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CONTENTS
News & editorial
EU OUTREACH EXTENDED . 5
INSIDE PARLIAMENT . . . . . . 6
Best practice lessons from two schools
Features
THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How to develop a successful business
offering language services work to refugees
GROOMING WORDS . . . . . . 8
Why working on online child abuse cases
involves learning a whole new language
THE TRANSLATOR'S BRAIN . 10
What goes on inside the translation black box?
A look at the latest brain-scanning research
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The Linguist
Editor M Moore linguist.editor@ciol.org.uk
Sales D Butler +44 (0) 20 7940 3100; deborah.butler@ciol.org.uk
Editorial Board
Chair L Melcion MA (Surrey) DipTrans PG Cert Ed MCIL
D Butler BA (Hons) (ex officio)
A Carlisle MA HonFCIL (ex officio)
A Dewhirst BA MA Career Affiliate
M Frank MA PhD DipTrans MCIL
J Guardamagna BA MCIL CL (Translator) IAPTI APARU
M Kilminster BA ATCL
M Moore BA (ex officio)
Dr M Pollard BA PhD FCIL FHEA
For a list of Council and committee members,
see www.ciol.org.uk/council
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Linguist, formerly
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Linguist,
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WALKER OF RIDDLES . . . . . 13
How to approach the invented dialect in
Russell Hoban's post-apocalyptic sci-fi classic
A CONFERENCE CALLING . 16
Insights into the making of the BP
Conference from its founder Csaba Bán
SAVING TONGUES . . . . . . . 18
Why 2019 was declared the International
Year of Indigenous Languages
REBRANDING MFL . . . . . . . 20
Is it time to reposition university languages?
LITERARY HERO . . . . . . . . . 23
Rosie Goldsmith reveals the ups and downs
of establishing a European Literature Network
BREXIT ATTITUDES . . . . . . . 26
The impact of the vote on language learning
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Examining Talk on the Wild Side
Opinion & comment
LINKS ONLINE . . . . . . . . . . . 28
How to make Instagram work for your business
THE SUCCESSFUL STUDENT . 28
A Diploma in Translation award-winner on her
journey from student to Chartered Linguist
IN WITH THE NEW . . . . . . . 29
The interesting neologisms of the last year
JUST THE JOB . . . . . . . . . . . 29
One graduate's career journey in derivatives
Institute matters
COUNCIL NEWS . . . . . . . . . 30
INVESTING IN YOUR
FUTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to balance a busy life with volunteering: a
TD Committee member shares her experience
A NAME THAT FITS . . . . . . . 32
A look at the past, present and future of
CIOL Qualifications, as IoLET is renamed
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 33
One member's story in his native Czech
UP TO THE TEST . . . . . . . . . 34
Meet our Development and Production Lead
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