The Linguist is a languages magazine for professional linguists, translators, interpreters, language professionals, language teachers, trainers, students and academics with articles on translation, interpreting, business, government, technology
Issue link: https://thelinguist.uberflip.com/i/220935
FEATURES Technology 1 How much did the scottish government invest in a landmark gaelic dictionary? a) £2 million b) £12 million c) £20 million 1 Why is it now easier to get served at a bar overseas than ever before? 2 Which company purchased app developer mobile technologies in a bid to provide voice searches in multiple languages, as well as real-time translations? 3 What wearable item that uses character recognition technology to provide instant translations was demonstrated by developers in september? 2 What percentage increase was there in gCse French entries in June? a) 1.8 percent b) 5.4 percent c) 15.5 percent Who said… © istoCkpHoto 5 to give children the best change of becoming bilingual, they should be immersed in a bilingual environment between what ages, according to new research from king's College london? a) 0-4 b) 4-12 c) 7-11 'susAn boYle', WAsForgAs, 21/7/13 viA WikipediA (CC bY-sA 3.0) Which language… 1 Celebrated its 125th birthday on 26 July? 2 that had not been spoken in 4,000 years, was recorded for the first time in 2013, as linguists tried to work out how the english language developed? 3 is the world's newest language, with only 350 speakers, all under 35 years old? 4 declared 'extinct' by unesco in 2009, this year got its own language-learning app for children, translations of The Gruffalo's Child and Peter Pan, and a bbC children's show translated into it for the first time? 5 Was described by actor mila kundis as: 'A slightly harsh language which, to me, it sounds very romantic. i mean, i think it's a great language but i've been told it sounds like klingon… it's a very oomph language'? Vol/52 No/6 2013 Who's who: 1 oldham-based parrot, rocket, 'speaks' Arabic, urdu and english; 2 American michael boatwright woke up in a palm springs motel in February, believing himself to be Johan 4 How many brits study key words in the foreign language before travelling overseas? a) 12 percent b) 27 percent c) 60 percent 1 'Automatically translating endless documents wastes taxpayers' money and undermines communities – town halls should halt it once and for all'? a) ed balls b) eric pickles c) Jeremy Clarkson 2 'if your language separates the future and the present in its grammar that seems to lead you to slightly disassociate the future from the present every time you speak. that effectively makes it harder for you to save'? a) ed balls b) martin lewis c) professor keith Chen 3 'one reason why i like working in French is that interesting roles are to be had for women my age'? a) emma thompson b) kristin scott thomas c) maggie smith 4 'dinna staund like a stookie! A man lowpit aff the train. We maun follae him!'? a) Alistair darling b) susan boyle c) tintin ek and speaking only swedish; 3 keanu reeves launched his directorial career with a trilingual kung fu movie in mandarin, Cantonese and 3 How far back do the origins of modern language go, according to recent research from Holland? a) 100,000 years b) 500,000 years c) 750,000 years Answers english; 4 Clotilde Hesme stars in The Returned (Fr, C4), the hit foreign-language series of 2013. What's the scandal?: 1 French industry minister Arnaud montebourg's use of the english title for a government scheme was heavily criticised; 2 eleven translators reportedly worked intensively on dan brown's book in a high-security windowless bunker; 3 Amazon reversed its ban on the Cornish-language book following a campaign; 4 it was translated as 'Cuddle rape' by google translate; 5 C4's Dispatches used the fake water, whose name means 'corporate prostitute', to catch 'shameless' celebrities promoting goods in return for freebies. Sport: 1 romelu lukaku; 2 gareth bale. Government and politics: 1 metropolitan police; 2 Foreign and Commonwealth office; 3 eu; 4 driving tests – an 'interpreter' was jailed for cheating. What links…: 1 Winners of english pen awards for books in translation; 2 Words added to the OED in 2013; 3 'rare' languages among the 200 languages identified by the multicultural manchester project in August as being spoken in the city; 4 Among top 20 list of requirements for a full life, according to a survey of 2,000 people; 5 Foreign-language shows acquired by bbC Four. Popular culture: 1 suri Cruise (daughter of actors katie and tom; 2 Cbeebies show featuring poetry in british sign language; 3 Instructions Not Included; 4 saudi Arabia, moldova and montenegro; pakistan. Mixed media: 1 The Guardian; 2 russian, polish, latvian and lithuanian to appeal for information about the death of latvian vasilijs ransevs; 3 'mental distress' caused by 'excessive' use of english loan words; 4 ulster scots. Magic numbers: 1 a); 2 c); 3 b); 4 c); 5 a). Which language…: 1 esperanto; 2 proto-indo-european (pie); 3 light Warlpiri, spoken in Australian desert town lajamanu; 4 manx; 5 russian. Technology: 1 A new app translates 'beer' into 59 languages; 2 Facebook; 3 ntt docomo's intelligent glasses. Who said…: 1 b); 2 c); 3 b) kristin scott thomas, star of 2013's Avant l'hiver; 4 c) Hergé's cartoon hero was translated into scottish dialect this year. Magic numbers deCember 2013/JAnuArY 2014 The Linguist 27