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The Linguist 55,4

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thelinguist.uberflip.com AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016 The Linguist 3 CONTENTS News & editorial BREXIT VOTE: LANGUAGE ORGANISATIONS RESPOND . 5 INSIDE PARLIAMENT . . . . . . . 6 Analysis of the Value of Languages report Fiction in translation A NEW CHAPTER . . . . . . . . . . 8 Why the new Booker is a "win" for translation THE VOICE OF WOMEN . . . 10 Why aren't more female authors translated? TRANSLATED BY AMAZON . 14 Inside the largest publisher of translated fiction GREAT EXPECTATIONS . . . . 16 The inspiring story of a prize-winning translator The editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted. Views expressed in The Linguist are not necessarily the official views of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. All rights of reproduction, translation and adaptation reserved for all countries. CIOL, The Linguist and officers accept no responsibility collectively or individually for the service of agencies or persons advertised or announced in the pages of this journal. The good faith with which we publish offers no implied/implicit guarantee. 22 26 The Linguist Editor M Moore linguist.editor@ciol.org.uk Sales D Butler +44 (0) 20 7940 3100; deborah.butler@ciol.org.uk Editorial Board Chair K Paver MA (Oxon) PgDip MCIL MITI D Butler BA (Hons) (ex officio) A Carlisle MA (ex officio) J Guardamagna BA MCIL IAPTI APARU H Gulowsen DipTrans IoLET CL (Translator) MCIL MITI M Kilminster BA ATCL D Langton MA (Cantab) DipTrans IoLET MCIL BDUe TA VdUe L Melcion MA (Surrey) DipTrans IoLET PG Cert Ed MCIL K Stokes MA (Oxon) MA (City) DipTrans IoLET FCIL MITI CL M Moore BA (ex officio) Dr M Pollard BA PhD FCIL FHEA For a list of Council and committee members, see www.ciol.org.uk > About > Organisation & governance The Linguist, formerly The Incorporated Linguist, is the official journal of the Chartered Institute of Linguists Features THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Q&A with Girl Gone International founder TEARING UP THE BOOK . . 18 Should modern foreign languages teaching move away from the textbook? CHANNEL VISION . . . . . . . 20 An England-based legal interpreter on the challenges of working in the Channel Islands DESKTOP WARFARE . . . . . 22 A look at the bilingual activists using the internet to resist information control in China Reviews BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 The Burning of Books and Good on Paper Opinion & comment BREXIT: WHAT NEXT? . . . . . 26 UNITED IN DIVERSITY . . . . . 27 Post-referendum comment on the likely challenges for linguists of leaving the EU TEACHER ON TOUR . . . . . . 28 Our columnist ends her travels in Chile MASTER IN THE MAKING . . 29 The exam period is an isolating experience LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Institute matters DIVISIONS & SOCIETIES . . . 32 Don't miss out on all our forthcoming events A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 33 FOSTERING TRUST . . . . . . . . 34 Chris Pountain on his role as IoLET Chair FRONT COVER © SHUTTERSTOCK Dunstan House, 14a St Cross Street, London EC1N 8XA; info@ciol.org.uk; +44 (0) 20 7940 3100; www.ciol.org.uk Printed by Hastings Printing Company, St Leonards-on-Sea. Published six times a year and distributed free of charge to all CIOL members. Annual subscription £46 post free. Overseas subscription £61 (airmail Europe), £66 (airmail rest of world). ISSN 0268-5965 The Linguist is online at linguist.uberflip.com; Subscribe at www.ciol.org.uk > Journal Apply to become a CIOL member at www.ciol.org.uk > Membership IMAGES: © SHUTTERSTOCK

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