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CONTENTS The Linguist Editor Miranda Moore: linguist.editor@gmail.com Sales Sarah Heaps: +44 (0) 20 7940 3100; sarah.heaps@iol.org.uk Editorial Board Ms J Fraser MA DipTrans IoLET FCIL FHEA FITI Ms A M Graham BA DipTrans IoLET AMIOEE Ms S Heaps BA (ex officio) Mr D Luddy BA Dr G A Makin MA PhD DPSI MCIL Mr T Merz BA Mr K Moffitt BSc DipTrans IoLET MCIL MITI Ms M Moore BA (ex officio) Prof J Munday BA MEd PhD PGCE DipTrans IoLET MCIL Mr K Paver MA (Oxon) PgDip MCIL MITI Mr A Peacock BA (ex officio) Ms K Stokes MA (Oxon) DipTrans IoLET MITI FCIL CL (Translator) (Chair) The Chartered Institute of Linguists, Saxon House, 48 Southwark Street, London SE1 1UN; www.iol.org.uk +44 (0)20 7940 3100; info@iol.org.uk Royal Patron HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO President Dr N Bowen BSc MA PhD Dip TEFL RSA HonFCIL Vice-Presidents Prof T J Connell MA BPhil DLitt PGCE FCIL Mrs A Corsellis OBE BA HonFCIL Baroness J Coussins MA HonFCIL Prof D Crystal OBE PhD FCSLT HonFCIL FRSA Mr R Hardie MA FCA HonFCIL Dr J M Mitchell CBE MA DrPhil FCIL Members of Council Mr T Bell MA MPhil FCIL (Hon Treasurer) Mrs J Cambridge MA FCIL Mr M Cunningham BA MCIL Mr J Farmer MA MCIL Prof H Fulford BA MA PhD FCIL MBCS FHEA Dr M-M Gervais-le Garff MA Doct 3e Cycle FCIL Ms D Langton MA DipTrans IoLET MCIL Ms M J Lee MA DPSI MCIL Dr G A Makin MA PhD DPSI MCIL Mr K Moffitt BSc DipTrans IoLET MCIL MITI (Chair) Ms K Netto BA MSc DipTrans IoLET MCIL Mrs C Pocock DipTrans IoLET FCIL (Vice-Chair) Mrs J A Ridgway BA FCIL MCMI Ms K Stokes MA (Oxon) DipTrans IoLET MITI FCIL CL (Translator) Mr P Shipman BSc (Hons) MScCEng MIMechE MCIL Senior Institute personnel Mr A Peacock BA (Director of Membership & Acting Chief Executive) IoL Educational Trust The examinations are provided under the auspices of the IoL Educational Trust. Senior officers: Prof T J Connell MA BPhil DLitt PGCE FCIL (Chair) Ms A Carlisle MA (Director of Examinations) CHANGE IS A-COMING . . . 20 © MONKEYBUSINESSIMAGES | DREAMSTIME.COM The Linguist, formerly The Incorporated Linguist, is the official journal of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. Translators' web 20-25 The Linguist Are professional boundaries starting to blur? COPING WITH WEB BLINDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Top tips for improving online searches ON BETTER TERMS . . . . . . . 24 Access the EU's terminology database News & editorial Reviews 'ARBITRARY' DEAL FOR AFGHAN INTERPRETERS . . . 5 BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 INSIDE PARLIAMENT . . . . . . 6 Update from the All-Party Parliamentary Group Opinion & comment LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Features FIRST STEPS . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 TRADE SECRETS . . . . . . . . . . 7 Inside stock images provider Dreamstime 18 NEGOTIATING ASYLUM . . . . 8 Interpreting for Kurdish asylum-seekers THINGS FALL APART . . . . . . 10 Translating Chinua Achebe's seminal book LET'S GET PHYSICAL: LEGAL INTERPRETING . . . . 12 New series focusing on working conditions WORKING TOGETHER . . . . 14 How collaborative tasks can help learners Institute matters BETTER FOR BUSINESS . . . 16 DIVISIONS & SOCIETIES . . . 32 Five-point plan to working across cultures Details of forthcoming events for your diary LOCAL HEROES . . . . . . . . . . 18 ENSURING QUALITY . . . . . . 33 A mission to provide children's books overseas Meet the CIOL's Joint Examinations Manager LEARNING TO ADAPT . . . . 26 WHO'S ON COUNCIL? . . . . 34 How 'tradapting' Shakespeare helps students With Karen Stokes and James Farmer FRONT COVER © ORIONNA | DREAMSTIME.COM Printed by Hastings Printing Company, St Leonards-on-Sea. Published six times a year and distributed free of charge to all members. Annual subscription £41 post free. Overseas subscription £54 (airmail Europe), £58 (airmail rest of world). The Linguist is online at http://thelinguist.uberflip.com and via www.iol.org.uk ISSN 0268-5965 Vol/52 No/4 2013 The editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted. Views expressed in The Linguist are not necessarily the official views of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. All rights of reproduction, translation and adaptation reserved for all countries. The Chartered Institute of Linguists, The Linguist, and officers accept no responsibility collectively or individually for the service of agencies or persons advertised or announced in the pages of this journal. The good faith with which we publish offers no implied/implicit guarantee. AUGUST/SEPTEMBER The Linguist 3