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CONTENTS
News & editorial
NATIVE SPEAKERS
MAKE THE GRADE . . . . . . . . 5
New evidence of "severe" marking at A level
Features
STAGING OTHERNESS . . . . . 7
Exploring an astonishing work of 'foreignising'
translation, through a discussion between
actors, director and research assistant
NO BARRIER TO THERAPY . 10
How bilingual assistants enable monolingual
speech and language therapists to deliver
treatment in a child's mother tongue
A TALE OF TWO CITIES . . . 13
What one Student Affiliate learnt when he
became a translation project manager
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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
K Hone BA
M Kilminster BA ATCL
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
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THE BIG IDEA . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Q&A with the Founder of Chatterbox, a
charity helping refugees into language work
TAKING THE LEAD . . . . . . . 18
In her inspiring Threlford Memorial Lecture,
Sally Fagan asks, "What makes a leader?"
MONEY MATTERS . . . . . . . . 22
When your work could lead to major losses:
a look at translating in the financial sector
Reviews
BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Getting to know The Scandinavians
Opinion & comment
LETTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
THE RISE OF PONGLISH . . . 26
Is the increasing anglicisation of Polish
damaging the language in the UK?
MASTER IN THE MAKING . . 27
Hannah prepares for the last month of her MA
ON THE RIGHT TERMS . . . . 28
Can interpreters create their own glossaries by
following a collaborative seven-step method?
Institute matters
A DAY FOR ALL . . . . . . . . . . 30
Why Members' Day 2017 was bigger than ever
A LIFE WITH LANGUAGES . 31
Fatma Ehab shares her experiences in Arabic
DIVISIONS & SOCIETIES . . . 32
Don't miss out on all our forthcoming events
ADMISSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECURING EQUALITY . . . . . 34
Reza Navaei on the important work of the
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
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