14 The Linguist Vol/55 No/6 2016
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From the sublime to the ridiculous, how well do you remember 2016?
A good read
1. Why was one Rome-based translator
thrown into the limelight, against her
wishes, in October?
2. How did Deborah Smith and Han Kang
help to raise the profile of translators?
3. What did Safi Kaskas and Dr David
Hungerford do to help forge understanding
between Muslims and Christians?
4. With what product did Parallel Books
make the news in March?
That's entertainment
1. Why was Welsh-language channel S4C
celebrating in September?
2. Why was a Maltesers TV ad the talk of
social media during the Paralympic Games?
3. Why did Director Mark Osborne use an
English-language translation to develop
the script of his latest film?
4. What language-related preparations did
Tokyo officials begin this year ahead of
the 2020 Games?
In class
1. What is becoming "financially unviable",
according to the 14th Language
Trends Survey?
2. In April, what was blamed for demotivating
language students in UK schools?
3. What did the languages education
community mourn on 31 July?
4. What proportion of secondary schools in
England and Wales are using non-specialist
language teachers, according to the
Association of School and College Leaders?
5. What scheme, funded by the Welsh
Government's Global Futures scheme, was
extended after making a "clear impact"?
Twitter storm
Name the language-related campaigns using
the following hashtags:
1. #JeSuisCirconflexe
2. #PostRefRacism
3. @OxfordWords
4. #petaloso
High-tech
1. What new feature for Android phones
claimed to aid understanding for users
of apps such as WhatsApp and
Facebook Messenger?
2. Why did the Tokyo-based technology
company Logbar come under fire when
it launched Ili, which it described as "the
world's first wearable translator"?
3. What raised the profile of two-year-old
electronics company Waverly Labs
in May?
4. Why did a group of demonstrators
gather outside the Japanese consulate
in Hong Kong to protest against the
latest changes to Nintendo's Pokémon
video games?
The big fat
languages quiz
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