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CONTENTS
News & editorial
END OF THE DECLINE? . . . . 5
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 6
INSIDE PARLIAMENT . . . . . . 6
The All-Party Parliamentary Group considers
language policy at home and abroad
Features
THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Mytoori founder gives a candid account
of creating a bilingual books app on a budget
WAR AND PEACE . . . . . . . . . 8
Can literary translation help to bridge the
divide in a nation at war? An investigation
into linguistic developments in Cameroon
EMBASSY INSIGHTS . . . . . . 11
Q&A with the Finnish Ambassador
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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
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Institute of Linguists
A LEGAL CHALLENGE . . . . 12
A difficult case reveals issues arising from cuts
to legal aid and blurring the interpreter's role
A LIVE PERFORMANCE . . . 14
A look at the complexity of live subtitling work
RAISING ASPIRATIONS . . . 16
Could you motivate a new generation of
linguists? Insights from a school visit volunteer
ANIMALS AT WORK . . . . . . 18
Is working with animals as difficult as they say?
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT . . . 20
How the School of Slavonic and East
European Studies responds to learner needs
MAKING OF A DICTIONARY . 22
Documenting a moribund language
INTERPRETING BY SIGHT . . 24
Why deaf professionals are increasingly being
sought out for sign language assignments
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Opinion & comment
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
JUST THE JOB . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Forging a career as a conference interpreter
Institute matters
GIVING BACK TO
THE PROFESSION . . . . . . . . 31
Exciting developments to CIOL's networks
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 32
One member's journey in his native Tagalog
PUTTING LEARNERS FIRST . 33
Meet CIOL's Live Assessment Team Lead
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