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A brief gui de to translating music
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Ms K Stokes MA (Oxon) Di p Trans lolET MITI FCll
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IN MY OPINION . 28
Institute matters
WHO'S ON COUNCIL? . 31
Executive Director CIOl
Mr A Peacock BA
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done, but we are aiming to publish the new plan towards t he end of 2014.
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A lthough Engl ish is now borrowing from other
languages with a worldwide range, the
number of new borrowed words finding their
way into the shared international vocabu lary is
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Counselling: in
your own words
Janet Fraser explores the
subtleties ofproviding therapy
across language barriers
t was an Austrian physician, Josef Breuer; 1
A THERAPIST'S VIEW
bi lingually raise?
range
to communicate?
The use of
tu by Spanish people is
If they go to an English-speaking
therapist , some of the cultural references
as important t o attend to
speaking as to
how someone is
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say can
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5 WIo'ffl.mothertongue.org.ukl
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Dorlc and rim Schabsky at Work Inn
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norte and rim H/ith their coworkers in
the backgrowu and Tim leads a
workshop at Work Inn
Distractions can
lead to synergies:
someone else's problem
might be a job
opportunityfor you
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1 Spinuzzi,
(http://jbt.sagepub.com/contentf26/4/399); and
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observe its effects on the sector as a whole both positive and negative.
The te rm 'non-specialist language
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On the soapbox
Journalist and broadcaster Rosie Goldsmith
explains why she owes her life to languages
t the BBC we are taught to be
operas of Richard
Wagner. This
later, in the
in your Ear, I
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lite
(well, in ou r dreams).
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A better exchange
Charis Fisher looks at the benefits oflinking up
university Erasmus societies through a student network
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Moving t o another country can be
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New research
Judging quality
to Jorge Arevalillo, 'qua lity
user satisfaction, .1
interviews w ith a qua lity expert and a highlyexperienced conference interpreter. The most
2 Interpreter confidence
3 Quality of voice
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6 Accent-free rendition
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more quickly.
more so.
Surely a non-native
accent marks out
retour interpreters to
native-speaker users?
presentations or speeches in t he
easier in retour due to perfect com prehension both languages, we should be able to
of the mot her tongue. On t he other hand,
we work in.
Notes
us to improve ou r
knowledge of our
B languoge(s). It
immediately? Perhaps, but the rendition is not in Hermes: Journal of Linguistics, 109-123
seen to lack as much in terms of quality as is
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Lyrical concerns
As music become ubiquitous, Lucile Desblache cifJers a
Do nothing
very audible.
to be un important.
as
me soothing me so
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2 Kevin Bronson,
victorylbiographyl
4 See W'Mv.translatingmusic.com/styled-31
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5 See, for instance, Desblache, L, 2012, 'Low
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WELSH SPEAKERS
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geographical
difinition given to the
Welsh heartlands
secondary schools.
Although the Welsh Language Board's
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In the dock
Magistrate and legal interpreter
Nil Okan Paniguian offers the
view from both sides of the bench
I am in the unique position of being a
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A tutor's view
there would
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be interpreters in court.
a court.
eye contact
quickly, yet many magistrates expect accurate assignment is finished, interpreters d eserve to
be 'released' too.
From legal advisors to the CPS, users of
(CPS), a defence lawyer, witness, legal advisor is clear that th is is not true of everyone
or probation officer is not adjusting the
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In my opinion ...
Sticking
The
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see my
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referring to a date (5)
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Norwegian botanist (6)
or channs (5)
'jaguar' (6)
Across
language (3,8)
English (6)
10 In finance, amounts of
anglophone count ry in
pay(11)
22 Word meaning
or g lottal (4)
'jealousy' (4)
languages (5)
Neglecting nurses
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Who's on Council?
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and was advised that the best way to learn more was
marking assessments.
netwo rking with fellow linguists was both stimu lating and
examinations at t he London O p en
DPSI in June.
I would also like to see the ClOL conti nu ing to raise its
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TRINITY COLLEGE
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Saturday 10 May
Cambridge
Incl uding lunch and a
language-themed ta lk.
For details ema il
JUDITH RIDGWAY ON THE BPG DIVISION TRIP TO THE AIRBUS FACILITY IN WALES
The BPG Division had the privilege of visiting the Airbus
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Saturday 10 May
Wig & Mitre, Lincoln,
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The AGM will be followed
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