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CONTENTS
News & editorial
UK VISA ISSUES
FOR UKRAINIANS . . . . . . . . 5
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Charting the main news stories of 2022 so far
Online inclusion
AFRICA REPRESENTED . . . 14
Examining the largely grassroots efforts to
ensure African languages can be used online
SAVED BY THE APP? . . . . . 16
Can you learn a language – or save one from
extinction – through a carefully designed app?
SUPPORTED SCRIPTS . . . . . 18
Why a project to help writing systems get
into Unicode is vital for their survival
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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 K Trotman BA MA DipTrans MCIL
R Al-Taie MA PhD MCIL CL
D Butler BA (Hons) (ex officio)
C Fairfoull BA MA ACIL MCIPD AIRP
B Hart BA MA PGDip MCIL CL
J Hughes CIOL Student Member
K McLaughlin BA PhD FCIL CL FHEA
M Moore BA (ex officio)
J Oppedisano BA MA DPSI MCIL
E Pavlopoulos LLB MAEd PGCE IoLET Affiliate
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
REWRITING THE RULES . . . . 7
How a translator's approach might change
depending on the language direction, their
cultural background and the author's heritage
WHAT THE EMOJI? . . . . . . 10
If emoji mean different things to different
people, how can anyone translate them?
IN THE FRONT DOOR . . . . 12
Taking supplementary schools into the
mainstream: a look at school language policy
MARGINALISED VOICES . . 20
How translation is helping to turn around the
lack of diversity in Welsh children's books
HOPP SCHWIIZERDÜTSCH! . 22
Insights into Swiss German and why it has
prevailed as a distinct dialect in general use
Reviews
TOP PICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Podcast recommendations in various fields
COURSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Assessing Bristol Translates summer school
Opinion & comment
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
UP TO CODE? . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Should professional ethics now cover issues
such as rates and the impact of technology?
THIRD YEAR INTERRUPTED . 28
Gemma navigates her school's Covid response
Institute matters
MEET OUR MEMBERS . . . . 29
Why languages have long been a window to
the world for award winner Rositsa Lafchieva
JOHN WORNE MEETS… . . . 30
KidZania's Ger Graus, who is guided in life by
his passion for raising children's aspirations
GETTING AN EDUCATION . 32
How to get involved in CIOL's newest society
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 33
One member outlines the challenges he faces
as a translator into an indigenous UK language
COUNCIL NEWS . . . . . . . . . 34
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