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AUTUMN 2023 The Linguist 3
CONTENTS
News & editorial
TOP OF THE POPS . . . . . . . . 5
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY… . . 5
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Don't miss this quarter's main news stories
Features
THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Matching young learners with elderly speakers
SAFETY OF THE CHILD . . . . . 8
From unqualified interpreters to dodgy audio,
interpreting challenges in the family courts
COME FLY WITH ME . . . . . . 10
Why working on an inflight magazine is the
perfect gig for translators with wanderlust
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the official views of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. All rights of reproduction, translation and adaptation
reserved for all countries. CIOL, 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
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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 BA 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
ANITA MEETS… . . . . . . . . . 12
Language game creator Joshua Blackburn
FAMILY? WHAT FAMILY? . . 14
Why professionals keep quiet about their kids,
and how opening up could boost your career
SARA HORCAS-RUFIÁN . . . 17
The CIOL member discusses her translation
bugbears, top tips and a professional scandal
UNIVERSITIES:
THE NEW NORMAL . . . . . . 18
Have language departments returned to pre-
Covid ways or are the changes here to stay?
A WILL BUT NOT A WAY? . 20
Why languages are continuing to decline in
Welsh schools despite a £6m investment
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 23
Exploring a fascinating career in Thai
MIND THE GAPS . . . . . . . . . 24
Could words with no direct equivalents
help to promote cultural understanding?
THE AGE OF TRANSLATION . 26
A look at translation's Golden Age and one of
literary history's most productive misreadings
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The Translator's Little Book of Art and more
Opinion & comment
CHINGLISH EVOLUTION . . . 30
How the new language Lamese emerged
from a tradition of mixing English and Chinese
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AT HOME IN MONGOLIAN . 32
What certain words reveal about the culture
THE SECRET JUROR . . . . . . 33
What happens if a juror doesn't speak English?
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