Chartered Institute
of Linguists
NEWS & VOICES
by Michelle Deeter
The 2026 Spring Consecutive Interpreting Mock Conference was held on 23 and 24 April 2026, at the interpreting suite at Newcastle University. The university invited six speakers from China and all over the UK to take part in the two-day conference, giving our interpreting students a chance to learn about new industries and interact...
By Marion Sadoux - Director of the Language Centre at the University of Oxford
The strategic importance of language education in the UK has been powerfully reaffirmed in The strategic case for languages in UK higher education (January 2026), a report by the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) and the Association of...
This year CIOL celebrated International Translation Day 2025 with APEX Group International in an innovative hybrid/face-to-face and online collaboration with Saint Joseph University Dubai and ProZ.com.
By Nancy Tahir of CIOL Corporate Partner APEX Group
This year’s International Translation Day conference turned Saint Joseph University...
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....
By Michael Lynas, UK Country Director Duolingo
The Duolingo Westminster Language Challenge
“I, Michael Lynas, being the UK Country Director and Acting Returning Officer for the Duolingo Westminster Language Challenge, do hereby give notice that the number of lessons recorded for the candidates at the said Challenge is 65,000…”
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The Centre for Translation Studies (CTS) at the University of Surrey has recently received AHRC funding to support a research project on the use of bespoke Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for interpreters.
As a result of recent developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), the field of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has advanced rapidly, leading...