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CONTENTS
News & editorial
CIOL SUPPORTS
ALL-PARTY GROUP . . . . . . . . 5
CIOL takes the lead in languages group
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Features
POETRY OF WAR . . . . . . . . . 7
A Ukrainian writer embarks on an emotional
journey translating powerful war-time poems
RESPOND TO CRISIS . . . . . 10
How volunteers are mobilising to support
Ukrainian refugees and curb misinformation
A CASE OF TWO HALVES . 12
Interpreters for the court and counsel outline
the challenges of working on a murder case
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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
A GROWING NETWORK . . 14
How the British civil service developed an
extensive languages network in just two years
THE BIG IDEA: WHERE
ARE THEY NOW? . . . . . . . . 16
Revisiting some of the inspiring start-ups
we have spoken to over the last eight years
KIDLIT IN JAPAN . . . . . . . . 18
A look at the unique circumstances of
Japanese-to-English translators, and why pay
and conditions can still be an after-thought
WHEN SIZE MATTERS . . . . 20
What kind of vocabulary is required to reach
'expert' level, and what can research tell us
about the needs of the GCSE curriculum?
A POETIC OTHERING . . . . . 22
A creative approach to translating the 18th-
century multilingual poetry of Sayat'-Nova
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Recommending The Borges Enigma
Opinion & comment
HELP SAVE THE PLANET . . 24
Have you tried our downloadable issue?
THIRD YEAR INTERRUPTED . 25
Gemma sees her pupils' faces for the first time
Institute matters
JOHN WORNE MEETS… . . 26
Bishop Nick Baines: the David Crystal Award
winner discusses his languages journey
MOTIVATED & REFRESHED . 28
Attendees reflect on their experiences of CIOL
Conference, as colleagues met face to face
LANGUAGE POSITIVITY . . . 30
Why it's a good time to be a linguist – a talk
by CIOL Vice-President Baroness Coussins
COUNCIL NEWS . . . . . . . . . 31
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 32
One member tells her story in Ukrainian
A PROFESSIONAL
BENCHMARK . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Introducing a qualification for new translators
and those wishing to add a language
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