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The Linguist Editorial Board member Professor Binhua Wang invited several MA translation master’s 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’s initiative seeks...

Published on Thursday, 3 July 2025 - 12:27pm
Category:
The Linguist
Category:
The Linguist


 

Using metrics and corporate speak to make the case for localisation to clients in language they understand

By Melanie Morawetz

 

As localisation specialists in 2025, we are navigating a landscape of relentless, unforgiving change. What once felt like steady, incremental progress in CAT tools and neural machine translation (NMT) has collapsed under...

Published on Wednesday, 2 July 2025 - 11:43am
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The Linguist
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CIOL Voices


 

By Teresa Simone

 

When you change language, you're not just translating words. You're rewriting yourself.

 

Those who live between languages know it well: speaking is never just about communication. It's about inhabiting a world, a body, a way of thinking.


Take two examples: Italian and Danish.
 

Italian has high...

Published on Monday, 30 June 2025 - 2:40pm
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CIOL Voices
Category:
The Linguist

 

 

“I knew it was a scam – but I needed it to be real.” Charlotte Hale-Burgess examines a growing problem


When I left a successful sales career to become a freelance translator, I brought with me a sense of purpose, excitement and the (potentially dangerous) need to prove myself. I had made a bold decision to follow a long-held passion and turn it into a...

Published on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 - 11:13am
Category:
The Linguist
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CIOL Voices


 

Amina Saif is a Chartered Linguist and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. Just back from a major interpreting assignment at the G7 meeting in Canada, which she describes as ‘a career milestone, and a moment of reflection on how far I’ve come in this journey..’, she shares with us what it takes to work with world leaders, interpreting on the international...

Published on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 - 11:43am
Category:
CIOL Voices
Category:
CIOL Voices

 

 

If you look at today’s leadership playbook, you’ll see a lot of talk about empathy and emotional intelligence (EQ). These are, of course, crucial. But as the world grows more diverse and interconnected, it’s becoming clear that the next big leap in leadership isn’t just about feeling what others feel — it’s about being truly eclectic: blending, adapting, and drawing...

Published on Monday, 23 June 2025 - 10:49am
Category:
CIOL Voices
Category:
CIOL Voices

 

  CIOL Vice President David Crystal writes on the recent CIOL competition to select a suitable collective noun for linguists 

 

The Origins of Collective Nouns in English 

I imagine all languages have ways to talk about groups of animals, people, and things, but I doubt any can match English for the range and variety of collective nouns that this language has...

Published on Friday, 20 June 2025 - 10:46am
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CIOL Voices
Published on Wednesday, 18 June 2025 - 9:55am
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News
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News

 

 

The winning collective noun for linguists - a Glot of Linguists - from the Chartered Institute of Linguists contest to find a term to describe language professionals, was first announced at the CIOL Conference and is confirmed in the summer issue of The Linguist.

 

From a shortlist of ten, CIOL’s Awards & Recognition Committee, Council and Educational...

Published on Monday, 16 June 2025 - 10:40am
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News
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CIOL Voices

 

 

In the second of a series of three blog posts, Shehzaad Shams explains why English can cause a blind spot, which gets in the way of ‘leadership through languages’. 

 

English as the default

Most leadership research comes from English-speaking countries. There’s an unspoken assumption that language is just the background noise, not something that...

Published on Friday, 13 June 2025 - 10:45am
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CIOL Voices