would hinder the full comprehension. More so if we're translating a text. If a translator to English bumps into a homely English word in the source text, s/he will have now to think twice and look it up on the dictionary before translating; it's not that obvious as it may seem. In the same way, an Italian (or German, Spanish, etc. for that matter) translator from English should be very careful before translating those words that have been borrowed by her/his mother tongue. Isn't it simply ludicrous? Are we witnessing the shaping of new forms of pidgin English?
by Raffaele La Gala
The result is 'Denglisch' and has left some language purists crying into their coffee cups."
by Natasha Cloutier
Twisted Anglicisms
Inevitably the Italian vocabulary has been borrowing more and more words from English. Often, though, such words have taken on new meanings and pronunciations. Terms from languages other than English have been Anglicised at the same time. The result of all this confusion is at best hilarious, especially when face to face with puzzled native speakers. A private garage in Italy, for example, is called a box, a TV commercial has become a spot and we say footing when we actually mean jogging. I have always been wary of the so-called 'false friends' but they are nothing compared to these twisted Anglicisms. Now that English has become a global language, it seems that each community can give their contributions and it is no longer a matter that regards only those countries where English is the first or the second language. At the end of the day, the examples I've cited above have more to do with the Italian language than with English but, unaware of their real meanings, they might slip out in a conversation with native speakers or with people from other nationalities and that would hinder the full comprehension. More so if we're translating a text. If a translator to English bumps into a homely English word in the source text, s/he will have now to think twice and look it up on the dictionary before translating; it's not that obvious as it may seem. In the same way, an Italian (or German, Spanish, etc. for that matter) translator from English should be very careful before translating those words that have been borrowed by her/his mother tongue. Isn't it simply ludicrous? Are we witnessing the shaping of new forms of pidgin English?
by Raffaele La Gala