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TheLinguist 58,3-June/July 2019

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@Linguist_CIOL JUNE/JULY The Linguist 3 CONTENTS News & editorial STUDENTS CHEATED? . . . . . 5 Foreign student 'scandal' afflicts Home Office WHAT THE PAPERS SAY… . . 5 IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Features EMBASSY INSIGHTS . . . . . . . 7 The Slovenian Ambassador discusses the embassy's language outreach work in the UK THE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK . 8 Why is linguistic intolerance and abuse growing, and what can we do to combat it? THE RE-EDUCATION OF GERMANY . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Propaganda and a post-war publishing boom The editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted. Views expressed in The Linguist are not necessarily the official views of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. All rights of reproduction, translation and adaptation reserved for all countries. CIOL, The Linguist and officers accept no responsibility collectively or individually for the service of agencies or persons advertised or announced in the pages of this journal. The good faith with which we publish offers no implied/implicit guarantee. 8 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 FCIL (ex officio) A Dewhirst BA MA Career Affiliate C Fairfoull BA MA ACIL MCIPD AIRP M Frank MA PhD DipTrans MCIL J Guardamagna BA MCIL CL (Translator) IAPTI APARU M Kilminster BA ATCL M Moore BA (ex officio) J Oppedisano BA MA DPSI MCIL E Pavlopoulos LLB MAEd PGCE IoLET Affiliate M Pollard BA PhD FCIL FHEA For a list of Council and committee members, see www.ciol.org.uk/council The Linguist, formerly The Incorporated Linguist, is the official journal of the Chartered Institute of Linguists FALSE CONFIDENCE . . . . . 15 What to do when a client needs a public services interpreter but thinks they don't BREXIT: TELLING STORIES . 16 The dangers posed by fake news about the role of Brexit in the language-learning decline HOT ON THE SHELF . . . . . . 18 Why certain novels are selected for translation INTREPID EXPLORER . . . . . 20 Hair-raising revelations from a fieldworker TRAINING TOGETHER . . . . 22 Lessons from a course for interpreter trainers based on a community of practice approach Reviews BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 A look at Linguanomics and It's All Greek Opinion & comment IN MY OPINION… . . . . . . . . 25 Is it time Brits warmed to American English? TOO MUCH INFORMATION? . . . . . . . . . 26 A campaign against social media oversharing TEACHING THE TEACHER . 28 How CELTA taught a veteran tutor new tricks LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 THE SUCCESSFUL STUDENT . 30 Tips for preparing for the DipTrans exam Institute matters COUNCIL NEWS . . . . . . . . . 30 A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 31 One member's story in her native Romanian A DAY TO LAST A LIFETIME . 32 Did Members' Day live up to expectations? CREATING A CONNECTION . 34 Meet CIOL's Acting Membership Manager FRONT COVER © SHUTTERSTOCK 7th Floor, 167 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2EA; info@ciol.org.uk; +44 (0) 20 7940 3100; www.ciol.org.uk Printed by The Pureprint Group, www.pureprint.com. Published six times a year and distributed free of charge to Career Affiliates and higher grades of membership. Student and IoLET Affiliate members have access to the digital copy. Annual subscription £48 post free. Overseas subscription £63 (airmail Europe), £67 (airmail rest of world). ISSN 0268-5965 The Linguist is online at tl.ciol.org.uk; Subscribe at www.ciol.org.uk/subscriptions Apply to become a CIOL member at www.ciol.org.uk/membership © SHUTTERSTOCK 20 © DR K DAVID HARRISON/L IVING TONGUES

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