In this new episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, I spoke with Dr Jim Hlavac about interpreting in Australia. Dr Hlavac is a senior lecturer in the Monash…
Dr Laura Smith-Khan during her keynote at InDialog (Image credit: Dries Cavents, UGhent) Editor's Note: Asylum seekers in countries of the Global North need to communicate a credible fear of…
Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon interviewing unidentified Yanomami people Editor's note: How do researchers in anthropology and sociology deal with linguistic diversity? Do they learn the language(s) of the people they work…
Malinche mediating between the Spanish and the Americans (Source: Lienzo de Tlaxcala, mid 16th c) We live in an age of crisis, as humanity confronts an ever-escalating climate and environmental…
The Sumerian Empire under King Shulgi (2094 to 2046 BCE) (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Do you know in which language the Sumerians started the written chronicle of humanity? It is a…
Remember Joseph speaking to his brothers through an interpreter? Joseph is sold into slavery in Egypt by his jealous brothers Academic interpreting often labors under the assumption that the profession…
Editor’s note: The language challenges of the COVID-19 crisis have held much of our attention this year. Here on Language on the Move, we have been running a series devoted to language…
Martha Sif Karrebæk and Solvej Helleshøj Sørensen, University of Copenhagen *** Editor’s note: Covid-19 has exposed fractures in the social and linguistic fabric in many contexts internationally, as we have…
Editor’s note: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a renewed focus on linguistic diversity and the way it intersects with social inclusion. In this latest contribution to our series of language…
Editor’s note: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the persistent health disadvantage of Indigenous populations into focus, as well as the exclusion of Indigenous languages from public health communication. In this…
Elisabeth Barakos and Simone Plöger, University of Hamburg *** Editor’s note: Learning from home is hard enough but what if you are simultaneously learning the language of instruction? In this…
Lifei Wang, School of Translation and Interpreting, Beijing Language and Culture University Jiangwei Sun, School of Translation and Interpreting, Beijing Language and Culture University Jie Ren, School of Translation and…
Indigenous Australians are imprisoned at much higher rates than non-Indigenous Australians (Source: Australian Law Reform Commission) Note: This post was co-authored with Laura Smith-Khan. Language on the Move mover-and-shaker, Dr…
2019 Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists Note: This post was co-authored with Alexandra Grey. The Biennial Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL) was held…