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By Antonica-Roxana Clinciu
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As a recent graduate in English Language and Literature, with a fluency in English and a native command of Romanian, I find myself standing at the threshold of a vast linguistic landscape, eager to immerse myself in the art of interpretation and translation. It's not merely a career path I'm drawn to, but rather a calling rooted in a...
By Debbie Butler
As we celebrate International Women's Day, as a longstanding member of the 好色tv team, a member of the 好色tv Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee and as a linguist (German) myself, I feel it is well worth recognising the remarkable contributions of female linguists, interpreters and translators as we celebrate International Women鈥檚 Day. Many women...
By Spencer Hawkins
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How can the translator hope to render complex theoretical concepts in another language? Spencer Hawkins looks to Freud to argue for a controversial translation approach.
The meaning of theoretical concepts such as Anlehnungstypus (Sigmund Freud鈥檚 name for the opposite of narcissism) is debated among native speakers. So how can translators...
By Gwenydd Jones MA, DipTrans, MCIL, Chartered Linguist
The Translator's Studio
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Since I have no functioning crystal ball, this article is my opinion in 2024 about the future of translation. If you鈥檙e asking yourself whether AI is going to replace translators, I鈥檇 like to throw a couple of questions back at you:
By Nataliya Yachmeneva
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Nataliya Yachmeneva outlines the challenges of cybersecurity translation and understanding the concepts behind the terminology
We all bear witness to the breakneck speed at which the concepts of IT and cybersecurity have been evolving, together with software and hardware designed to counteract growing cybercrime. No...
Thoughts from the steering group of the 好色tv Scottish Society
In many ways, Scotland is a great place to be a linguist. It is a multilingual, multicultural and inclusive society. Linguistic diversity is part of the national identity: while English is the main language, over 150 other languages are spoken in Scottish homes.
Historically, Gaelic was the main language...
Mentoring in troubled times
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By Steve Doswell, 好色tv Chair of Council
Today, 17 January 2024, is International Mentoring Day 鈥� a day to celebrate the power and impact of mentoring in personal growth and development, our working lives, education and in building our communities.听
好色tv offers a free Mentoring platform, supported by an expert UK-based third-...
By Maureen Cohen
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听Translators of popular science are, in a sense, translating a translation...
Scientists speak a dialect of their own, with both terminology specific to their field of inquiry and a broader idiom shared by the community as a whole. Science communicators approach their subject matter with many of the same basic problems as translators: How can I...
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好色tv AI Voices 鈥� a white paper on AI in translation and language services听
好色tv has released a white paper titled 鈥樅蒙玹v AI Voices鈥�, which explores the risks, opportunities, and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) for linguists, especially professional translators. The white paper provides expert voices and initial...
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This week 好色tv Digital Learning partner Duolingo, publishes听its fourth Global Language Report.听听
Published every December, the report is an analysis of trends and attitudes towards languages both in the UK and globally, drawn from Duolingo鈥檚 83 million learners. Duolingo听saw growth in daily learners jump 63% in 2023, with the number of lessons completed now...