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CONTENTS
News & editorial
UK LANGUAGES'
LOCKDOWN BOOST . . . . . . . 5
INSIDE PARLIAMENT . . . . . . 6
The group considers developments in schools
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Lockdown learning
THIRD YEAR AT HOME . . . . 12
As the year abroad is cancelled for many, how
can universities offer a meaningful experience?
EXCLUDED OTHERS . . . . . . . 14
Why students are being denied GCSEs in
languages they have studied outside school
TRAINING VIRTUALLY . . . . 16
How to move interpreter training online
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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)
C Fairfoull BA MA ACIL MCIPD AIRP
K McLaughlin BA PhD FCIL CL FHEA
M Moore BA (ex officio)
J Oppedisano BA MA DPSI MCIL
E Pavlopoulos LLB MAEd PGCE
K Trotman BA MA DipTrans MCIL
J Worne (ex officio)
A Zafar BA MA CIOL Career Affiliate
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
Features
THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Q&A with the teen founder of Global Minds
ON BEAUTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A look inside the evolving and fast-growing
field of cosmetics and skincare translation
PODCAST VOICES . . . . . . . . 10
What are the most effective options for
rendering audio in other languages?
AUTISM: THE BENEFITS
OF BEING BILINGUAL . . . . 18
New research counters common objections
to raising autistic children with two languages
EMBASSY INSIGHTS . . . . . . 21
A look at Taiwan's language outreach work
WHAT'S IN A WORD? . . . . . 22
Why etymology can be a useful learning tool
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PODCASTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recommendations from our regular reviewer
Opinion & comment
WORLD IN OUR HANDS? . . 26
How can translators fight the climate crisis?
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
EN FAMILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Considerations for raising children trilingually
Institute matters
GAELIC IN CRISIS . . . . . . . . 31
Why urgent action is needed in Scotland
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 32
One member's story in her native Lithuanian
MEET OUR MEMBERS . . . . 33
Mozambique's first published literary translator
COUNCIL NEWS . . . . . . . . . 34
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