SUMMER 2026 The Linguist 3
CONTENTS
News & editorial
ENTHUSIASM GROWS . . . . . 5
Evidence that Brits do want to learn languages
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 6
A round-up of recent languages news
A DAY OF OPTIMISM . . . . . . 7
Reasons for hope at CIOL's 2026 Conference
ATTENDEE HIGHLIGHTS . . . 9
Delegate reviews of this year's Conference
Features
LYRICAL CONTORTIONS . . 10
Why 'The Girl from Ipanema' shows that
creative song translation can make a global hit
7
The Linguist
Editorial Board
Chair K McLaughlin BA PhD FCIL CL FHEA
D Butler BA (Hons) (ex officio)
B Hart BA (Hons) MA, MSc, DipTrans MCIL CL
R Keene BA MA ACIL
A Lawson
M Moore BA (ex officio)
L Rana BSBio MSC MD FCIL
A Uribe MSc DPSI MCIL CL
BH Wang PhD FCIL
J Worne (ex officio)
The Linguist is the official
journal of the Chartered
Institute of Linguists
PHILIP HARDING-ESCH
MEETS… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Darren Paffey MP on how his passion for
languages was key to his political awakening
REWRITING THE SELF . . . . 14
From radical experimentation to processing
trauma, why writers choose to self-translate
ARTIFICIAL HOPE AT UNI . 16
How embracing technology can help
language students: a virtual reality project
ENTER AT YOUR
OWN RISK? . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
New research on the hazards of interpreting
in booths, and how to protect yourself
STUDYING IN A WAR ZONE . 20
Insights into conditions for Ukrainian students
REVISING THE 'A' WORD . . 22
Could poor or incomplete translations
negatively affect our understanding of autism?
FILIPINO JUSTICE . . . . . . . 24
How the nation's justice is undermined by
English dominance and a lack of interpreting
WOMEN'S TALK . . . . . . . . . 26
Spotlight on the genderlect Begumati Zaban
LESSONS LEARNED . . . . . . 28
An initiative to harness the knowledge of key
players in languages education over 30 years
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 30
One member tells his story in his native Wolof
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Opinion & comment
IN MY OPINION… . . . . . . . . 32
Is social media impacting students' language?
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
FRONT COVER STAN GETZ AND ASTRUD GILBERTO IN 1964
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