AUTUMN 2026 The Linguist 3
CONTENTS
News & editorial
A FONT OF YOUTH? . . . . . . 5
IN THE MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A round-up of news stories this season
Features
POWERED BY BOLLYWOOD . 8
The links between the Indian film industry
and attitudes towards the Hindi language
FROM PRISON TO PAGE . . 10
Two translators reveal the challenges of
rewriting an Iranian prison memoir in English
SAME DIFFERENCE . . . . . . 12
Approaching synonyms in Arabic and English
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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
SYSTEM CHANGE
IN AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What steps are required to professionalise
the language industry across the continent?
A GO-BETWEEN IN COURT . 16
How a court-appointed intermediary can have
a significant impact on an interpreter's work
A KEY TO THE PAST . . . . . 18
Children's author Caroline Lawrence
discusses her love of ancient languages
CAN AI DELIVER? . . . . . . . . 20
A candid look at one hospital's bid to boost
its language provision after a damning report
SOUND MEANING . . . . . . . 22
The intriguing world of Nepali onomatopoeia,
and how interpreters can navigate it
A UNITED FRONT . . . . . . . . 24
CIOL award-winner Charles Forsdick outlines
the British Academy's collaborative work
THE VERY HUMAN
ERRORS OF AI . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Why workflow issues are to blame when
automated translation slip-ups reach the public
THE ART OF TEACHING . . . 28
What creativity means in today's language
classrooms and why it has become essential
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 30
A moving story told in Slovenian and English
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
On literary translation and inventing languages
Opinion & comment
IN MY OPINION . . . . . . . . . 32
Why exams should be gender-inclusive
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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