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CONTENTS
News & editorial
A TRANSLATORS' REGISTER . 5
INSIDE PARLIAMENT . . . . . . 6
Features
AIMING FOR RUDENESS . . . 7
What the interpretation of political speeches
in the EU Parliament can tell us about
interpreters' ability to render impoliteness
WHEN SUBTITLES
GO WRONG . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Are poor working conditions affecting the
work of audiovisual translators into Italian?
THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . 13
How the founder of the Bilingual Kidspot blog
turned her hobby into a successful business
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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 J Guardamagna BA MCIL CL (Translator) IAPTI APARU
D Butler BA (Hons) (ex officio)
A Carlisle MA FCIL (ex officio)
C Fairfoull BA MA ACIL MCIPD AIRP
M Moore BA (ex officio)
J Oppedisano BA MA DPSI MCIL
E Pavlopoulos LLB MAEd PGCE IoLET Affiliate
M Pollard BA PhD FCIL FHEA
K Trotman BSc MA DipTrans MCIL
A Zafar BA CIOL Student Affiliate
For a list of Council and committee members,
see www.ciol.org.uk/council
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GUIDING TWO WAYS . . . . 14
Insights into conducting tours in a non-native
language from a guide working in Turkish
MOVING ADELANTE . . . . . 16
A look at one school's immersive, cross-
curricular Spanish-language programme
DANGEROUS LESSONS . . . 18
How Russia's language policy has made the
teaching of native languages a risky business
RESEARCH WRAPPED UP . 21
A free online resource of research summaries
RACE AGAINST
THE MACHINE . . . . . . . . . . 22
Can speech recognition technology speed up
audio translation while maintaining quality?
EMBASSY INSIGHTS . . . . . . 24
Q&A with the Estonian Ambassador
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
A closer look at recent publications Sense in
Translation and Interpreters vs Machines
Opinion & comment
TOOLS OF THE TRADE . . . . 26
An industry newcomer selects his Top 5 free
tools to improve the translation workflow
A SKILLS-FIRST APPROACH . 28
How a portfolio career, based on the skills that
are in demand, can future-proof your income
JUST THE JOB . . . . . . . . . . . 29
One graduate's path to working as a lector
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Institute matters
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 31
Account (in Swedish) of a journey with subtitles
WORKING TOGETHER . . . . 32
A long-standing Interpreting Division volunteer
offers her advice to a division newcomer
A DEBT OF GRATITUDE . . . 33
Marking Tim Connell's long commitment to
CIOL as he stands down as Vice-President
COUNCIL NEWS . . . . . . . . . 33
REALISING DREAMS . . . . . . 34
Meet Client Services Officer Ana Kornilova
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