Covert communication
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
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AI: Stop or go?
As AI innovation snowballs, some developers are calling for a moratorium on new services. We asked stakeholders if the launch of new language-related AI should be put on hold.
John Worne, CIOL CEO
The Urdu tapestry
Kashif Khalid traces the history, art and poetry of the language
Anam Zafar meets Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
With her debut novel investigating the darker side of translation, the author discusses everything from positive changes in publishing to complicated relationships with language in diaspora communities
A team in good health
By Romina Espinosa
Why in-house medical interpreting is better for our health
Make it sing?
By Gene Hsu
Gene Hsu considers approaches to song translation and proposes a comprehensive way to discuss the process
The best way to learn a language
What is the most efficient way to learn a language? Petar Milin and Dagmar Divjak are turning to an algorithm to find out
Kate Trotman meets Rachel Strassberger
How languages helped the music promoter make it to the top in a male-dominated industry
Someone to lean on
By Agata McCrindle
Why peer-to-peer mentoring – a sort of supportive partnership – can help with professional development, motivation and accountability.
Changing minds
By Holly Langstaff, Nicola Brown, Chris Dobbs and Rebecca Smithson
