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34 The Linguist Vol/62 No/4 thelinguist.uberflip.com OPINION & COMMENT I was interested to read 'Top Spot: Palindromes' (TL62,3). Living in France, one that comes to mind is (according to a TV quiz show) the only palindromic commune in the country: Laval! I look forward to being corrected… Nigel Pearce MCIL Nahed Arafat Dr Nahed Arafat combines her working experience in mental health with her linguistic expertise to deliver cultural awareness workshops for health and social care professionals in Sheffield. She sits on the advisory group for the School for Social Care Research focusing on good practice in Mental Health Act assessment when working with interpreters. Her PhD is in Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication. See p.22 Maureen Cohen Maureen Cohen MCIL has freelanced as a German-to- English translator for over 15 years and has been a Chartered Linguist since 2015. In the same year, she returned to university to obtain a physics degree and continued on to earn a PhD in exoplanet science. She now works as a postdoctoral researcher in planetary science, while continuing to freelance on the side. See p.8 Claudio Fantinuoli Claudio Fantinuoli is a researcher at Mainz University, CTO at KUDO Inc. and founder of InterpretBank. His areas of work are computer-assisted human interpreting and real-time machine interpreting, which essentially means that he designs and studies artificial intelligence systems to augment human interpreters and translate speech automatically, with the human user at the centre. See p.10 Spencer Hawkins Spencer Hawkins is a research fellow in Translation Studies at the University of Mainz, author of German Philosophy in English Translation (2023) and translator of Hans Blumenberg's The Laughter of the Thracian Woman (2015). Since completing his doctorate in Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan, he has taught and researched in Turkey, Austria, US and Germany. See p.14 James Puchowski Dr James K Puchowski MCIL CL teaches Norwegian at University College London. His research interests focus on minoritised language issues, public discourse about language issues, and sociolinguistic theories around language activism. He completed his PhD in Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. See p.12 Jack Shiers Jack Shiers, CIOL Student Affiliate, is studying an MLang in French at Lancaster University. His year abroad in Rennes, France, inspired his undergraduate dissertation, which analyses the impact of post-Revolution culture change in Brittany and draws theoretical parallels with that of (post)colonialism. See p.24 Afaf Steiert Afaf Steiert is President and founder of Afaf Translations, where she works as an Arabic conference interpreter and oversees all translation services. She speaks five languages and has good knowledge of all Arabic dialects. She has an MSc in plant molecular biology from the University of Basel, Switzerland. See p.26 Matthias Steiert Matthias Steiert is the co-founder of Afaf Translations and specialises in German pharmaceutical/biotechnology article and patent translations. He has a degree in plant physiology and a PhD in biochemistry. See p.26 Nataliya Yachmeneva Nataliya Yachmeneva MCIL is a professional linguist with experience in different areas of marketing translation (including IT and automotive), as well as translation for corporate purposes and international events. She now works as a public service interpreter. See p.18 CONTRIBUTORS Correction In the Autumn issue, we stated that 'Cha Cha Cha' was Norway's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. It was, in fact, the Finnish entry and the UK's first Finnish-language hit. We would like to apologise for this mistake. Star Letter prize This issue's Star Letter writer will receive the League of the Lexicon board game (reviewed at cutt.ly/TLWinter). For your chance to win, write to us at linguist.editor@ciol.org.uk. Email linguist.editor@ciol.org.uk Palindrome life T 1 A B 2 U E 3 F 4 F L 5 U E 6 N T 7 O A N 8 L I U H K 9 A N N A D A F 10 U S H A P T N M E K I I 11 N U I T B 12 E R B E R S E E R T 13 I 14 N G 15 E S T K 16 A 17 Z A K H N O L 18 F A Y 19 O R U 20 B A L 21 A T 22 I N E 23 D Z P O H K K 24 E B A B I 25 M A G E R Y E Y E N T I O S 26 P E C K L E D U 27 R D U Crossword solution Puzzle page 29 STAR LETTER

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