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CONTENTS
News & editorial
EU CONTRACTS ENDED . . . . 5
Interpreters protest termination of work
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pandemic insights
LIFE ON NEW TERMS . . . . 14
The challenges of translating rapidly
emerging vocabulary in a global health crisis
PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT . 16
Four linguists outline how CIOL membership
helps them, particularly during difficult times
A CRITICAL SERVICE . . . . . 18
Public service interpreters are designated key
workers, so how has Covid-19 affected them?
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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 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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Linguist,
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Features
EMBASSY INSIGHTS . . . . . . . 7
The North Macedonian Ambassador outlines
the embassy's cultural outreach work
TRANS LIVES RETOLD . . . . . 8
How can translators reflect the subversion of
grammatical gender by transgender authors?
THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The founder of Chameleon Reader discusses
establishing a brand for the educational tool
THE FINAL WORD . . . . . . . . 12
Inside an emotionally challenging assignment
interpreting at the inquest of a young man
A FAIR EXCHANGE . . . . . . . 21
Could a skills swap work for you? One
translator explains how she has benefitted
A TEACHING PERSONA . . . 22
Do teachers take on alternative identities at
work and is their sense of self affected?
SIGNS OF LIFE . . . . . . . . . . 24
What the linguistic landscape of a location can
tell us about its culture, society and history
JOINED-UP THINKING . . . . 26
How a Spanish First model is solving the issue
of primary to secondary transition in one area
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Our reviewers' assessment of What's Your
Pronoun? and selected works by Mona Baker
Opinion & comment
IN MY OPINION… . . . . . . . . 29
Could diversifying into teaching at a university
be just the tonic for hard-working translators?
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Institute matters
DISTANT? YES.
SOCIAL? ABSOLUTELY . . . . 32
The Midlands Network's inspiring virtual events
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 33
A story of music, art and language in Turkish
A CULTURE OF SERVICE . . . 34
Meet CIOL's Client Services Manager
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