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The cross-party House of Lords Public Services Committee has written to the Lord Chancellor.听
The letter听draws on written and oral evidence from the 无忧传媒, as well as evidence from ITI, NRPSI, the Ministry of Justice, The Big Word, ATC, the legal profession, academics and others.
The letter is available on the Public Services...
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By Professor Paul Bishop
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Abercromby Street in the Calton district of Glasgow is home to the Calton Weavers鈥� Cemetry, an historical burial ground established in 1787 by the Calton Incorporation of Weavers. Pride of place in the cemetery is a monument to the 鈥淢artyrs,鈥� or those Weavers who were killed during the strike of 1787.
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In the eighteenth and...
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By Regina Seelos, German/English translator
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Like the global markets, especially in the translation sector, the German market is in uproar or turmoil. There鈥檚 still tonnes of work out there, but tech companies want to make us 鈥� and also our customers 鈥� believe that freelance translators will be out of work soon because AI can do it all. Many colleagues have also...
By John Worne
In their recent publication Languages in UK Education Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Charles Forsdick present a fascinating summary of language education in the UK, capturing distinct approaches across its four nations from which policymakers can learn.
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Diverging Policies, Common Challenges
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern...
By Carina Balbo
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In my 25 years in the translation industry, I don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e ever received as many scam emails as I have in the past few months. While many of us can spot an obvious scam, it鈥檚 clear that scammers are becoming increasingly savvy, presenting offers that can appear legitimate at first glance. As translators, we must stay vigilant, not only to protect...
by Gwenydd Jones
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I鈥檓 writing today buried in the autumn leaves of blue-skied Andorra. This year, I鈥檓 using my digital nomadism for a winter of skiing and steaming mugs of Catalan: que nevi, que nevi, que nevi.
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Freelancing online today is all change but three constants remain...
Excellence, marketing and diversification. On the days when I choose...
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Lt Col John Cross (rtd) lives in Nepal and is in his fifth decade of 无忧传媒 membership.
He speaks a great many languages 鈥� including some very rare ones as you will read below 鈥� and has had several books published drawing from his 99 year life with languages, published by Pen & Sword Books https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/J-P-Cross/a/870.
In a significant...
Covert languages often start with children, as with the M language in Malaysia
What the clandestine M language of Malaysia can tell us about secret languages around the world
By Norhaniza Nuruddin
The phenomenon of hidden languages is truly intriguing. These confidential communication methods often develop within groups, serving purposes...
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I first visited France in 1959 on my 11th birthday. Within minutes of stepping ashore I was stung by a wasp. The pain. The indignity. I was sure it had been waiting for me.
Things picked up after that. By the time of my year abroad (1969-70) as a British Council assistant in a Dijon lyc茅e I had made a full recovery and was a 100% Francophile and Germanophile, following exchange...
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Showcasing the science of language
By Rebecca Mitchell
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National Linguistics Day is a new focal point in the year to get people thinking, talking and learning about the science of language. It is part of Linguistics HQ, a broader initiative aimed at sparking curiosity about linguistics and helping to integrate it into education.
The idea for...