Chartered Institute of Linguists
WINTER 2024 The Linguist 3
CONTENTS
News & editorial
PUBLISHER TO USE AI . . . . . 5
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A round-up of the top news stories this winter
INSIDE PARLIAMENT . . . . . . 7
It's all change for the cross-party group
FESTIVAL MARKS 5 YEARS . 8
How Express Yourself supports young learners
Features
WORD OF GOD . . . . . . . . . . 9
The challenges of translating the Qur'an, from
the sacredness of the text to the poetic impact
A HEALTHY SOLUTION? . . 12
An innovative model for hospital interpreting
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The Linguist
Editorial Board
Chair K Trotman BA MA DipTrans MCIL
D Butler BA (Hons) (ex officio)
C Fairfoull BA MA ACIL MCIPD AIRP
B Hart BA MA PGDip MCIL CL
A Lawson
K McLaughlin BA PhD FCIL CL FHEA
M Moore BA (ex officio)
J Oppedisano BA MA DPSI MCIL
E Pavlopoulos LLB MAEd PGCE
L Rana BSBio MSC MD MCIL
BH Wang PhD FCIL
J Worne (ex officio)
A Zafar BA MA MCIL
The Linguist is the official
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ENGAGING VISITORS . . . . . 14
How to approach the wide range of text
types in museums while catering to audiences
of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities
SILENCE IN CLASS? . . . . . . 16
Why it's important to raise taboo subjects in
the interpreting and translation classroom
DECOLONISING
THE RECORD . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How can we deal with offensive language
in historic archives without erasing the past?
A look at the British Library's approach
BACK TO CLASS . . . . . . . . 20
The Times columnist Robert Crampton opens
up about the joys of adult German lessons
THE TIME IS RIGHT . . . . . . 22
How to make the most of the opportunity to
turn around school languages in the UK
THE LINGUIST QUIZ 2024 . . 24
How well do you recall this year's events?
A CLASSICS COMBINATION . 26
Our student rep explains the draw of her
unusual degree in German and Latin
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 28
How life in a refugee camp ignited a career
TRIBUTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remembering Christine Pocock and Tony Bell
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Our regular reviewers recommend Life in a
New Language and Translation as Home
Opinion & comment
THE AI TOOLBOX . . . . . . . . 31
Helping you choose the right tool for the job
A 'WHAT' QUESTION? . . . . 32
Why echo questions are tricky linguistic beasts
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