16 The Linguist Vol/61 No/5
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How well do you remember this year's language developments?
Grave mistakes
1 Which tourism business blamed a translation
error when they inadvertently 'banned'
Russians and Belarusians from using the app?
2 Which translation service mistranslated the
names of some of the languages it was
adding at a launch for the new languages?
3 Why was Ryanair accused of 'Apartheid 2.0'
after issuing South African passengers
travelling to Europe with a language test and
preventing them from flying if they failed?
4 Why was the Intellectual Property Office
slammed for trademarking the word cariad?
THE LANGUAGE
QUIZ 2022
What links…
1 British 3-year-old Ariella Procopiou,
Ukrainian 7-year-old Amelia Anisovych,
and American 5-year-old Sebastian
Esposito?
2 Russian-speaking translators
Charlotte Hobson and Gavin Knight,
language students at Exeter University,
and UK-based Ukrainian interpreter
Olena Davie?
3 'Pro gamer', 'streamer' and 'cloud
gaming'?
4 'Ergo', 'quid pro quo', 'de rigueur'
and 'ad infinitum'?
What language…?
1 Did Transport for London (TfL) use on
notice boards to mark 50 years of Pride?
2 Did carpark ticket machines in Caswell Bay
default to, to the chagrin of English speakers?
3 Became an Official Working Language of
the African Union, following a request by
Tanzanian Vice President Philip Mpango?
4 Was made an official EU language (it had
been a 'Treaty language' since 1973)?
Access issues
1 What language barrier was identified for
Ukrainians applying for UK visas?
2 What language issue in NHS maternity care
is putting pregnant Black, Asian and migrant
women and their unborn babies at risk,
according to the charity Birthrights?
3 What development in the UK has improved
deaf people's access to emergency services?
4 In which British institution are most
interpreting requests denied, with patchy
services creating a huge barrier to justice?
True or false
1 1,234 studies could be added to the
Conservation Evidence database if they were
translated into a 'global language', expanding
it by 25% and increasing scientific knowledge.
2 Potatoes can communicate with each other
using up to 50 'words'.
3 Multilingualism is one of the best ways to
slow the ageing of your brain.
4 In a significant reduction from previous
years, 45% of state secondaries had no
international engagement in 2021, according
to a survey.
PICTURE QUESTION
What monument is depicted in the image
above and what is it doing in our 2022 quiz?
