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NEWS & VOICES
When Language Awareness Becomes Leadership Awareness
By Shehzaad Shams
International Mother Language Day (21 February) is often approached as a celebration – a moment to honour heritage languages, cultural roots and multilingual identities. That celebration matters. But in the UK today, this day also signals something more urgent: a need to...
By Dr Eyhab Abdulrazak Bader Eddin
Why recognition of high quality spoken English matters for Chinese Professionals: A conversation with CIOL Head of Membership Dom Hebblethwaite and Professor Saihong Li.
China’s global influence continues to expand. From international trade and technology partnerships to academic research and cultural exchange, Chinese professionals are working across borders...
WoLLoW: World of Languages, Languages of the World
By John Claughton
Let's start at the very beginning...
Of course, the recent publication of the joint report by CIOL, ITI and ATC is right to emphasis the strategic imperative for universities to continue to support languages in the UK. We all know that this is a critical time, if not a time...
By Mark Robinson – CIOL Council Member and Director of Alexika Translations
I firmly believe that outstanding translation quality begins – and ends – with highly skilled freelance translators and interpreters. Translation companies do not deliver quality by accident; they do so by working in close partnership with experienced, professional linguists who take...
The Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), the Association of Translation Companies (ATC) and CIOL have jointly published a new report urging UK universities to protect and strengthen their language provision. The three professional bodies are calling on universities to recognise language provision as a strategic investment, drive innovation in course design...
By Dom Hebblethwaite, CIOL Head of Membership
Our latest CIOL poll asked members a simple but provocative question: are we in a...
Recognising English Skills for Arabic-Speaking Professionals
English is the language of international business, diplomacy, and global collaboration. For many Arabic-speaking professionals, English may not be a first language, but it is a working language used daily in meetings, presentations, negotiations, emails, and international projects.
Until recently,...