Criminal investigations: use of interpreters (accessible)

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Carving out a path: towards university curricula for deaf translators and interpreters This study discusses the creation and implementation of the first university-level programme for training deaf interpreters and translators in French- and Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland an...

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THE CRAFT OF WRITING. Lisa Lee on translating an emotion.
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Untranslatable words bring people together YouTube video by Faculteit Letteren (KU Leuven)

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UNHCR publishes audit of Home Office asylum interviews, calls for improvements Major new 92-page report identifies several issues affecting the quality of asylum interviews

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“Be My Cheese?”: Cultural Nuance Benchmarking for Machine Translation in Multilingual LLMs
Madison Van Doren, Casey Ford, Jennifer Barajas & Cory Holland
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Screenshot of an X post from Headquarters quoting figure skater Alysa Liu speaking about noticing faults in the U.S. government and supporting immigrant rights. The embedded image shows Liu smiling during an interview, wearing a Team USA jacket with a U.S. flag patch, seated against a backdrop with stars and red, white, and blue colors.

What a remarkable young woman.

Cracking the code of Papua New Guinea’s undocumented languages Nicholas Evans has spent decades trying to decipher the undocumented tongues of Papua New Guinea and Australia. His work has redefined the way we think about human communication

Cracking the code of Papua New Guinea’s undocumented languages
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End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

This one hits hard.

Learning Dutch: it’s a marathon, not a sprint In this episode, Rebecca Westmoreland tells us what she finds special about the Netherlands and the Dutch language. (podcast)

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nternational Conference on Translation and Interpreting Process Studies: Multimodality, Cognition and Application
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London courts have fastest growing backlog in England and Wales Some victims of crime are being told their cases may not be heard until 2030, the courts minister says.

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Criminal trial services: Slowly does it Government claims that outsourced criminal justice services are working well are routinely greeted with scepticism by frontline lawyers. Eduardo Reyes investigates.

National Register of Public Service Interpreters published a statement: ‘As long as bookings continue to be outsourced by agencies at inadequate rates offered to qualified and regulated interpreters, the current backlog… will continue growing.
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Britain’s broken justice system, told through one day in court A week at the UK’s largest crown court reveals how systemic neglect and outdated infrastructure are delaying the delivery of justice for many Britons

A story of absence: documents should have been shared, but have not; people should be in court, but are not; defendants absent because prison van delayed; prosecutor not turned up; no interpreter. A story of courts that should be sitting but are not.
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Fascinating!
"...although there is a constitutional and statutory right to speak Irish in court in Ireland, it may be harder to locate a qualified interpreter in Ireland than in the UK – where no such right exists."

Heb ik gedeliverd? Mijn blog begon midden in de covid-tijd, in de lockdown, toen ze in New Dehli eindelijk weer de Himalaya konden zien, en toen het zó stil en zó rustig was overal, geen verkeer, geen gemotoriseerd l…

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Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true

🔥🇪🇺 “Europeans enjoy more free time than Americans, a higher life expectancy and lower levels of inequality – all with roughly comparable productivity.

Whichever way you look at it, this is a significantly superior economic performance.”

A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away

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Stop the "Catapult Killer Influencers" Across the UK, children and teenagers are buying military-grade catapults hunting for "content". But now there’s something we can all do to end this sickening social media trend. Add your name:

Stop the "Catapult Killer Influencers": Across the UK, children and teenagers are buying military-grade catapults hunting for "content". But now there’s something we can all do to end this sickening social media trend. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

At your service. Why jury service doesn't just serve justice.

Juries don't just serve justice they serve society. This post explores how contracting jury trial will fray the social fabric. open.substack.com/pub/counselo...

When the interpreter wept: What automation erases inside Europe’s institutions We are building a world that treats translation as a problem to be solved. But translation was never just a technical challenge — it is an act of witnessing.

But translation was never just a technical challenge. It is an act of witnessing.
An interpreter does not merely convert words from one language to another. They carry meaning across the chasm between us.
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A new approach to integration – the power of connection Belonging grows when communities create spaces for real connection, where newcomers and locals enrich one another – Helen’s story

Belonging grows when communities create spaces for real connection, where newcomers and locals enrich one another – Helen’s story | Helen Wildig and Nazish Saad

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This image shows Crown Court Usage for England & Wales for 11 December 2025. In England and Wales, out of 516 total, 378 have Judges, 68 have recorders, and 70 courtrooms are not sitting. In London, out of 145 total, 102 have Judges, 17 have recorders, and 26 courtrooms are not sitting. In the Midlands, out of 76 total, 55 have Judges, 12 have recorders, and 9 courtrooms are not sitting. In the North East, out of 62 total, 47 have Judges, 9 have recorders, and 6 courtrooms are not sitting. In the North West, out of 69 total, 54 have Judges, 9 have recorders, and 6 courtrooms are not sitting. In the South East, out of 90 total, 69 have Judges, 14 have recorders, and 7 courtrooms are not sitting. In Wales, out of 23 total, 20 have Judges, 1 have recorders, and 2 courtrooms are not sitting. In Western England, out of 51 total, 31 have Judges, 6 have recorders, and 14 courtrooms are not sitting.

📈Today, 11 December 2025, 70 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting.
That's 14% of them.
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Highlights from the Railways Bill session in Parliament pt4.

Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies.

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Shortage of interpreters could affect future of Welsh law A shortage of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters is a significant barrier to the success of a proposed law according to a committee report.

A shortage of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters is a significant barrier to the success of a proposed law.
The British Sign Language (Wales) Bill aims to promote and facilitate the use of British Sign Language (BSL) in Wales.

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Clear out toys now!

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round