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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Across 1 NATO's name for a series of missiles developed by the Soviet Union (4) 4 Legally this contrasts with 'de facto' (2,4) 8 Dolly Pentreath is said to have been the last fluent speaker of this language… (7) 9 …and Ned Maddrell the last native speaker of this (4) 10 In finance, amounts of money which a company owes and must one day pay (11) 11 Could be bilabial, velar or glottal (4) Crossword no.8 Answers page 33 Vol/53 No/2 2014 APRIL/MAY The Linguist 29 OPINION & COMMENT CIOL Vice-President Ann Corsellis HonFCIL has published on public service interpreting and coordinated projects for the development of good practice in PSI. TL Down 2 Approximately, especially referring to a date (5) 3 Words or phrases which cannot be fully understood without context (6) 4 National flower of Mexico, it is named in honour of a Norwegian botanist (6) 5 Caribbean island where a form of Patois is the spoken language (7) 6 Characters used in a script associated now with magic or charms (5) 7 South American feline whose name is taken from the Nahuatl word for 'jaguar' (6) 12 This language from the Indian subcontinent is the fourth most commonly spoken in the UK (7) 14 It's summer in Italy, but denotes property in English (6) 15 A form of verbal noun in some languages (6) 16 NW Caucasian language spoken in Georgia, Ukraine and Armenia (6) 17 Grammatically it could be active or passive (5) 18 In this African nation, five percent speak Berber languages (5) 13 The first letter of the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets (4) 17 Alexander, 18th century explorer, who according to legend heard a parrot speak an extinct South American language (3,8) 19 Unit of currency in Turkey, meaning 'pound' in English (4) 20 To live in a country (7) 21 Formerly known as British Honduras, it is the only anglophone country in Central America (6) 22 Word meaning 'enthusiasm', cognate with 'jealousy' (4) © THINKSTOCK They are likely to do their tasks better if they have been afforded professional courtesy and support PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS Neglecting nurses has been shown to affect their work as well as their emotional wellbeing with colleagues is always good but, at times, there is a need for a safe, private support system. 3 Regular, friendly meetings with qualified interpreters, their tutors and public services representatives for interdisciplinary support, development and problem solving. At these meetings, we brought our national foods to share; maybe it was the mixture of curry, tortilla and chocolate cake that promoted success. 4 The existence of liaison people in each local public service, who had participated in interpreter training, came to the supper meetings, knew the context – and could be contacted by interpreters at any time. I notice these low-cost activities have all but disappeared. The first two might be the result of academic and financial priorities. The third could be a casualty of the call centre approach. As far as I know, in terms of the last point, only INTRAN in Norfolk still has what it calls its service 'champions'. My instinct is that thought should be given to how to care for and nurture PSIs, especially the new generation. New approaches need not be the same as the ones in the pilot but should carry the same positive, creative ethos. There are course organisers who might be approached and helpful existing support systems, such as the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) and Institute of Interpreting and Translation (ITI), to build on. I suspect more is needed and few, except the PSIs themselves, will have the emotional capital to provide it.