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Companies House and County Court JudgementsA UK-based member has brought a recent case to our...
Illustration by Maxfield Parrish for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Are you sitting comfortably? Eyhab Baden Eddin on the challenges of translating Arabic short stories
Translating literature is never just about words – it is about carrying stories across cultures without letting their essence fall through the cracks. Arabic short stories come wrapped...
Can impactful human-to-human communications be outsourced successfully to AI, asks Michael Schubert, CT
Embracing tech
I’m a technophile. In my very human career field of translation and copywriting, I embrace technology wholeheartedly. I also advocate for it when I teach and mentor others. I think tech skills are just as critical as language skills for a...
By Julian Hale
Languages have opened many cultural, professional and ‘romantic/friendship’ doors for me over the years.
Learning Latin, French, German, Italian and Spanish has enabled me to become a kind of ‘factotum’, working as a professional interpreter, including for Nigel Short, who challenged Garry Kasparov in the World Chess Championships and...
Zoe Moores, David Orrego-Carmona, Pia Ghosh, Tom Bartindale, Delvin Varghese and Margherita Angelucci:
The Action Translate Team, based at the Universities of Warwick, Northumbria and Monash
What is Action Translate?
Action Translate is an all-in-one team, initiative and crowdsourcing platform that supports volunteer translation initiatives....
My journey and learning method
by Giulia Bonanzinga
Learning a new language as an adult is both exciting and daunting. On one hand, there is the dream of opening doors to travel, study or career opportunities. On the other, daily life is already full, and the thought of adding hours of grammar drills or endless vocabulary lists can feel...
By Cat Burns
It is no secret that the role of translators is evolving, and quickly. Linguists have always needed to be agile and adaptable, but in a world increasingly influenced by machine translation and artificial intelligence, apprehension about the impacts of automation on the profession has grown. As a vendor manager at an LSP, I’ve witnessed this ...
The results, along with some detailed and very thoughtful comments, provide a candid snapshot of our community's relationship with digital...
By John Worne CIOL CEO
I attended a really upbeat event with Duolingo last week focusing on what we can do to promote language learning in the UK.