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CONTENTS
News & editorial
£100M CUTS 'ISOLATE'
REFUGEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 6
INSIDE PARLIAMENT . . . . . . 6
How European embassies support languages
Features
EMBASSY INSIGHTS . . . . . . . 7
Q&A with the Portuguese Ambassador
EMPOWERING WORDS . . . . 8
Feminist activism and the case for subverting
language in the translation of (some) novels
DRAMATIC EXPRESSION . . 11
Do interpreters need to act? The interpreting
course teaching students theatre techniques
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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 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
FINDING REFUGE . . . . . . . . 14
Insights into Kara Tepe refugee camp and
the important work of its linguist volunteers
THE SCOTTISH MODEL . . . 16
What can we learn from language education
in Scotland and its ambitious 1+2 policy?
MAYAN CARE . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Inside the Guatemalan hospitals that attempt
to provide care in 23 indigenous languages
THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . 21
How to create a travel blog with a difference
RESEARCH IN RELAY . . . . . 22
Conducting fieldwork via a common language
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Assessing Babel and The Story of Be
Opinion & comment
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
JUST THE JOB . . . . . . . . . . . 28
A career move into public service interpreting
DOING WHAT YOU LOVE . . 29
How to find a niche you're passionate about
BARRED FROM TEACHING . 30
Is teacher recruitment in British state schools
prejudiced against native-speaker experts?
LINKS ONLINE . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Making live web content work for you
Institute matters
HK'S CONFERENCE
AMBITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Marking the fifth anniversary of the Hong
Kong Society's International Conference
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 33
A journey into medical translation in Finnish
GROWING MEMBERSHIP . . 34
Meet Head of Membership Robert Beswick
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