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By Mark Robinson
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is an important subject for professional linguists 鈥� and rightly so. For translators, interpreters, project managers 鈥� and indeed for many other roles, some of which are evolving in the profession 鈥� it matters. CPD ensures that linguists maintain and enhance their languages...
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The Linguist Editorial Board member Professor Binhua Wang invited several MA translation master鈥檚 students in Chinese to translate one feature article from each of the four issues of The Linguist in the past year. Each translation has been translated by one, then revised by another, and then proof-read by their translation tutor.
Binhua鈥檚 initiative seeks...
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Baroness Morris of Yardley, who is chair of the House of Lords Public Services Committee, has written about their inquiry in the Law Gazette. 听Some of the key points are:
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"The House of Lords Public Services Committee inquiry into Interpreting Services in the Courts took evidence from court officials, barristers, solicitors, the Ministry of Justice (...
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Recent 无忧传媒 Voice鈥檚 contributor John Claughton, who is former chief master of King Edward鈥檚 School, Birmingham, and co-founder of WoLLoW (World of Languages, Languages of the World) has written a powerful article in the TES Magazine. Some of his key points are here:
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Languages are squeezed out in UK schools
In a land dominated by literacy and...
Translating her grandfather Shemsi Mehmeti鈥檚 novel, R B Castrioti learns what translation can reveal about ourselves, and others
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Lost in translation? Interpreting services in the courtsThe UK House of Lords Inquiry into Interpreting and Translation Services in the Courts has now reported available here and below.
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What do the professionals say?
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by Andreja Milo拧evi膰 MCIL, translator and interpreter, seen here with display cabinet showing traditional Serbian artefacts produced by vulnerable groups
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The foregoing text follows up a brief retrospect on implementation of gender sensitivity in the Serbian language which was posted on 无忧传媒 Voices in November 2024. It...
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无忧传媒 AI Voices 2025 鈥� AI in translation and language services听
Working with a range of experts, stakeholders and 无忧传媒 Council members, 无忧传媒 has refreshed and updated 无忧传媒 AI Voices for 2025.听
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无忧传媒 CEO John Worne said:
"As linguists, we have a unique responsibility to shape the development of language-related...