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CIOL AI Voices – a white paper on AI in translation and language services

 

The Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) has released a white paper titled ‘CIOL AI Voices’, which explores the risks, opportunities, and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) for linguists, especially professional translators. The white paper provides expert voices and initial...

Published on Thursday, 7 December 2023 - 11:19am
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This week CIOL Digital Learning partner Duolingo, publishes its fourth Global Language Report. 

 

Published every December, the report is an analysis of trends and attitudes towards languages both in the UK and globally, drawn from Duolingo’s 83 million learners. Duolingo saw growth in daily learners jump 63% in 2023, with the number of lessons completed now...

Published on Wednesday, 6 December 2023 - 11:33am
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Mariam Aboelezz (CIOL Council member), Raisa McNab (CEO ATC), Dom Hebblethwaite (CIOL Head of Membership) and John Worne (CEO CIOL) were panellists in CIOL's first Roundtable discussion

  Insights from CIOL's Roundtable Introduction

The world of certified translations is a labyrinth of different practices and expectations, particularly challenging in the UK context....

Published on Wednesday, 6 December 2023 - 11:11am
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A new Working Together White Paper sets out urgent recommendations for tackling immediate challenges around procurement and provision of language services for the UK’s public sector.

 

Changing patterns of demand, unmapped or unforeseen, rapid regional and national changes in the need for different languages and the requirements for rare languages pose challenges both for...

Published on Wednesday, 22 November 2023 - 10:07am
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The Linguist

By Anita van Adelsbergen


The inventor of the languages game League of the Lexicon discusses his passion for words and why it is all about being curious. He explains all to CIOL Council member Anita van Adelsbergen.
 

 

Joshua, you’re a game publisher, a marketing specialist, a photographer and designer, you’ve co-founded an art gallery and written a book...

Published on Monday, 6 November 2023 - 12:33pm
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27 October was National Mentoring Day in the UK – so what better time to look at the benefits of a mentoring programme, wherever you are in the world!
 


National Mentoring Day was founded in 2014 to celebrate, connect, inform and support mentors, mentees and mentoring initiatives, to encourage more people to achieve their full potential through mentoring. In...

Published on Thursday, 26 October 2023 - 11:56am
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The Linguist

Sara Horcas-Rufián

Tell us about your early experiences. Have you always had a passion for languages?

I vividly recall my fascination with the (big) wide world long before I could articulate it in words. As a child, I felt an exhilarating sense of adventure watching the cartoon Around the World with Willy Fog. I began writing short stories and for three years in a row I...

Published on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 - 4:40pm
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The Linguist
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CIOL Voices

By Mark Robinson


I like to think that we’re ahead of the AI (artificial intelligence) curve in the world of professional translation. We have had a form of AI – neural machine translation – around for a few years now, and it has become a helpful tool for professional linguists - in certain circumstances only, and for appropriate projects with careful checking. The large...

Published on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 - 12:37pm
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CIOL Voices
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By Dr Joseph Lambert
 

"Happy robots” - AI and robots are now literally everywhere..! Photo from Joseph’s recent trip to Copenhagen.


What are the biggest threats and opportunities to you as a professional freelance translator today? Are you happy with your rates of pay and working conditions? What is the longer-term outlook for the...

Published on Thursday, 12 October 2023 - 10:42am
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The Linguist

By Karl McLaughlin


Translating inflight magazines and why it is the perfect gig for translators with wanderlust!
 


Who has not read a travel magazine or supplement and felt jealous of the writers who are paid to visit appetising destinations? Among linguists, such travel possibilities tend to be associated with conference interpreters lucky enough to be...

Published on Friday, 6 October 2023 - 11:47am
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The Linguist