NEWS & BLOGS
How have advances in crosscultural training and theory informed our understanding of ‘culture’? Robert Johnson considers the limits of this ‘fuzzy concept’
or: The day I discovered that Swedish children love their parents
Guest blog by Linda Gunnarson, English to Swedish translator since 2001, specializing in marketing translations.
Joanna Drugan looks at the role of linguist crime fighters, and what needs to change in the way they work with police to make the battle against transnational organised crime more effective
Guest blog by Lucy Williams
A career change can be a scary business. One newcomer to translation charts the year she took the plunge
Can the cognitive benefits of ‘bilingualism’ overcome the ‘English is enough’ fallacy? Dina Mehmedbegovic and Thomas Bak change the narrative on language learning
Military linguist David Bagnall tells Jessica Moore why a career in the Navy has been his dream job
Written by Fiona Baillie and Anna Binning, CIOL Student Affiliates, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Countdown’s Susie Dent talks to Miranda Moore about sharing her passion for language, and the comforts of speaking German