Current Issue

The Current Issue Volume 48 Issue 2 , includes the following articles:

• Talking therapy 
  A therapist and interpreter discuss the difficulties involved in three-way counselling
  
  
• Test of inspiration
  How will the Diploma in Languages motivate a new generation of language learners?
  
  
• Life of crime
  Matt Rees on learning Hebrew and Arabic in Jerusalem, and why writing murder mystery is the best way he can portray the intifada
  
  
• Going local
  Tips for travellers on how to meet native speakers via "couchsurfing" websites
  
  
• 14 tongues, 365 days
  Why one man decided to learn as many languages as he could in a year
  
  
• Making memories
  We go inside Lingua et Machina to find out how translation memories are create
  
  
• Basic instinct
  Can a teaching method that reduces English to 1,000 words and 20 grammar rules work? Yes, say the fans of Basic Global English
  
  
• Dealing with dyslexia
  Up to three pupils in a class are likely to have a learning difficulty. Some advice for teachers
  
  
• Inside the 'black box'
  Can interpreting studies help the profession if access to real-life settings is denied?
  
  
• You are not alone
  How freelance translators can find support and advice via professional networking sites
  
  
• For change's sake?
  How far should translation revisers go?