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October 2010
  • Loughborough, Leicestershire immigration centre criticised for lack of interpreters – BBC News
  • NHS ‘failing those who don’t speak English’ – BBC News
  • Business “sans frontiers”! – Languages for European SMEs
  • Conference Report – Birmingham Critical Link conference on public sector interpreting – Mirean Maialen Samper
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August 2010
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  • Two anthologies of poetry in translation – Máire Nic Mhaoláin
  • Conference Report: Author –Translator conference in the European Literary tradition – Pawel Zosik
  • Thank you, but no thank you! – Michael J McCann
  • Demand for translating services slump amid public sector cuts in UK – Katie Allen
  • EU recruitment
June 2010
  • Dublin Rape Crisis Centre interpreter training – Miren Maialen Samper
  • See one, do one: a handy grasp of Hindi – Rishika Sinha
  • Unilingual Supreme Court of Canada judges just don’t get it – Sébastien Grammond
  • What is in a name? – Kevin Lin
  • Will Lady Justice ever be multilingual? – Nataly Kelly
  • Siobhán Parkinson, Ireland’s first Laureate na nÓg – Enda Wyley
  • Dáil questions about achievements of Foras na Gaeilge 11 May 2010
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May 2010
  • New online Italian MA in specialist translation – Michael McCann
  • Why literary translators deserve some credit – Tim Parks
  • Interpreters in California challenge process that certifies skill – Dana Littlefield
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March 2010
  • The lives of others – Madrid police translators – Carla Guimares
  • Spanish judges protest at lack of qualified translators in court cases – F. Javier Barroso
  • Hundreds of Hungarian driving licences issued to illiterate Romanians – Krisztina Zimányi
  • Statistics-based machine translation gaining ground – Irish Times
  • European Commission proposes minimum Translation and Interpreting standards for suspects – Irish Times
  • Pádraic MacKernan 1940-2010 – John Kearns
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February 2010
  • Arts Council refuses Irish Writers Centre funding for a second year – John Kearns
  • New translation of Simone de Beauvoir’s classic text – Toril Moi
  • Just what do you take me for? – Jody Byrne
  • The art of relationship-building with direct clients – Judy Jenner
  • Northern Ireland Judges request Basque Arturo Arteaga warrant clarity – BBC News
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January 2010
  • Translating for the European Union- Pat Upton
  • Aspects of Legal Interpreting and Translation conference report – Miren Maialen Samper
  • Cost-effective legal recourse (Small Claims Court) now possible for freelancers – Elizabeth Hayes
  • Dáil questions on cost of Irish translation
  • EU language industry set to ride out the crisis
  • Literary translation prizes awarded in 2009
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November 2009
  • Conference Report – Translating and Interpreting beyond East and West – Miren Maialen Samper
  • ATA conference stresses importance of specialising
  • Labour TD asks questions in Dáil about translation of new legislation
  • Minister Ó Cuív defends Irish translations
  • Chinese translation dispute: “Aobama” or “Oubama”? – Mary Ma
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