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SUMMER 23 The Linguist 3
CONTENTS
News & editorial
AFGHAN ASYLUM FEARS . . 5
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What's been in the news this quarter?
Features
INSIDE THE GUIDES . . . . . . . 7
How the largest international voluntary body
for girls manages its language needs
MEETING MAIGRET . . . . . . 10
Insights from the team behind a project to
translate all 75 of Simenon's Maigret novels
THE FULL PACKAGE . . . . . . 13
Member highlights from CIOL's recent events
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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 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
PRIZE PERFECT . . . . . . . . . . 14
The 2023 CIOL Awards in pictures: spot
colleagues and learn about the prizewinners
UNDER THE RADAR . . . . . . 16
Candid reflections on how being autistic and
being a translator can be fully intertwined
DRAMA IN THE
CLASSROOM . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Could pupils' fluency in spontaneous speech
improve by rehearsing a play in the language?
AN OPEN MINDSET . . . . . . 20
How to develop a multicultural mindset
beyond your language combinations
THE WORD ON WORDS . . . 22
How the OED and Duden revolutionised
dictionaries and shaped modern lexicography
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Papyrus and The Power of Language
Opinion & comment
IN DEFENCE OF PSI . . . . . . 25
The true value of public service interpreters
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
RIDING THE EMOJI
ROLLERCOASTER . . . . . . . . 28
Navigating the potential benefits and pitfalls
Institute matters
GLOBAL ENGLISH:
THE GOLD STANDARD . . . . 30
A look at CIOL's newest test: Certified English
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 32
Interpreting revelations in Bosnian and English
MEET OUR MEMBERS . . . . . 33
How languages have been key to Walker
Darke's journey to the Forbes Under 30s list
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