%0 Journal Article %A Felt, Nora L %T The Usage of Anglicisms: From Bilingual Dictionaries to Spanish Translation %D 2020 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/47770 %X In the last 50 years, the English language has been converted into a global language and consequently words originating in English referred to as Anglicisms, can be found within the Spanish language. There are many attitudes of resistance to these foreign words, but nevertheless they have become both widely used and widely understood by Spanish language users. This research aims to examine the discrepancy between how Anglicisms are documented in official sources like dictionaries, and how they are used translation. To understand this, the usage of 21 internet-related was examined Anglicisms within several English-Spanish bilingual dictionaries to see how they are being documented. Following this I conducted a translation survey employing some of these 21 Anglicisms, those which had the least inclusion rate in bilingual dictionaries, to see if although they were not documented, they were being used by translators. My hypothesis is that Anglicisms are not well documented within dictionaries but are indeed used by language users and notably within translation. Part of the discrepancy between language use and language documentation is related to the differences between the linguistic fields of prescriptivism and descriptivism. The Spanish language has historically been and continues to be largely prescriptivist, whereas the English language has evolved from prescriptivist to descriptivist over time. The translation survey presented four Anglicism- riddled sentences in three different contexts. The sentences were analyzed to see how the translators affronted the Anglicisms, and if their choices changed based on audience. Conclusively, Anglicisms were used throughout the survey. Notably, Anglicisms were used more frequently in the sentences aimed at a younger audience. Many Anglicisms not documented in bilingual dictionaries were frequently used in the translations %K Translation %K Terminology %K Anglicisms %K Bilingual Dictionaries %K Traducción %K Terminología %K Anglicismos %K Diccionarios Bilingües %K Filología %K Philology %~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala