Mark Robinson CL, CIOL Council Member and director of translation company Alexika Ltd writes on using the internet to improve your language skills.
 

By Claudio Fantinuoli PhD

By Professor Paul Bishop

By Regina Seelos, German/English translator

by Gwenydd Jones
 

I’m writing today buried in the autumn leaves of blue-skied Andorra. This year, I’m using my digital nomadism for a winter of skiing and steaming mugs of Catalan: que nevi, que nevi, que nevi.
 

Covert languages often start with children, as with the M language in Malaysia


What the clandestine M language of Malaysia can tell us about secret languages around the world

I first visited France in 1959 on my 11th birthday. Within minutes of stepping ashore I was stung by a wasp. The pain. The indignity. I was sure it had been waiting for me.