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Recent °µÍøÁÔÆæ Voice’s contributor John Claughton, who is former chief master of King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and co-founder of WoLLoW (World of Languages, Languages of the World) has written a powerful article in the TES Magazine. Some of his key points are here:

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Languages are squeezed out in UK schools

In a land dominated by literacy and...

Published on Saturday, 29 March 2025 - 2:16pm
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The Linguist


Translating her grandfather Shemsi Mehmeti’s novel, R B Castrioti learns what translation can reveal about ourselves, and others

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Published on Tuesday, 25 March 2025 - 2:37pm
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The Linguist
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Lost in translation? Interpreting services in the courts

The UK House of Lords Inquiry into Interpreting and Translation Services in the Courts has now reported available here and below.

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Published on Monday, 24 March 2025 - 10:23am
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Published on Sunday, 23 March 2025 - 3:38pm


What do the professionals say?
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by Andreja Milošević MCIL, translator and interpreter, seen here with display cabinet showing traditional Serbian artefacts produced by vulnerable groups

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The foregoing text follows up a brief retrospect on implementation of gender sensitivity in the Serbian language which was posted on °µÍøÁÔÆæ Voices in November 2024. It...

Published on Sunday, 23 March 2025 - 10:42am
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°µÍøÁÔÆæ AI Voices 2025 – AI in translation and language services

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Working with a range of experts, stakeholders and °µÍøÁÔÆæ Council members, °µÍøÁÔÆæ has refreshed and updated °µÍøÁÔÆæ AI Voices for 2025.Ìý

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°µÍøÁÔÆæ CEO John Worne said:

"As linguists, we have a unique responsibility to shape the development of language-related...

Published on Tuesday, 11 March 2025 - 9:25am
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By Dom Hebblethwaite, °µÍøÁÔÆæ Head of Membership

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The role of generative AI (ChatGPT and other LLMs) in professional translation and language services remains controversial, especially when it is used alongside Machine Translation in ways that potentially impact translation quality, linguists' earnings, and professional satisfaction.

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Published on Monday, 10 March 2025 - 9:37am


Mark Robinson CL, °µÍøÁÔÆæ Council Member and director of translation company Alexika Ltd writes on using the internet to improve your language skills.
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Published on Tuesday, 18 February 2025 - 12:02pm

Perspectives from an end-user, researcher and trainer

By Martín Chamorro


Scope and some context

It may prove useful to note that my area of practice is technical translation of informative texts with the English-Spanish language combination, which can be considered a language pair with plenty of resource availability when it comes to large language model (LLM)...

Published on Wednesday, 12 February 2025 - 10:54am